We highlight the progress, current status, and open challenges of QCD-driven physics, in
theory and in experiment. We discuss how the strong interaction is intimately connected to a …

In the last years it has been shown that some properties of strongly coupled
superconductors can be potentially described by classical general relativity living in one …

These notes are loosely based on lectures given at the CERN Winter School on
Supergravity, Strings and Gauge theories, February 2009, and at the IPM String School in …

These lectures give an introduction to the theory of holographic superconductors. These are
superconductors that have a dual gravitational description using gauge/gravity duality. After …

We present a type-IIB supergravity solution dual to a spatially anisotropic finite-temperature
N= 4 super-Yang-Mills plasma. The solution is static and completely regular. The full …

We extend our analysis of a IIB supergravity solution dual to a spatially anisotropic finite-
temperature\(\mathcal {N}= 4\) super Yang-Mills plasma. The solution is static, possesses an …

In this review article, we describe the role of holography in deciphering the physics of dense
QCD matter, relevant for the description of compact stars and their binary mergers. We …

We discuss new types of instabilities of D= 4 electrically charged AdS-Reissner-Nordström
black branes that involve neutral pseudo-scalars. The instabilities spontaneously break …

The holographic model for S-wave high T c superconductors developed by Hartnoll, Herzog,
and Horowitz is generalized to describe D-wave superconductors. The 3+ 1 dimensional …

We study the poles of the retarded Green functions of a holographic superconductor. The
model shows a second order phase transition where a charged scalar operator condenses …