How to get a superconductor from a black hole

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11010112,
            doi = {10.48660/11010112},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11010112},
            author = {Herzog, Christopher},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {How to get a superconductor from a black hole},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {jan},
            note = {PIRSA:11010112 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Abstract

Gauge/gravity duality, a concept which emerged from string theory, holds promise for revealing the secrets of certain strongly interacting real world condensed matter systems. Historically, string theorists presented their subject as a promising framework for a quantum theory of gravity. More recently, the AdS/CFT correspondence and gauge/gravity dualities have emerged as powerful tools for using what we already know about gravity to investigate the properties of strongly interacting field theories. I will cherry pick and discuss a few recent developments where black holes are used to calculate the thermodynamic and transport properties of quantum critical systems, superconductors, and superfluids.