Applied Holography and Analogue Models

Call for Papers

Holographic duality, known as anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence, is a versatile and powerful tool for handling strongly interacting field theories by mapping them to appropriate dual gravitational setups. It has been applied to quantum chromodynamics and to a large palette of condensed matter systems, often providing a better conceptual perspective of the phenomena. In the same time, on the experimental front, technological advances in condensed matter (cold atoms, Fermi liquids, optics, etc.) sustain the demand for theoretical progress.

Analogue models define another typical approach for studying nonhomogeneous condensed matter systems, via a more direct mapping to gravity. Much attention has been devoted to analogue black holes or time-dependent cosmological-like backgrounds. Often, the quasiparticle dispersion relation implies that Lorentz invariance should be violated on the gravitational side, which calls for analogue models standing beyond general relativity. Several experiments have been successfully set in the last years, allowing for the measurement of quasiparticle spectra.

Finally, works merging the above techniques have appeared, where the motivation can be, but is not limited to, the study of holographic dual backgrounds for analogue gravity models. The gravitational backgrounds emerging in this way have attracted attention for their own potential interest, within the community of string theory and gravity— specifically of black hole physics.

We invite members of the AdS/CFT and analogue-model communities to submit research or review articles fitting the above framework. Emphasis is given to the forefront applications of holography and analogue gravity for the treatment of the wider possible range of physical systems, including works of a more experimental or mathematical content. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• AdS/CFT and analogue gravity systems
• Analogue black holes in condensed matter systems (theory and experiment)
• Analogue gravity and Lorentz violations (Einstein-aether and nonrelativistic gravity)
• Analogue Hawking radiation and other pair-creation processes
• Black-hole thermodynamics and Lorentz violations
• Holographic hydrodynamics
• Holographic optics and acoustics
• Holographic superfluidity/superconductivity

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ahep/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• Marios Petropoulos, Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau, France

Guest Editors

• Ulf Leonhardt, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, Physical Science Building, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
• Renaud Parentani, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Paris-Sud 11 and CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
• Anastasios Petkou, Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece