A review is given of various theoretical approaches for the equation of state (EoS) of dense
matter, relevant for the description of core-collapse supernovae, compact stars, and compact …

Perturbations of black holes, initially considered in the context of possible observations of
astrophysical effects, have been studied for the past 10 years in string theory, brane-world …

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 …

We investigate nuclear matter at a finite temperature and density, including the formation of
light clusters up to the α particle (1⩽ A⩽ 4). The novel feature of this work is to include the …

It has been shown that a gravitational dual to a superconductor can be obtained by coupling
anti-de Sitter gravity to a Maxwell field and charged scalar. We review our earlier analysis of …

Four lectures on holography and the AdS/CFT correspondence applied to condensed matter
systemsThese lectures were given at the Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related …

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 …

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 …

We consider holographic superconductors whose bulk description consists of gravity
minimally coupled to a Maxwell field and charged scalar field with general potential. We give …

Interaction-driven charge localization across a quantum phase transition involves a
fundamental rearrangement of the low-energy degrees of freedom. This fact challenges …