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Since holography yields exact results, even in situations where perturbation theory is not applicable, it is an ideal framework for modeling strongly correlated systems. We extend previous holographic methods to take the dynamical charge response into account and use this to perform the first holographic computation of the dispersion relation for plasmons. As the dynamical charge response of strange metals can be measured using the new technique of momentum-resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy (M-EELS), plasmon properties are the next milestone in verifying predictions from holographic models of new states of matter.
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Gran, U., Tornsö, M. & Zingg, T. Holographic plasmons. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 176 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)176
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