Holographic Entanglement Entropy and Hidden Fermi surfaces

Abstract

We prove that the purely classical gravity dual of Fermi and non-Fermi liquids exist by employing the logarithmic behavior of entanglement entropy to probe Fermi surfaces. For isotropic systems, the logarithmic behavior originates only from UV-IR intermediate regions of the minimal area surface. For anisotropic systems, the surfaces' configuration becomes largely modified by spatial anisotropy and series of solutions exist. By imposing the null energy condition we show that the specific heat behaves as $C\propto T^\alpha$ where $\alpha\leq1$, in both systems. In the end, we also present an effective gravity modle for anisotropic background.