Die hard holographic phenomenology of cuprates

Abstract

This note discusses the attempts of fitting a number of the approximate power-law dependencies observed in the cuprates into one consistent holographic or holographically inspired hydrodynamic framework. Contrary to the expectations, the goal of reproducing as many as possible of the established behaviors of the thermodynamic and transport coefficients appears to be achievable within the simplistic picture of a non-degenerate fermion fluid with quadratic dispersion. While not immediately elucidating the essential physics of the cuprates, this observation suggests a possible reason for which the previous attempts towards that goal have remained inconclusive.