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We employ the variational method for the Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem to analytically study the phase transition between the holographic insulator and supercon- ductor in the Gauss-Bonnet gravity. By investigating the s-wave and p-wave holographic insulator/superconductor models, we find that this analytic method is more effective to obtain the analytic results on the condensation and the critical phenomena in the AdS soliton background in Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Our analytic result can be used to back up the numerical computations in the AdS soliton with Gauss-Bonnet correction.
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Pan, Q., Jing, J. & Wang, B. Analytical investigation of the phase transition between holographic insulator and superconductor in Gauss-Bonnet gravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 88 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2011)088
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