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Review and pedagogical articles are marked with a **§§§**.

303. *Keldysh approach for non-equilibrium phase transitions in quantum optics: beyond the Dicke model in optical cavities*, E. G. Dalla Torre, S. Diehl, M. D. Lukin, S. Sachdev, and P. Strack, Physical Review A **87**, 023831 (2013); [arXiv:1210.3623](http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3623) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023831).
304. *Scaling of the thermal spectral function for quantum critical bosons in one dimension*, T. Barthel, U. Schollwöck, and S. Sachdev, [arXiv:1212.3570](http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3570) (Subject [qccross](http://140.247.122.253/qccross.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1212.3570).
305. *Mobile impurity near the superfluid-Mott insulator quantum critical point in two dimensions*, M. Punk and S. Sachdev, Physical Review A **87**, 033618 (2013); [arXiv:1212.1161](http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.1161) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.033618).
306. *Multipoint correlators of conformal field theories: implications for quantum critical transport*, D. Chowdhury, S. Raju, S. Sachdev, A. Singh, and P. Strack, Physical Review B **87**, 085138 (2013); [arXiv:1210.5247](http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5247) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.085138).
307. *The quasi-normal modes of quantum criticality*, W. Witczak-Krempa and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **86**, 235115 (2012); [arXiv:1210.4166](http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.4166) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235115).
308. *Quantum criticality of reconstructing Fermi surfaces*, Junhyun Lee, P. Strack and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **87**, 045104 (2013); [arXiv:1209.4644](http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4644) (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.045104).
309. *Compressible quantum phases from conformal field theories in 2+1 dimensions*, S. Sachdev, Physical Review D **86**, 126003 (2012) [arXiv:1209.1637](http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1637) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.126003).
310. *Breakdown of Fermi liquid behavior at the (π,π)=2kF spin-density wave quantum-critical point: the case of electron-doped cuprates*, D. Bergeron, D. Chowdhury, M. Punk, S. Sachdev and A.-M.S. Tremblay, Physical Review B **86**, 155123 (2012) - *Editors' Suggestion*; [arXiv:1207.1106](http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.1106) (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155123).
311. *Strange Metals in One Spatial Dimension*, R. Gopakumar, A. Hashimoto, I. R. Klebanov, S. Sachdev, and K. Schoutens, Physical Review D **86**, 066003 (2012); [arXiv:1206.4719](http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4719) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.066003).
312. *Sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo of the onset of antiferromagnetism in metals*, E. Berg, M. A. Metlitski and S. Sachdev, Science **338**, 1606 (2012); [arXiv:1206.0742](http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.0742) (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1227769).
313. *Quantum charge glasses of itinerant fermions with cavity-mediated long-range interactions*, M. Müller, P. Strack and S. Sachdev, Physical Review A **86**, 023604 (2012); [arXiv:1205.4027](http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4027) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023604).
314. **§§§** *Entangling superconductivity and antiferromagnetism*, S. Sachdev, Science **336**, 1510 (2012).(Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1223586).
315. *Spectral functions of the Higgs mode near two-dimensional quantum critical points*, D. Podolsky and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **86**, 054508 (2012); [arXiv:1205.2700](http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2700) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.054508).
316. *Frustrated quantum Ising spins simulated by spinless bosons in a tilted lattice: from a quantum liquid to antiferromagnetic order*, S. Pielawa, E. Berg, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **86**, 184435 (2012); [arXiv:1203.6653](http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.6653) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.184435).
317. **§§§** *The quantum phases of matter*, S. Sachdev, Lecture at 100th Anniversary Solvay Conference on Physics, "The Theory of the Quantum World", Brussels, Oct 19-22, 2011, [arXiv:1203.4565](http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4565) (Subjects [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html), [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1203.4565).
318. **§§§** *Antiferromagnetism in metals: from the cuprate superconductors to the heavy fermion materials*, S. Sachdev, M. A. Metlitski, and M. Punk, Proceedings of SCES 2011, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter **24**, 294205 (2012); [arXiv:1202.4760](http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4760). (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/29/294205).
319. *Fermi surface reconstruction in hole-doped t-J models without long-range antiferromagnetic order*, M. Punk and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **85**, 195123 (2012); [arXiv:1202.4023](http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4023). (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195123).
320. *Entanglement Entropy of 3-d Conformal Gauge Theories with Many Flavors*, I. R. Klebanov, S. S. Pufu, S. Sachdev, and B. R. Safdi, Journal of High Energy Physics **1205** (2012) 036; [arXiv:1112.5342](http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.5342) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05%282012%29036).
321. *Competition between superconductivity and nematic order : anisotropy of superconducting coherence length*, E. G. Moon and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **85**, 184511 (2012); [arXiv:1112.3973](http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3973). (Subject [superflow](http://140.247.122.253/superflow.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.184511).
322. *Hidden Fermi surfaces in compressible states of gauge-gravity duality*, L. Huijse, S. Sachdev, and B. Swingle, Physical Review B **85**, 035121 (2012) - *Editors' Suggestion*; [arXiv:1112.0573](http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0573). (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035121).
323. *Renyi entropies for free field theories*, I. R. Klebanov, S. S. Pufu, S. Sachdev, and B. R. Safdi, Journal of High Energy Physics **1204** (2012) 074; [arXiv:1111.6290](http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6290) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04%282012%29074).
324. **§§§** *Strange and Stringy*, S. Sachdev, [Scientific American **308**, 44 (January 2013)](http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v308/n1/full/scientificamerican0113-44.html). (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15486252).
325. *Nematicity in the vortex lattice of FeSe*, D. Chowdhury, E. Berg, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **84**, 205113 (2011); [arXiv:1109.2600](http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2600) (Subject [superflow](http://140.247.122.253/superflow.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.205113).
326. *Dicke quantum spin glass of atoms and photons*, P. Strack and S. Sachdev, Physical Review Letters **107**, 277202 (2011); [arXiv:1109.2119](http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2119) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.277202).
327. **§§§** *What can gauge-gravity duality teach us about condensed matter physics?*, S. Sachdev, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics **3**, 9 (2012); [arXiv:1108.1197](http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1197) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-020911-125141).
328. *Topological Defects Coupling Smectic Modulations to Intra-unit-cell Nematicity in Cuprates*, A. Mesaros, K. Fujita, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. C. Davis, S. Sachdev, J. Zaanen, M. J. Lawler, and Eun-Ah Kim, Science **333**, 426 (2011); [arXiv:1108.0487](http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0487) (Subject [superflow](http://140.247.122.253/superflow.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201082).
329. *A model of a Fermi liquid using gauge-gravity duality*, S. Sachdev, Physical Review D **84**, 066009 (2011); [arXiv:1107.5321](http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5321) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.066009).
330. *Vison states and confinement transitions of Z2 spin liquids on the kagome lattice*, Y. Huh, M. Punk and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **84**, 094419 (2011); [arXiv:1106.3330](http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3330). (Subject [deconfine](http://140.247.122.253/deconfine.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.094419).
331. *Quantum critical response at the onset of spin density wave order in two-dimensional metals*, S. A. Hartnoll, D. M. Hofman, M. A. Metlitski and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **84**, 125115 (2011) - *Editors' Suggestion*; [arXiv:1106.0001](http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0001). (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.125115).
332. *Fermi surfaces and gauge-gravity duality* L. Huijse and S. Sachdev, Physical Review D **84**, 026001 (2011); [arXiv:1104.5022](http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.5022). (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.026001).
333. *SU(2)-invariant spin liquids on the triangular lattice with spinful Majorana excitations*, R. R. Biswas, L. Fu, C. Laumann, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **83**, 245131 (2011) - *Editors' Suggestion*; [arXiv:1102.3690](http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.3690) (Subject [dcp](http://140.247.122.253/dcp.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.245131).
334. *Correlated phases of bosons in tilted, frustrated lattices*, S. Pielawa, T. Kitagawa, E. Berg, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **83**, 205135 (2011); [arXiv:1101.2897](http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2897) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205135).
335. **§§§** *The landscape of the Hubbard model*, S. Sachdev, TASI (Boulder, June 2010) and Chandrasekhar (Bangalore, December 2010) lectures in *String Theory and Its Applications, TASI 2010, From meV to the Planck Scale*, edited by Michael Dine, Thomas Banks, and Subir Sachdev, World Scientific, Singapore (2011); [arXiv:1012.0299](http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0299). (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814350525_0009).
336. *The underdoped cuprates as fractionalized Fermi liquids: transition to superconductivity*, E. G. Moon and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **83**, 224508 (2011); [arXiv:1010.4567](http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4567) (Subjects [acl](http://140.247.122.253/acl.html), [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.224508).
337. *Geometric phases and competing orders in two dimensions*, L. Fu, S. Sachdev, and C. Xu, Physical Review B **83**, 165123 (2011); [arXiv:1010.3745](http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.3745). (Subject [dcp](http://140.247.122.253/dcp.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.165123).
338. **§§§** *Strange metals and the AdS/CFT correspondence*, S. Sachdev, Journal of Statistical Mechanics (2010) P11022, Plenary talk at Statphys 24, Cairns, Australia, July 2010; [arXiv:1010.0682](http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0682). (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2010/11/P11022).
339. *Holographic quantum critical transport without self-duality* R. C. Myers, S. Sachdev, and A. Singh, Physical Review D **83**, 066017 (2011); [arXiv:1010.0443](http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0443). (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.066017).
340. **§§§** *Quantum Criticality*, S. Sachdev and B. Keimer, [Physics Today **64**, no. 2, 29 (2011)](http://140.247.122.253/physicstodaykeimer.pdf); [arXiv:1102.4628](http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.4628); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3554314).
341. **§§§** *Dilute Fermi and Bose Gases*, S. Sachdev, adapted from Chapter 16 of [*Quantum Phase Transitions*, Second Edition](http://sachdev.physics.harvard.edu/qptweb/toc.html), by S. Sachdev, Cambridge University Press; contribution to Lecture Notes in Physics, "BCS-BEC crossover and the Unitary Fermi Gas" edited by W. Zwerger; [arXiv:1105.1793](http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1793) (Subject [bec](http://140.247.122.253/bec.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21978-8_8).
342. **§§§** *Instabilities near the onset of spin density wave order in metals*, M. A. Metlitski and S. Sachdev, contribution to the special issue on "Fermiology of Cuprates", edited by Mike Norman and Cyril Proust, New Journal of Physics **12**, 105007 (2010); [arXiv:1007.1968](http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.1968); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/10/105007). (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html))
343. *Holographic metals and the fractionalized Fermi liquid*, S. Sachdev, Physical Review Letters **105**, 151602 (2010) - *Editors' Suggestion* and [*Featured in Physics*](https://physics.aps.org/articles/v3/83); [arXiv:1006.3794](http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.3794). See [Physics Viewpoint](http://physics.aps.org/articles/v3/83) and [Nature News](http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101019/full/news.2010.547.html) (Subject [ads](http://140.247.122.253/ads.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.151602).
344. *Quantum critical point shifts under superconductivity: the pnictides and the cuprates*, E. G. Moon and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **82**, 104516 (2010); [arXiv:1005.3312](http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3312). (Subject [superflow](http://140.247.122.253/superflow.html)); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.104516).
345. *Quantum phase transitions of metals in two spatial dimensions: II. Spin density wave order*, M. A. Metlitski and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **82**, 075128 (2010) - *Editors' Suggestion* and *Featured in Physics*; [arXiv:1005.1288](http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.1288). (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html))  
    See [Physics Viewpoint article.](http://physics.aps.org/viewpoint-for/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075127); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075128).
346. *Majorana liquids: the complete fractionalization of the electron*, C. Xu and S. Sachdev, Physical Review Letters **105**, 057201 (2010) - *Editors' Suggestion*; [arXiv:1004.5431](http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.5431). (Subject [dcp](http://140.247.122.253/dcp.html))  
    See [PhysOrg.com](http://www.physorg.com/news200828132.html); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.057201).
347. *Quantum criticality of the kagome antiferromagnet with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions*, Y. Huh, L. Fritz and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **81**, 144432 (2010); [arXiv:1003.0891](http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.0891); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.144432).
348. **§§§** *Condensed matter and AdS/CFT*, Lectures at the 5th Aegean summer school, *From gravity to thermal gauge theories: the AdS/CFT correspondence*, September 21-26, 2009; and the De Sitter Lecture Series in Theoretical Physics 2009, University of Groningen, November 16-20, 2009; published in *From Gravity to Thermal Gauge Theories: The AdS/CFT Correspondence,* Springer Nature (2011)*;* [arXiv:1002.2947](http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2947); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04864-7_9).
349. **§§§** *Quantum phase transitions of antiferromagnets and the cuprate superconductors*, Lectures at the Les Houches School May 11-29, 2009; published in *Modern Theories of Many-Particle Systems in Condensed Matter Physics*, D. C. Cabra, A. Honecker, and P. Pujol eds, Lecture Notes in Physics v. 843, Springer, Berlin (2012); and Lectures at the Mahabaleshwar Condensed Matter School, International Center for Theoretical Sciences, India, December 16-23, 2009; [arXiv:1002.3823](http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3823); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10449-7_1).
350. *Quantum phase transitions of metals in two spatial dimensions: I. Ising-nematic order*, M. A. Metlitski and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B **82**, 075127 (2010) - *Editors' Suggestion* and *Featured in Physics*; [arXiv:1001.1153](http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.1153). (Subject [nfl](http://140.247.122.253/nfl.html)); See [Physics Viewpoint article.](http://physics.aps.org/viewpoint-for/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075127); [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075127).