Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-03-28
Phys. Rev. B 78, 035103 (2008).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
15 pages, 7 figures; some clarificatory remarks/references added and typos fixed
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035103
At certain quantum critical points in metals an entire Fermi surface may disappear. A crucial question is the nature of the electronic excitations at the critical point. Here we provide arguments showing that at such quantum critical points the Fermi surface remains sharply defined even though the Landau quasiparticle is absent. The presence of such a critical Fermi surface has a number of consequences for the universal phenomena near the quantum critical point which are discussed. In particular the structure of scaling of the universal critical singularities can be significantly modified from more familiar criticality. Scaling hypotheses appropriate to a critical fermi surface are proposed. Implications for experiments on heavy fermion critical points are discussed. Various phenomena in the normal state of the cuprates are also examined from this perspective. We suggest that a phase transition that involves a dramatic reconstruction of the Fermi surface might underlie a number of strange observations in the metallic states above the superconducting dome.
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