Quantum critical points of Helical Fermi Liquids

Details Quantum critical points of Helical Fermi Liquids Quantum critical points of Helical Fermi Liquids

2009-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2647v3

Phys. Rev. B 81, 054403 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

Following our previous work, we study the quantum phase transitions which spontaneously develop ferromagnetic spin order in helical fermi liquids which breaks continuous spin-space rotation symmetry, with application to the edge states of 3d topological band insulators. With finite fermi surface, the critical point has both z = 3 over-damped and z = 2 propagating quantum critical modes, and the z = 3 mode will lead to non-fermi liquid behavior on the entire fermi surface. In the ordered phase, the Goldstone mode is over-damped unless it propagates along special directions, and quasiparticle is ill defined on most parts of the fermi surface except for special points. Generalizations of our results to other systems with spin-orbit couplings are also discussed.

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