Effect of Electron-electron Interaction on Surface Transport in Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators

Details Effect of Electron-electron Interaction on Surface Transport in Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators Effect of Electron-electron Interaction on Surface Transport in Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators

2011-08-11

arxiv.org/abs/1108.2435v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 3 figures

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We study the effect of electron-electron interaction on the surface resistivity of three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators. In the absence of umklapp scattering, the existence of the Fermi-liquid ($T^2$) term in resistivity of a two-dimensional (2D) metal depends on the Fermi surface geometry, in particular, on whether it is convex or concave. On doping, the Fermi surface of 2D metallic surface states in 3D topological insulators of the Bi$_2$Te$_3$ family changes its shape from convex to concave due to hexagonal warping, while still being too small to allow for umklapp scattering. We show that the $T^2$ term in the resistivity is present only in the concave regime and demonstrate that the resistivity obeys a universal scaling form valid for an arbitrary 2D Fermi surface near a convex/concave transition.

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