Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2004-12-03
Phys.Rev. B72 (2005) 054526
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
24 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables. This (the published version) has the following alterations: i) An expanded discussion of the em
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.054526
We present results from a Monte Carlo simulation of non-compact lattice QED in 3 dimensions on a $16^3$ lattice in which an explicit anisotropy between $x$ and $y$ hopping terms has been introduced into the action. This formulation is inspired by recent formulations of anisotropic QED$_3$ as an effective theory of the non-superconducting portion of the cuprate phase diagram, with relativistic fermion degrees of freedom defined near the nodes of the gap function on the Fermi surface, and massless photon degrees of freedom reproducing the dynamics of the phase disorder of the superconducting order parameter. Using a parameter set corresponding to broken chiral symmetry in the isotropic limit, our results show that the renormalised anisotropy, defined in terms of the ratio of correlation lengths of gauge invariant bound states in the $x$ and $y$ directions, exceeds the explicit anisotropy $\kappa$ introduced in the lattice action, implying in contrast to recent analytic results that anisotropy is a relevant deformation of QED$_3$. There also appears to be a chiral symmetry restoring phase transition at $\kappa_c\simeq4.5$, implying that the pseudogap phase persists down to T=0 in the cuprate phase diagram.
Hands Simon
Thomas Iorwerth Owain
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