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Collective modes in Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces without gapless Goldstone modes

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Abstract

We study collective modes of a finite temperature Bogoliubov Fermi surface with no symmetries. The Bogoliubov Fermi surface is assumed to form in a superconductor with Coulomb interactions, so that the plasmon is gapped and there is no low lying Goldstone mode in the system. Despite this we find the existence of a gapless second sound, which is a collective mode of energy and momentum fluctuations that is not related to any Goldstone mode. This is different from previously discussed second sound modes in either superfluids or crystals, where the second sound co-exists with and is related to a spontaneously broken symmetry with a gapless Goldstone mode. Thus these modes are an example of collective modes that are solely related to conservation of energy/momentum.

Presenters

  • Jay Sau

    University of Maryland, College Park, Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, Univeristy of Maryland

Authors

  • Jay Sau

    University of Maryland, College Park, Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, Univeristy of Maryland

  • Brian Swingle

    University of Maryland, College Park, Condensed Matter Theory Center, Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, and Department of Physics, University of M, Physics, University of Maryland, College Park