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Supermetal

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Abstract

We study the effect of electron interaction in an electronic system with a high-order Van Hove singularity, where the density of states shows a power-law divergence. Owing to scale invariance, we perform a renormalization group (RG) analysis to find a nontrivial metallic behavior where various divergent susceptibilities coexist but no long-range order appears. We term such a metallic state as a supermetal. Our RG analysis reveals noninteracting and interacting fixed points, which draws an analogy to the φ4 theory. We further present a finite anomalous dimension at the interacting fixed point by a controlled RG analysis, thus establishing an interacting supermetal as a non-Fermi liquid.

Presenters

  • Hiroki Isobe

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Hiroki Isobe

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Liang Fu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Physics, MIT, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT