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Solvable strong-coupling models for pairing and charge-4e superconductivity in non-Fermi liquids

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Abstract

We present Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev-like models that captures the interplay between fermionic incoherence and strong attractive interaction in the pairing instability of non-Fermi liquids. The first class of models feature random all-to-all interactions among fermions and bosons. We show that this model exhibits ``self-tuned quantum criticality" for a range of fermion filling independent on the bare boson mass. Unlike BCS instability, the pairing phase of electrons occur at T=0 only for some range of parameters, which is separated by the non-Fermi liquid phase via an infinite-order Kosterliz-Thouless critical point. In the second class of models, we consider a solvable Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev-like model for charge-4e superconductivity. We determine spectral properties, the superfluid density, and the pairing instability of a charge-4e superconductor, which applies even in the strong-coupling regime.

Publication: Yuxuan Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 017002 (2020); Nikolay Gnezdilov and Yuxuan Wang, to appear.

Presenters

  • Yuxuan Wang

    University of Florida, Univ. of Florida

Authors

  • Yuxuan Wang

    University of Florida, Univ. of Florida