arXiv:1705.07130 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Power-law liquid in cuprate superconductors from fermionic unparticles

Zhidong Leong, Chandan Setty, Kridsanaphong Limtragool, Philip Phillips

Published Nov 1, 2017• 17 citations

Abstract

Recent photoemission spectroscopy measurements (T. J. Reber et al., arXiv:1509.01611) on cuprate superconductors have inferred that over a wide range of doping, the imaginary part of the electron self-energy scales as ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{\ensuremath{''}}\ensuremath{\sim}{({\ensuremath{\omega}}^{2}+{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{2}{T}^{2})}^{a}$ with $a=1$ in the overdoped Fermi-liquid state and $a<0.5$ in the optimal to underdoped regime. We show that this non-Fermi-liquid scaling behavior can naturally be explained by the presence of a scale-invariant state of matter known as unparticles. We evaluate analytically the electron self-energy due to interactions with fermionic unparticles. We find that, in agreement with experiments, the imaginary part of the self-energy scales with respect to temperature and energy as ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{\ensuremath{''}}\ensuremath{\sim}{T}^{2+2\ensuremath{\alpha}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\omega}}^{2+2\ensuremath{\alpha}}$, where $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ is the anomalous dimension of the unparticle propagator. In addition, the calculated occupancy and susceptibility of fermionic unparticles, unlike those of normal fermions, have significant spectral weights even at high energies. This unconventional behavior is attributed to the branch cut in the unparticle propagator which broadens the unparticle spectral function over a wide energy range and nontrivially alters the scattering phase space by enhancing (suppressing) the intrinsic susceptibility at low energies for negative (positive) $\ensuremath{\alpha}$. Our work presents evidence suggesting that unparticles might be important low-energy degrees of freedom in strongly coupled systems such as the cuprate superconductors.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.96.205101

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arXiv:1705.07130 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Power-law liquid in cuprate superconductors from fermionic unparticles

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Published Nov 1, 2017• 17 citations

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Abstract

{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{\ensuremath{''}}\ensuremath{\sim}{({\ensuremath{\omega}}^{2}+{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{2}{T}^{2})}^{a}

with

a=1

in the overdoped Fermi-liquid state and

a<0.5

in the optimal to underdoped regime. We show that this non-Fermi-liquid scaling behavior can naturally be explained by the presence of a scale-invariant state of matter known as unparticles. We evaluate analytically the electron self-energy due to interactions with fermionic unparticles. We find that, in agreement with experiments, the imaginary part of the self-energy scales with respect to temperature and energy as

{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{\ensuremath{''}}\ensuremath{\sim}{T}^{2+2\ensuremath{\alpha}}

and

{\ensuremath{\omega}}^{2+2\ensuremath{\alpha}}

, where

\ensuremath{\alpha}

is the anomalous dimension of the unparticle propagator. In addition, the calculated occupancy and susceptibility of fermionic unparticles, unlike those of normal fermions, have significant spectral weights even at high energies. This unconventional behavior is attributed to the branch cut in the unparticle propagator which broadens the unparticle spectral function over a wide energy range and nontrivially alters the scattering phase space by enhancing (suppressing) the intrinsic susceptibility at low energies for negative (positive)

\ensuremath{\alpha}

. Our work presents evidence suggesting that unparticles might be important low-energy degrees of freedom in strongly coupled systems such as the cuprate superconductors.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.96.205101

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{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{\ensuremath{''}}\ensuremath{\sim}{({\ensuremath{\omega}}^{2}+{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{2}{T}^{2})}^{a}

with

a=1

in the overdoped Fermi-liquid state and

a<0.5

{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}^{\ensuremath{''}}\ensuremath{\sim}{T}^{2+2\ensuremath{\alpha}}

and

{\ensuremath{\omega}}^{2+2\ensuremath{\alpha}}

, where

\ensuremath{\alpha}

\ensuremath{\alpha}

. Our work presents evidence suggesting that unparticles might be important low-energy degrees of freedom in strongly coupled systems such as the cuprate superconductors.

{T}_{c}

within the BCS formalism. We find that the

{T}_{c}

has a domelike structure, implying that broad scale invariance manifested in the form of a power-law liquid is the likely cause of the superconducting dome in the cuprates.

{G}_{0}W

-type diagram with an interaction

W

mediated by a bosonic scalar unparticle. We find that in the high-temperature limit, the imaginary part of the self-energy $\mathrm{Im}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}$ is linear in temperature. In the low-temperature limit, $\mathrm{Im}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}$ exhibits the same power law in both temperature and frequency, with an exponent that depends on the scaling dimension of an unparticle operator. Such behavior is qualitatively consistent with the experimental observations. We then expand the unparticle propagator into coherent and incoherent contributions and study how the incoherent part violates the density of states (DOS) and density-density correlation function sum rules (f-sum rule). Such violations, in principle, can be observed experimentally. Our work indicates that the physical mechanism for the origin of the power-law scaling is the incoherent background, which is generated from the Mott-scale physics.

{d}_{U}=d/2+\sqrt{{d}^{2}+4}/2

and ensures that the corresponding propagator has zeros with

d

the space-time dimension of the unparticle field. Should

d=2+1

, unparticles acquire the nontrivial phase $2\ensuremath{\pi}{d}_{U}$ upon interchange. Because

{d}_{U}

is noninteger and in general not half integer, clockwise and counterclockwise interchange of unparticles do not lead to the same phase and time-reversal symmetry is broken spontaneously as reported in numerous experiments in the pseudogap phase of the cuprates. The possible relevance of this mechanism to such experiments is discussed. We then formulate the analogous BCS gap using unparticles and find that in contrast to the Fermi-liquid case, the transition temperature increases as the attractive interaction strength decreases, indicating that unparticles are highly susceptible to a superconducting instability.

d_U=d/2+\sqrt{d^2+4}/2

and ensures that the corresponding propagator has zeros with

d

the spacetime dimension of the unparticle field. The general {\it dynamical} mechanism by which bulk operators, such as the Pauli term, couple to the scaling dimension of the boundary operator and thereby lead to a vanishing of the spectral weight at zero energy is reviewed in the context of unparticles and zeros. The analogue of the BCS gap equations with unparticles indicates that the transition temperature increases as the attractive interaction strength decreases, indicating that unparticles are highly susceptible to a superconducting instability.