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arXiv:2103.08607 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Planckian metal at a doping-induced quantum critical point

Philipp T. Dumitrescu, Nils Wentzell, Antoine Georges, Olivier Parcollet

Published May 6, 2022• 23 citations
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Abstract

We numerically study a model of interacting spin-$1/2$ electrons with random exchange coupling on a fully connected lattice. This model hosts a quantum critical point separating two distinct metallic phases as a function of doping: a Fermi-liquid phase with a large Fermi-surface volume and a low-doping phase with local moments ordering into a spin glass. We show that this quantum critical point has non-Fermi-liquid properties characterized by $T$-linear Planckian behavior, $\ensuremath{\omega}/T$ scaling, and slow spin dynamics of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev type. The $\ensuremath{\omega}/T$ scaling function associated with the electronic self-energy is found to have an intrinsic particle-hole asymmetry, a hallmark of a ``skewed'' non-Fermi liquid.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.105.l180404

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