Superconductivity and non-Fermi liquid behavior near a nematic quantum critical point

Samuel Lederer, Yoni Schattner, Erez Berg, Steven A. Kivelson

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Abstract

Using determinantal quantum Monte Carlo, we compute the properties of a lattice model with spin 1/2 itinerant electrons tuned through a quantum phase transition to an Ising nematic phase. The nematic fluctuations induce superconductivity with a broad dome in the superconducting Tc enclosing the nematic quantum critical point. For temperatures above Tc , we see strikingly non- Fermi liquid behavior, including a "nodal-antinodal dichotomy" reminiscent of that seen in several transition metal oxides. In addition, the critical fluctuations have a strong effect on the lowfrequency optical conductivity, resulting in behavior consistent with "bad metal" phenomenology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4905-4910
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume114
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 May 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General

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