Generalized Hertz action and quantum criticality of two-dimensional Fermi systems

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Main Authors: Homenda, Mateusz, Jakubczyk, Paweł, Yamase, Hiroyuki
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author Homenda, Mateusz
Jakubczyk, Paweł
Yamase, Hiroyuki
author_facet Homenda, Mateusz
Jakubczyk, Paweł
Yamase, Hiroyuki
contents We reassess the structure of the effective action and quantum critical singularities of two-dimensional Fermi systems characterized by the ordering wavevector $\vec{Q}= \vec{0}$. By employing infrared cutoffs on all the massless degrees of freedom, we derive a generalized form of the Hertz action, which does not suffer from problems of singular effective interactions. We demonstrate that the Wilsonian momentum-shell renormalization group (RG) theory capturing the infrared scaling should be formulated keeping $\vec{Q}$ as a flowing, scale-dependent quantity. At the quantum critical point, scaling controlled by the dynamical exponent $z=3$ is overshadowed by a broad scaling regime characterized by a lower value of $z \approx 2$. This in particular offers an explanation of the results of quantum Monte Carlo simulations pertinent to the electronic nematic quantum critical point.
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spellingShingle Generalized Hertz action and quantum criticality of two-dimensional Fermi systems
Homenda, Mateusz
Jakubczyk, Paweł
Yamase, Hiroyuki
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
We reassess the structure of the effective action and quantum critical singularities of two-dimensional Fermi systems characterized by the ordering wavevector $\vec{Q}= \vec{0}$. By employing infrared cutoffs on all the massless degrees of freedom, we derive a generalized form of the Hertz action, which does not suffer from problems of singular effective interactions. We demonstrate that the Wilsonian momentum-shell renormalization group (RG) theory capturing the infrared scaling should be formulated keeping $\vec{Q}$ as a flowing, scale-dependent quantity. At the quantum critical point, scaling controlled by the dynamical exponent $z=3$ is overshadowed by a broad scaling regime characterized by a lower value of $z \approx 2$. This in particular offers an explanation of the results of quantum Monte Carlo simulations pertinent to the electronic nematic quantum critical point.
title Generalized Hertz action and quantum criticality of two-dimensional Fermi systems
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08198