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Main Authors: Hardy, Andrew, Parcollet, Olivier, Georges, Antoine, Patel, Aavishkar A.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21102
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author Hardy, Andrew
Parcollet, Olivier
Georges, Antoine
Patel, Aavishkar A.
author_facet Hardy, Andrew
Parcollet, Olivier
Georges, Antoine
Patel, Aavishkar A.
contents We solve a model of electrons with Hubbard-$U$ Coulomb repulsion and a random Yukawa coupling to a two-dimensional bosonic bath, using an extended dynamical mean field theory scheme. Our model exhibits a quantum critical point, at which the repulsive component of the electron interactions strongly enhances the effects of the quantum critical bosonic fluctuations on the electrons, leading to a breakdown of Fermi liquid physics and the formation of a strange metal with `Planckian' ($\mathcal{O}(k_B T/\hbar)$) quasiparticle decay rates at low temperatures $T\rightarrow 0$. Furthermore, the eventual Mott transition that occurs as the repulsion is increased seemingly bounds the maximum decay rate in the strange metal. Our results provide insight into low-temperature strange metallicity observed in proximity to a Mott transition, as is observed, for instance, in recent experiments on certain moiré materials.
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spellingShingle Enhanced Strange Metallicity due to Hubbard-U Coulomb Repulsion
Hardy, Andrew
Parcollet, Olivier
Georges, Antoine
Patel, Aavishkar A.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We solve a model of electrons with Hubbard-$U$ Coulomb repulsion and a random Yukawa coupling to a two-dimensional bosonic bath, using an extended dynamical mean field theory scheme. Our model exhibits a quantum critical point, at which the repulsive component of the electron interactions strongly enhances the effects of the quantum critical bosonic fluctuations on the electrons, leading to a breakdown of Fermi liquid physics and the formation of a strange metal with `Planckian' ($\mathcal{O}(k_B T/\hbar)$) quasiparticle decay rates at low temperatures $T\rightarrow 0$. Furthermore, the eventual Mott transition that occurs as the repulsion is increased seemingly bounds the maximum decay rate in the strange metal. Our results provide insight into low-temperature strange metallicity observed in proximity to a Mott transition, as is observed, for instance, in recent experiments on certain moiré materials.
title Enhanced Strange Metallicity due to Hubbard-U Coulomb Repulsion
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21102