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Main Author: Ravid, Tomer
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00924
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contents I review the formalism of patch bosonization of Fermi surfaces, with a focus on the problem of a two-dimensional metal at a quantum critical point. I argue that this formalism is fundamentally inapplicable to the problem, except in synthetic limits. One such limit is the small-$N$ limit, which was already discussed in early studies of the problem; a similar but slightly less unphysical large-$N$ limit is proposed. I show that it is at least formally possible to construct perturbative expansions around these synthetic limits. However, I argue that nonperturbative effects become important when $N\sim1$.
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spellingShingle Electrons Lost in Phase Space
Ravid, Tomer
Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Theory
I review the formalism of patch bosonization of Fermi surfaces, with a focus on the problem of a two-dimensional metal at a quantum critical point. I argue that this formalism is fundamentally inapplicable to the problem, except in synthetic limits. One such limit is the small-$N$ limit, which was already discussed in early studies of the problem; a similar but slightly less unphysical large-$N$ limit is proposed. I show that it is at least formally possible to construct perturbative expansions around these synthetic limits. However, I argue that nonperturbative effects become important when $N\sim1$.
title Electrons Lost in Phase Space
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00924