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Local criticality close to a quantum Lifshitz point

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Near quantum Lifshitz points the stiffness of the lifetime of the spin fluctuations is very small. This gives rise to a regime where the critical fluctuations are local in space but extended along the time directions. The Fermi liquid properties in this local quantum regime is governed by a single energy scale, the coherence temperature. These results are relevant for heavy fermions and frustrated systems whenever there is a competition between different instabilities in qq-space.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0308238,
  title  = {Local criticality close to a quantum Lifshitz point},
  author = {Mucio A. Continentino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0308238},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

to be published in the Proceedings of ICM2003 (JMMM) with two extra figures, uses espcrc2.sty

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