English

Magnetic field induced quantum criticality and the Luttinger sum rule

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2018-09-18 v2

Abstract

We show that when there is a sudden transition from a small to a large Fermi surface at a field-induced quantum critical point, similar to what may have been observed in some heavy-fermion compounds, an additional term has to be taken into account in the Luttinger-Friedel sum rule.We calculate this additional term for a local model which has a field-induced quantum critical point (QCP) and show that it changes abruptly at the transition, such that it satisfies a generalized Luttinger-Friedel sum rule on each side of the transition, and characterizes the two Fermi-liquid phases separated by the QCP as a discrete (topological) index.

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@article{arxiv.1712.08771,
  title  = {Magnetic field induced quantum criticality and the Luttinger sum rule},
  author = {Y. Nishikawa and O. J. Curtin and A. C. Hewson and D. J. G. Crow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.08771},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

5 pages, 6 figures