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Quantum criticality of reconstructing Fermi surfaces in antiferromagnetic metals

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2013-01-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present a functional renormalization group analysis of a quantum critical point in two-dimensional metals involving Fermi surface reconstruction due to the onset of spin-density wave order. Its critical theory is controlled by a fixed point in which the order parameter and fermionic quasiparticles are strongly coupled and acquire spectral functions with a common dynamic critical exponent. We obtain results for critical exponents and for the variation in the quasiparticle spectral weight around the Fermi surface. Our analysis is implemented on a two-band variant of the spin-fermion model which will allow comparison with sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo simulations.

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@article{arxiv.1209.4644,
  title  = {Quantum criticality of reconstructing Fermi surfaces in antiferromagnetic metals},
  author = {Junhyun Lee and Philipp Strack and Subir Sachdev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.4644},
  year   = {2013}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures