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Strange-like Metallicity in a Toy Model with Selective-Mottness

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-08-12 v1

Abstract

The interplay between band and atomic aspects in materials with co-existing wide-band and flat-band states, or wide-band and effectively dispersionless electronic states is increasingly expected to lead to novel behavior. Using dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT), we investigate strange-metal-like behavior and emergence of unconventional superconductivity in a toy model that captures this interplay. Surprisingly, we find good accord with transport features seen in underdoped cuprates and ladder Fe-arsenides. We connect our findings to proposals of FL^{*} and orthogonal Fermi liquids, and present a route to it's direct instability to novel, competing orders.

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@article{arxiv.2508.06887,
  title  = {Strange-like Metallicity in a Toy Model with Selective-Mottness},
  author = {M. S. Laad and S. R. Hassan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.06887},
  year   = {2025}
}