PIRSA:14020143

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https://pirsa.org/14020143

Are non-Fermi-liquids stable to pairing?

Metlitski, M. (2014). Are non-Fermi-liquids stable to pairing?. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/14020143

Metlitski, Max. Are non-Fermi-liquids stable to pairing?. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Feb. 13, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14020143 

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            doi = {10.48660/14020143},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14020143},
            author = {Metlitski, Max},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Are non-Fermi-liquids stable to pairing?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2014},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:14020143 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/14020143}}
          }

Max Metlitski Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Physics

Talk numberPIRSA:14020143
DOI10.48660/14020143
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Conference

Abstract

States of matter with a sharp Fermi-surface but no well-defined Landau
quasiparticles are expected to arise in a number of physical systems.
Examples include i) quantum critical points associated with the onset
of order in metals, ii) the spinon Fermi-surface (U(1) spin-liquid)
state of a Mott insulator and iii) the Halperin-Lee-Read composite
fermion charge liquid state of a half-filled Landau level. In this
talk, I will use renormalization group techniques to investigate
possible instabilities of such non-Fermi-liquids to pairing. I will
show that for a large class of phase transitions in metals, the
attractive interaction mediated by order parameter fluctuations always
leads to a superconducting instability, which preempts the
non-Fermi-liquid effects. On the other hand, the spinon Fermi-surface
and the Halperin-Lee-Read states are stable against pairing for a
sufficiently weak attractive short-range interaction. However, once
the strength of attraction exceeds a critical value, pairing sets in.
I will describe the ensuing quantum phase transition between i) the
U(1) and the Z_2 spin-liquid states, and ii) the Halperin-Lee-Read and
Moore-Read states.