Superconductor-Insulator Transition in a Non-Fermi Liquid

A. L. Chudnovskiy, Alex Kamenev

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Abstract

We present a model of a strongly correlated system with a non-Fermi liquid high temperature phase. Its ground state undergoes an insulator to superconductor quantum phase transition (QPT) as a function of a pairing interaction strength. Both the insulator and the superconductor are originating from the same interaction mechanism. The resistivity in the insulating phase exhibits the activation behavior with the activation energy, which goes to zero at the QPT. This leads to a wide quantum critical regime with an algebraic temperature dependence of the resistivity. Upon raising the temperature in the superconducting phase, the model exhibits a finite temperature phase transition to a Bose metal phase, which separates the superconductor from the non-Fermi liquid metal.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number266601
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume129
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 23 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are grateful to A. Chubukov, L. Glazman, A. Goldman, C. Marcus, and A. Schnirman for useful discussions. A. K. was supported by the NSF Grant No. DMR-2037654.

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© 2022 American Physical Society.

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