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Phase diagram of the spin- 12 Yukawa–Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model: Non-Fermi liquid, insulator, and superconductor
Phase diagram of the spin- 12 Yukawa–Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model: Non-Fermi liquid, insulator, and superconductor
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 103
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2021.
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Abstract
- We analyze the phase diagram of the spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ Yukawa--Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, which describes complex spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ fermions randomly interacting with real bosons via a Yukawa coupling, at finite temperatures and varying fermion density. A recent work [Wang and Chubukov, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 033084 (2020).] showed that, upon varying the filling or chemical potential, a first-order quantum phase transition exists between a non-Fermi-liquid (NFL) phase and an insulating phase. Here we show that in such a model with time-reversal symmetry this quantum phase transition is preempted by a pairing phase that develops as a low-temperature instability. As a remnant of the would-be NFL-insulator transition, the superconducting critical temperature rapidly decreases beyond a certain chemical potential. On the other hand, depending on the parameters, the first-order quantum phase transition extends to finite temperatures and terminates at a thermal critical point, beyond which the NFL and the insulator become the same phase, similar to that of the liquid-gas and metal-insulator transition in real materials. We determine the pairing phase boundary and the location of the thermal critical point via combined analytic and quantum Monte Carlo numeric efforts. Our results provide a model realization of the transition of NFLs towards superconductivity and insulating states and therefore offer a controlled platform for future investigations of the generic phase diagram that hosts a NFL, insulator, and superconductor and their phase transitions.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Quantum phase transition
Phase transition
Condensed matter physics
Quantum Monte Carlo
Yukawa potential
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Critical point (thermodynamics)
Phase (matter)
0103 physical sciences
Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons
Fermi liquid theory
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Phase diagram
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Details
- ISSN :
- 24699969 and 24699950
- Volume :
- 103
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........116a6ee92f9fbf43ba79da92a730dd89
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.103.195108