Quantum criticality and superconductivity in quasi-two-dimensional Dirac electronic systems

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2006.02.025zbMATH Open1214.82132arXivcond-mat/0603165OpenAlexW2083913374MaRDI QIDQ879796FDOQ879796

Authors: E. C. Marino, Lizardo H. C. M. Nunes 

Publication date: 10 May 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a theory describing the superconducting (SC) interaction of Dirac electrons in a quasi-two-dimensional system consisting of a stack of N planes. The occurrence of a SC phase is investigated both at T=0 and T

eq 0, in the case of a local interaction, when the theory must be renormalized and also in the situation where a natural physical cutoff is present in the system. In both cases, at T=0, we find a quantum phase transition connecting the normal and SC phases at a certain critical coupling. The phase structure is shown to be robust against quantum fluctuations. The SC gap is determined for T=0 and T

eq 0, both with and without a physical cutoff and the interplay between the gap and the SC order parameter is discussed. Our theory qualitatively reproduces the SC phase transition occurring in the underdoped regime of the high-Tc cuprates. This fact points to the possible relevance of Dirac electrons in the mechanism of high-Tc superconductivity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603165

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zbMATH Keywords

superconductivityDirac electronsquantum criticality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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