Dynamical Response near Quantum Critical Points

作者:Lucas Andrew*; Gazit Snir; Podolsky Daniel; Witczak Krempa William
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2017, 118(5): 056601.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.056601

摘要

We study high-frequency response functions, notably the optical conductivity, in the vicinity of quantum critical points (QCPs) by allowing for both detuning from the critical coupling and finite temperature. We consider general dimensions and dynamical exponents. This leads to a unified understanding of sum rules. In systems with emergent Lorentz invariance, powerful methods from quantum field theory allow us to fix the high-frequency response in terms of universal coefficients. We test our predictions analytically in the large-N O(N) model and using the gauge-gravity duality and numerically via quantum Monte Carlo simulations on a lattice model hosting the interacting superfluid-insulator QCP. In superfluid phases, interacting Goldstone bosons qualitatively change the high-frequency optical conductivity and the corresponding sum rule.

  • 出版日期2017-2-2