We show that a 1D quantum wire with $23$ channels of interacting fermions has a perfect metal phase in which all weak perturbations that could destabilize this phase are irrelevant. Consequently, weak disorder does not localize it, a weak periodic potential does not open a gap, and contact with a superconductor also fails to open a gap. Similar phases occur for $N \geq 24$ channels of fermions, except for $N=25$, and for $8k$ channels of interacting bosons, with $k\geq 3$. Arrays of perfect metallic wires form higher-dimensional fermionic or bosonic perfect metals, albeit highly-anisotropic ones.
We present a study of Hall transport in semi-Dirac critical phases. The construction is based on a covariant formulation of relativistic systems with spatial anisotropy. Geometric data together with external electromagnetic fields is used to devise an expansion procedure that leads to a low-energy effective action consistent with the discrete $PT$ symmetry that we impose. We use the action to discuss terms contributing to the Hall transport and extract the coefficients. We also discuss the associated scaling symmetry.
We probe the relationship between magnetism and "non-metallic" transport in the magnetically frustrated metal FeCrAs using the low-field Hall effect. We find that the low-field Hall coefficient is dependent on crystal orientation, and exhibits two temperature-induced sign reversals when the current is within the $ab$-plane. We suggest that these observations are due to scattering from magnetic fluctuations that become momentum-dependent near the onset of long-range magnetic order. It seems, however, that this additional spin-fluctuation scattering rides on top of the non-metallic resistivity, …
We show that in anisotropic Fermi liquids where momentum-conserving scattering is much faster than momentum-relaxing scattering processes, local imaging of the electric current flow patterns can cleanly distinguish between ballistic, viscous and ohmic flow patterns simultaneously (using a single image). We propose using multi-layer graphene-based heterostructures, including ABA trilayer graphene, as a natural experimental platform where an anisotropic ballistic-to-viscous crossover may be visible in near-term experiments. Such experiments could lead to more direct measurements of momentum-cons…
We propose a theoretical model of a ferroelectric metal where spontaneous electric polarization coexists with the conducting electrons. In our model we adopt a scenario when conducting electrons interact with two soft transverse optical phonons, generalize it to the case when there is a spontaneous ferroelectric polarization in the system, and show that a linear coupling to the phonons emerges as a result. We find that this coupling results in anisotropic electric transport which has a transverse to the current voltage drop. Importantly, the obtained transverse component of the resistivity has…
RV6Sn6 (R=rare earth) compounds are appealing materials platforms for exploring the interplay between R-site magnetism and nontrivial band topology associated with the nonmagnetic vanadium-based kagome network. Here we present the synthesis and characterization of the kagome metal TbV6Sn6 via single-crystal x-ray diffraction, magnetization, transport, and heat capacity measurements. Magnetization measurements reveal strong, uniaxial magnetic anisotropy rooted in the alignment of Tb3Å moments in the interplane direction below 4.3(2) K. TbV6Sn6 exhibits multiband transport behavior with high mob…
We show that a one-dimensional quantum wire with as few as 2 channels of interacting fermions can host metallic states of matter that are stable against all perturbations up to $q^\text{th}$-order in fermion creation/annihilation operators for any fixed finite $q$. The leading relevant perturbations are thus complicated operators that are expected to modify the physics only at very low energies, below accessible temperatures. The stability of these non-Fermi liquid fixed points is due to strong interactions between the channels, which can (but need not) be chosen to be purely repulsive. Our re…
Using a cluster extension of the dynamical mean-field theory (CDMFT) we map out the magnetic phase diagram of the anisotropic square lattice Hubbard model with nearest-neighbor intrachain $t$ and interchain $t_{\perp}$ hopping amplitudes at half-filling. A fixed value of the next-nearest-neighbor hopping $t'=-t_{\perp}/2$ removes the nesting property of the Fermi surface and stabilizes a paramagnetic metal phase in the weak-coupling regime. In the isotropic and moderately anisotropic regions, a growing spin entropy in the metal phase is quenched out at a critical interaction strength by the on…
Anisotropic character of the metal-to-metal transition in Pr4Ni$_3$O$_{10}$
作为Ruddlesden-Popper Ln $_{n+1}$ Ni $_n$ O $_{3n+1}$系列稀土镍酸盐的一员，Pr 4 Ni $_3$ O $_{10}$由无限准二维类钙钛矿Ni-O基层组成。虽然金属-金属相变在Tpt = 157 K已被揭示由以前的研究，与此过渡的物理性能的全面研究尚未进行。我们在高氧压下生长了Pr_4Ni_3O_（10）单晶，并报道了该相变前后的物理性质，如热容、电输运和磁化强度。我们观察到一个明显的各向异性行为之间的面内和面外的属性：金属到金属的过渡在Tpt的a-b平面内，和金属到绝缘体的转变沿c轴随着温度的降低。此外，在Tpt处观察到各向异性和反常的负磁阻，我们将其归因于磁场对一级相变的轻微抑制。磁化率可以很好地用Curie-Weiss定律来描述，高温相和低温相之间具有不同的Curie常数和Pauli自旋磁化率。单晶X射线衍射测量显示了不同的NiO 6八面体的形状变化从高温相到低温相。Ni位环境的这种微妙变化可能是高温和低温下不同物理性质的原因。
Heavy fermion compounds exhibiting a ferromagnetic quantum critical point have attracted considerable interest. Common to two known cases, i.e., CeRh$_6$Ge$_4$ and YbNi$_4$P$_2$, is that the 4f moments reside along chains with a large inter-chain distance, exhibiting strong magnetic anisotropy that was proposed to be vital for the ferromagnetic quantum criticality. Here we report an angle-resolved photoemission study on CeRh6Ge4, where we observe sharp momentum-dependent 4f bands and clear bending of the conduction bands near the Fermi level, indicating considerable hybridization between condu…
Perfect elliptic dichroism: Probing the metric of anisotropic quantum Hall droplets
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa（里斯本大学高等理工学院）；Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University（东北大学先进材料研究所（WPI-AIMR））；Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LPTMS（巴黎萨克雷大学，法国国家科学研究中心，理论与实验物理实验室）；Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université（卡斯勒-布罗塞尔实验室，法兰西公学院，法国国家科学研究中心，巴黎文理研究大学，索邦大学）；International Solvay Institutes（国际索尔维研究所）；Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles（布鲁塞尔自由大学非线性现象与复杂系统中心）；RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS), RIKEN（理化学研究所跨学科理论与数学科学中心（iTHEMS））
Pressure evolution of the superconducting kagome metal CsV$_3$Sb$_5$ is studied with single-crystal x-ray diffraction and density-functional band-structure calculations. A highly anisotropic compression observed up to 5 GPa is ascribed to the fast shrinkage of the Cs-Sb distances and suppression of Cs rattling motion. This prevents Sb displacements required to stabilize the three-dimensional charge-density-wave (CDW) order and elucidates the disappearance of the CDW already at 2 GPa despite only minor changes in the electronic structure of the normal state. At higher pressures, vanadium bands …
Block spin magnetism and metal-insulator transition in a two-dimensional Hubbard model with perfect vacancy superstructure
本文研究了具有完全空位超结构的正方晶格哈伯德模型的相图。该模型也可以定义在一个新的二分格上，每个构建块由一个最小正方形组成。精确求解了非相互作用模型，在弱的块间跳跃区，费米能级处出现了中带隙。增加库仑相互作用将发展具有不同块自旋矩的Néel反铁磁序。在磁不稳定性$U_{\rm M}$之上发生了$U_{\rm MI}$小于无空位的金属-绝缘体转变。新兴的中间磁性金属相发展基本上在温和的块间跳跃制度。在非相互作用的带状绝缘体的边缘上的有序矩和间隙幅度的急剧增加表明磁性半导体和莫特绝缘体之间可能存在区别。这些结果对最近发现的（A，Tl）$_{y}$ Fe $_{2-x}$ Se $_2$化合物的意义进行了讨论.
