Exact critical exponents for the antiferromagnetic quantum critical metal near three dimensions

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Abstract

We study the low energy field theory that describes the antiferromagnetic quantum critical metal. Earlier works have approached this problem by extending the spatial dimension from $d = 2$ to $d = 3 - \epsilon$ to gain perturbative control. We extend this work and find that the low energy theory can be studied in a controlled way even when $\epsilon$ is not small due to an emergent control parameter. This allows us to find exact values for the critical exponents of the theory. We describe the limitation of the $\epsilon$ expansion and the strategy of the non-perturbative framework that eventually lead to the solution in $d=2$. \newline S. Sur, S.-S. Lee, \textit{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{91}, 125136 (2015). \newline P. Lunts, A. Schlief, and S.-S. Lee, arXiv:1701.08218 \newline A. Schlief, P. Lunts, and S.-S. Lee, arXiv:1608.06927 \newline A. Schlief, P. Lunts, and S.-S. Lee, \textit{in preparation}

Authors

  • Peter Lunts

    McMaster University/Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

  • Andres Schlief

    McMaster University/Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

  • Sung-Sik Lee

    McMaster University/Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics