Pairing in quantum-critical systems: Tc, Δ and their ratio

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Abstract

We calcualte the ratio of the pairing gap Δ at T=0 and Tc for a set of quantum-critical models in which the pairing interaction is mediated by a gapless boson(the γ model, where different γ corresponds to different pairing models). The ratio 2Δ/Tc has been recently computed numerically for 0<γ<2 within Eliashberg theory and was found to increase with increasing γ [T-H Lee et al, arXiv:1805.10280]. We argue that the origin of the increase is the divergence of this ratio at γ = 3. We obtain an approximate analytical formula for the ratio for γ<3 and show that it fits numerical data well. We also consider in detail the opposite limit of small γ. Here we obtain the explicit expressions for Tc and Δ, including numerical prefactors. We show that these prefactors depend on fermionic self-energy in a rather non-trivial way. The dependence is, however, the same for Tc and Δ, and the ratio 2Δ/Tc approaches the BCS value 3.53 when γ approaches to 0.

Presenters

  • Yi-Ming Wu

    University of Minnesota

Authors

  • Yi-Ming Wu

    University of Minnesota

  • Artem G Abanov

    Physics, Texas A&M U, Physics, Texas A&M

  • Andrey Chubukov

    University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Physics, University of Minnesota