Disordered Quantum Critical Fixed Points from Holography

Xiaoyang Huang, Subir Sachdev, and Andrew Lucas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 141601 – Published 3 October 2023
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Abstract

Using holographic duality, we present an analytically controlled theory of quantum critical points without quasiparticles, at finite disorder and finite charge density. These fixed points are obtained by perturbing a disorder-free quantum critical point with relevant disorder whose operator dimension is perturbatively close to Harris marginal. We analyze these fixed points both using field theoretic arguments, and by solving the bulk equations of motion in holography. We calculate the critical exponents of the IR theory, together with thermoelectric transport coefficients. Our predictions for the critical exponents of the disordered fixed point are consistent with previous work, both in holographic and nonholograpic models.

  • Received 12 June 2023
  • Accepted 12 September 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.141601

© 2023 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsParticles & Fields

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Xiaoyang Huang1,*, Subir Sachdev2, and Andrew Lucas1,†

  • 1Department of Physics and Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

  • *xiaoyang.huang@colorado.edu
  • andrew.j.lucas@colorado.edu

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Vol. 131, Iss. 14 — 6 October 2023

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