Superconducting quantum criticality in three-dimensional Luttinger semimetals

Igor Boettcher; Igor F. Herbut

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205138

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Superconducting quantum criticality in three-dimensional Luttinger semimetals

Igor Boettcher, Igor F. Herbut

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205138 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We study a simple model of three-dimensional fermions close to a quadratic band touching point, built from the celebrated Luttinger single-particle Hamiltonian and an attractive contact interaction between the particles. Such a system displays a quantum critical point between the semimetallic and an s-wave superconducting phase at which the low-energy “Luttinger fermions” are inextricably coupled to the order parameter fluctuations. The quantum critical point is perturbatively accessible near four spatial dimensions, where it features nontrivial scaling with dynamical exponent 1<z<2 and emergent rotational and particle-hole symmetries. Some features of the criticality, such as oscillatory corrections to scaling and its enhanced symmetry, are discussed.