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Linear in Temperature Resistivity and Associated Mysteries

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Pith's one-line read One theory ties four strange-metal anomalies to a single coupling constant, this paper argues.

desk verdict A useful, self-consistent review of the dissipative 2D-XY theory's quantitative reach in cuprates, but the central factorization is asserted rather than derived. read the letter →

arxiv 1908.05686 v2 pith:5HDRS7FQ submitted 2019-08-15 cond-mat.str-el quant-ph

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The reading

This paper argues that the four hallmark anomalies of the cuprate strange metal—resistivity linear in temperature, specific heat growing as $T\ln T$, a single-particle scattering rate proportional to $\max(|\omega|,\pi T)$, and a density fluctuation spectrum falling as $q^2/\omega^2$—are all quantitative consequences of one quantum critical theory. The theory is built on the dissipative two-dimensional XY model, whose critical fluctuations are controlled by two orthogonal kinds of topological excitations, vortices in space and warps in time. With a single dimensionless coupling g and one cutoff, the paper claims to reproduce the temperature and frequency dependence of all four observables and their magnitudes. The same two parameters are then used to obtain d-wave superconductivity, resolving the paradox that the normal-state scattering rate is nearly isotropic while the pairing is d-wave. If correct, the interacting fermions form a marginal Fermi liquid, and the same principles extend to heavy-fermion and iron-based compounds.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the dissipative 2D quantum XY model for the loop-current (anapole) order parameter $\Omega=\int_{\text{cell}} d^2r\,(M(r)\times \hat{r})$, whose fluctuations are solved by mapping to two mutually orthogonal topological excitations: vortices, which interact logarithmically in space but locally in time, and warps, which interact logarithmically in time but locally in space. The factorization of the correlation function $G(r,r',\tau,\tau')$ into a spatial and a temporal factor, with $\xi_r/a=\ln(\xi_\tau/\tau_c)$, is what lets every fermionic property be computed from a single momentum-independent spectral function. The fermions couple to these fluctuations through the fermion angular-momentum operator, giving the vertex $\gamma(p,p')=i\gamma_0(p\times p')$, which is the mechanism that produces both the nearly isotropic normal self-energy and the d-wave pairing.

What would settle it

A decisive test is high-resolution resonant x-ray scattering for the long-period modulation of the loop-current order proposed in the paper; if no such modulation is found, the theory's foundation for Fermi arcs and the small Fermi surface fails. A second, more direct test is to measure the single-particle self-energy cutoff and the specific heat cutoff in the same cuprate crystal: the theory predicts they coincide, with the same upper cutoff determining both the saturation of the scattering rate and the $T\ln T$ singularity.

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Core claim

The central claim is that quantum criticality of the dissipative 2D XY model, with fermions coupled through an angular-momentum vertex, explains the cuprate strange-metal phenomenology quantitatively. The correlation function of the critical fluctuations factorizes into a function of space and a function of imaginary time, Eqs. (14)-(16), with the spatial correlation length proportional to the logarithm of the temporal one; this 'freedom' of space and time metrics is what makes the results simple. The resulting single-particle self-energy, Eq. (19), is $\Sigma(p,\omega)=g_p(i(\pi/2)\max(|\omega|,\pi T)+\omega\ln(\omega_{cx}/x))$, from which the T-linear resistivity, the $T\ln T$ specific heat, the ARPES scattering rate, and the $q^2/\omega^2$ density fluctuation spectrum all follow with the same two parameters, g and $\omega_{cx}$. The coupling function $\gamma(p,p')=i\gamma_0(p\times p')$ gives a nearly isotropic normal self-energy yet an attractive d-wave pairing channel, explaining why d-wave superconductivity coexists with angle-independent scattering. The paper further claims that the same two parameters, deduced from normal-state experiments, give the d-wave transition temperature, and that the microscopic three-orbital model estimates both parameters within a factor of two.

Load-bearing premise

The entire calculation presupposes that a specific broken-symmetry order—orbital current loops (the anapole order) that break time-reversal and inversion—actually exists in underdoped cuprates and abuts the quantum critical region; the paper itself calls this order 'elusive' and says its proposed long-period extension has not yet been tested.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • If the theory is right, the four normal-state anomalies in cuprates are not separate mysteries but one quantum-critical phenomenon controlled by two parameters, g and $\omega_{cx}$.
  • The coefficient of the T-linear resistivity is set by the band-structure mass, not the renormalized many-body mass; using the renormalized mass would incorrectly produce $\rho\propto T\ln T$ and break the linear-in-T law.
  • The same fluctuation spectrum that gives T-linear resistivity also gives d-wave superconductivity through the angular-momentum vertex, with $T_c$ determined by the same g and $\omega_{cx}$.
  • The theory predicts that the crossover exponent from quantum-critical to Fermi-liquid behavior is approximately 1/2, consistent with the specific heat and resistivity phase diagrams.
  • Heavy-fermion and iron-based compounds near antiferromagnetic quantum criticality should show the same T-linear resistivity and $T\ln T$ specific heat, with the same two-parameter structure.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • A sharp test of the theory would be measuring the single-particle self-energy cutoff and the specific heat cutoff in the same crystal; the paper predicts both are the same $\omega_{cx}$, up to the stated factor of about two.
  • The paper's correction to the transport scattering rate implies that the apparent Planckian bound $\alpha\approx 1$ from resistivity is reduced to $\alpha\approx 0.25\text{--}0.4$, which would distinguish this mechanism from other 'Planckian dissipation' proposals.
  • The same factorization mechanism might apply to other quantum critical systems with topological excitations, such as the valley U(1) order speculated for twisted bilayer graphene, offering a testable extension beyond cuprates.
  • If the proposed long-period modulation of the loop-current order is not found, the theory still describes the quantum-critical region but loses its explanation of Fermi arcs and the small Fermi surface, leaving those as separate phenomena.
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Summary. This paper is a review/colloque article arguing that the normal-state anomalies of cuprates—T-linear resistivity, T ln T specific heat, frequency-linear single-particle scattering rate, and the q^2/ω^2 density-fluctuation spectrum—together with d-wave superconductivity, all follow from quantum-critical fluctuations of the dissipative 2D XY model. The central mechanism is a factorization of the critical correlation function into independent space and time parts (Eqs. 14–16), leading to a nearly momentum-independent self-energy (Eq. 19), a T-linear transport rate (Eq. 22), and an angular-momentum coupling vertex that produces d-wave pairing (Eq. 23). The author compares the theory with specific heat, ARPES, resistivity, M-EELS, and superconductivity data and reports that two parameters, g and the cutoff ω_c, determine all of them. The paper also extends the discussion to heavy-fermion and Fe-based compounds and candidly states that the proposed loop-current order does not yet explain Fermi arcs or small Fermi-surface oscillations.

Significance. If the central claim is correct, this would be a major unification: four seemingly unrelated normal-state anomalies, plus d-wave pairing, reduced to one dimensionless coupling and one cutoff. The paper has real strengths: it makes specific quantitative comparisons (g≈0.4 from specific heat and ARPES, g_tr≈0.3 from corrected resistivity, κ from density correlations close to the band value, and λ≈1.2 from the ARPES pairing analysis); it uses a Ward-identity argument to avoid double-counting mass renormalization in transport; and it is explicit about unresolved issues such as Fermi arcs and the untested long-period modulation. However, the quantitative agreement is largely a set of consistency checks in which the same parameter is extracted from each experiment, rather than a fixed-prediction test, and the theory-side factorization that everything rests on is not re-derived in the manuscript.

major comments (4)
  1. [Sec. III.2, Eqs. (14)–(16)] The factorization G(r,τ)=G0(τ_c/(τ−τ')) ln(|r−r'|/a) exp(−|τ−τ'|/ξ_τ) exp(−|r−r'|/ξ_r) with ξ_r/a=ln(ξ_τ/τ_c) is the load-bearing result of the paper: every subsequent physical prediction, including Eq. (19) for the self-energy, Eq. (22) for the resistivity, Eq. (11) for the density correlations, and Eq. (23) for d-wave pairing, is downstream of it. The manuscript cites Refs. [4,6,7] for the solution, but those are the author's own earlier RG and Monte Carlo studies; no independent derivation or even a self-contained summary of the derivation is provided. The reader therefore cannot verify the central assertion from this paper. Please either include the essential derivation, or clearly state that the result is taken from prior work and give the precise conditions under which the factorization is controlled.
  2. [Sec. III.1 and III.2] The loop-current order parameter Ω has four possible orientations, so the order-parameter symmetry is Z4, not U(1). The solved model in Eq. (13) is the U(1) XY model, and the manuscript states without derivation, citing Ref. [58], that the four-fold anisotropy is irrelevant for the quantum phase transition. This is a load-bearing assumption: if the Z4 anisotropy is relevant, the U(1) solution is not the correct effective theory for the Z4 order parameter, and the entire comparison with experiment would need to be re-examined. The paper should provide the relevant irrelevance argument or at least a quantitative estimate of the crossover scale below which Z4 effects can be neglected.
  3. [Sec. II.A, II.C, and Abstract] The abstract claims that the theory gives 'the magnitudes of all four with one dimensionless coupling parameter,' but in the body the coupling is extracted from data rather than predicted: g≈0.4±0.1 is read from the specific heat slope (Eq. 3), b=πg/2 is read from ARPES, and α=πg_tr/2 is read from the resistivity after a factor-of-three correction. The agreement among these extracted values is an important consistency check, but it is not an a priori prediction of the magnitudes. The microscopic estimate g≈1 quoted from Ref. [11] carries a factor-of-two uncertainty. The wording of the central claim should be softened to reflect that the theory predicts the functional forms and that one parameter consistently fits all four experiments, rather than stating that the magnitudes are predicted with no input from the data being explained.
  4. [Sec. II.C and Eqs. (20)–(22)] The numerical comparison for resistivity depends on reducing the experimental coefficient α of Ref. [25] by about a factor of three, based on the Ward identity v_renorm=Λv and the assertion that the band-structure mass, not the renormalized many-body mass, enters the conductivity. The manuscript states that a calculation yields τ_tr about 2/3 of the single-particle rate, but that calculation is not shown. Since this correction is essential to obtain g_tr≈0.3 and hence to claim agreement between transport and the single-particle experiments, the derivation of the 2/3 factor should be presented explicitly or the appropriate reference with the full derivation should be identified.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Sec. II.A, Eqs. (1) and (4)] The notation for the specific heat is inconsistent: Eq. (1) writes C_el/(k_B T) while Eq. (4) writes C_el/T, and the argument of the logarithm in Eq. (4), T_x/√(T^2+ξ_T^{-2}(p)), should be checked for dimensional correctness and displayed with proper parentheses.
  2. [Throughout] There are several typos that should be corrected: 'spectrun' in Sec. II.E, 'Kadawoki-Woods' and 'Kadawoki' in Sec. II.C, 'of-course' in the acknowledgements, and 'Lorentizian' in the caption of Fig. 3.
  3. [Sec. III.1] The cross-reference to 'Fig. (12)' for the order-parameter diagram appears to be wrong; in the compiled text the figure is labeled Fig. 8. Please re-check all figure and equation cross-references.
  4. [References [38] and [57]] Some references are incomplete or have nonstandard formatting, for example Ref. [38] lists 'Schröder, A. & et al.' without the full author list. Please make all references complete and consistent.

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No significant circularity: the paper tests a previously derived dissipative-2D-XY theory against multiple experiments, with the coupling parameter extracted from one observable and compared, not used to predict its own fit.

full rationale

This is a review-style paper whose derivation chain is: dissipative 2D XY model action (Eq. 13) -> product-form correlation function (Eqs. 14-16) -> fermion self-energy (Eq. 19) -> specific heat, resistivity, density correlations, and d-wave pairing. The model solution is cited to the author's prior work (Refs. [4,6,7]), but this is normal citation of published results, and the paper states the solution is checked by quantum Monte-Carlo calculations; it is not redefined in this paper in terms of the experimental outputs it predicts. The parameter g is not used circularly: it is read from specific heat (Eq. 3), then used to predict the ARPES slope b = (pi/2)g and the resistivity coefficient alpha = (pi/2)g_tr, with g_tr approximately (2/3)g derived from the theory; these are independent cross-checks, not fitted-input predictions. The microscopic estimates g ≈ 1 and omega_c ≈ 0.5 eV are cited from Ref. [11], a separate calculation, rather than fitted to the four experiments. The four-fold anisotropy irrelevance is cited to Ref. [58]; even if this is a load-bearing self-citation and a scientific risk, it is an RG result about the model, not a circular redefinition of the target observables. The paper explicitly acknowledges unresolved issues (Fermi arcs, untested long-period order in Sec. III.B), which lower confidence but do not make the derivation circular. Overall, no step exhibits a construction-level equivalence between input and prediction.

Assumptions & free parameters 3 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 3 invented entities

The central claim rests on a model with one fitted coupling g and one fitted cutoff omega_c, the existence of a loop-current order parameter, and a specific factorized solution of the dissipative 2D XY model. The paper draws heavily on the author's prior publications for the microscopic estimates and QMC checks, so those are cited rather than reproduced. The qualitative predictions are not parameter-free, but the consistency across experiments is the main evidence.

free parameters (3)
  • g (dimensionless coupling of fermions to quantum-critical fluctuations) = g approx 0.4 +/- 0.1 from specific heat and ARPES; g_tr approx 0.3 from resistivity; microscopic estimate g approx 1
    Eq. (2) defines z_p through g; Eq. (3) extracts g from specific heat; Sec. II.B extracts g from ARPES b coefficient; Sec. II.C extracts g_tr from alpha. The central claim that one dimensionless coupling explains all four experiments depends on this parameter; it is fitted, not derived from first principles in this paper.
  • omega_c or T_x (upper cutoff) = T_x approx 1200 +/- 300 K from specific heat; omega_c approx 0.5 eV from ARPES; omega_c approx 0.25 eV in the…
    The cutoff sets the logarithmic scale in Eqs. (1)-(2) and (19). It is read off experimental data with a large extrapolation. The microscopic estimate is omega_c approx 0.5 eV.
  • crossover exponent zeta = approx 0.5 (estimated from data)
    Eq. (5) defines xi_T ~ (p - p_c)^(-zeta); the paper estimates zeta approx 0.5 from specific heat and resistivity and notes the theory gives this value. It is not needed for the magnitude comparisons but is part of the phase diagram comparison.
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption The cuprate quantum critical point is described by the dissipative 2D quantum XY model with Caldeira-Leggett dissipation (Eq. (13)).
    This is the central modeling assumption; the order parameter is the loop-current anapole vector Omega, and the model is motivated by symmetry, not derived in this paper.
  • ad hoc to paper The order parameter Omega breaks time reversal and inversion but preserves their product, and such a phase exists at T*(p).
    Sec. III.1 introduces Omega in Eq. (12) and cites experiments; the broken symmetry is not universally accepted, and the paper admits Fermi arcs and small Fermi surface are unexplained unless an extension [13] is confirmed.
  • domain assumption The correlation function factorizes into space and time parts with xi_r / a = ln(xi_tau / tau_c) (Eqs. (15)-(16)), solved by RG and QMC.
    This factorization is the key result of the theory, taken from prior publications [4, 6, 7]; it is not re-derived here.
  • domain assumption The coupling of fermions to fluctuations is gamma(p,p') = i gamma0 (p x p'), the angular momentum matrix element (Eq. (18)).
    This coupling determines both the normal self-energy and the d-wave pairing vertex; it is stated as derived in Ref. [11].
  • domain assumption The Ward identity ensures the conductivity uses the bare band mass, not the renormalized mass (Eqs. (20)-(22)).
    This is a known consequence of continuity when the self-energy is momentum independent, but its applicability to the cuprate quantum critical regime is asserted and used to correct Ref. [25].
invented entities (3)
  • Loop-current (anapole/magneto-electric) order parameter Omega independent evidence
    purpose: The hidden order whose quantum critical fluctuations produce marginal Fermi liquid behavior and d-wave pairing in the cuprates.
    The paper cites polarized neutron scattering, optical birefringence, SHG, muSR, and ultrasound experiments (Refs. 45-49, 53-56) reporting symmetry changes consistent with Omega. However, the microscopic current-loop configuration remains debated and the paper proposes an additional long-period modulation [13] to explain Fermi arcs.
  • Warps (topological excitations in imaginary time) and vortices (topological excitations in space)
    purpose: The orthogonal topological excitations that make the dissipative 2D XY model solvable and produce the factorized space-time correlation function (Eqs. (15)-(16)).
    These are mathematical constructs in the solution of the model. The paper cites QMC evidence [6, 7] for their correlations, but the QMC is by the same group and not reproduced in this paper.
  • Long-period modulated loop-current phase (Ref. [13])
    purpose: Explains Fermi arcs and small Fermi surface oscillations in the pseudogap phase, which the simple loop-current order cannot.
    Proposed as an untested extension; the paper states it has not yet been tested in proposed experiments.

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  title        = {Pith review of: Linear in Temperature Resistivity and Associated Mysteries},
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abstract

Recent experimental results: (i) the measurement of the $T \ln T$ specific heat in cuprates and the earlier such results in some heavy fermion compounds, (ii) the measurement of the single-particle scattering rates, (iii) the density fluctuation spectrum in cuprates and (iv) the long standing results on the linear temperature dependence of the resistivity, show that a theory of the quantum-criticality in these compounds based on the solution of the dissipative 2D - XY model gives the temperature and frequency dependence of each of them, and the magnitudes of all four with one dimensionless coupling parameter. These low frequency or temperature dependences persist to an upper cut-off which is measured to be about the same from the singularity in the specific heat or the saturation of the single-particle self-energy. The same two parameters are deduced in the analysis of results of photoemission experiments to give d-wave superconductivity and its transition temperature. The coupling parameter and the cut-off had been estimated in the microscopic theory to within a factor of 2. The simplicity of the results depends on the discovery that orthogonal topological excitations in space and in time determine the fluctuations near criticality such that the space and time metrics are free of each other. The interacting fermions then form a marginal Fermi-liquid.

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Figure 1. The electronic Specific heat in La2−pApCuO4, taken from Fig. S10 of Ref. [14]. The left panel shows the data at 0.5 K, the lowest temperature measured (in a magnetic field to remove superconductivity). The right panel shows the temperature dependence of the specific heat nearest to the critical composition p ≈ pc. The extraction of the electronic component from the total specific heat is discussed in [14] II. EXPERI… view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Single-particle scattering rate measured by ARPES taken from [17]. The top part shows the momentum distribution curves at various energies with a fit with which the parameters of the self energy are extracted. The data is fit by red-curves which are Lorentzians, proving that the scattering rate is independent of momentum perpendicular to the Fermi-surface. The bottom panel on the left shows the points on the Fermi-s… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Temperature versus doping phase diagram of La [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_4.png]
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Continuum collapse in OP BSCCO. (A) Dynamic charge susceptibility, χ″ðq,ωÞ, for a selection of momenta along the ð1, 1!Þ direction at 295 K (red symbols). The spectra were divided by q2 and offset for clarity. The base line for each curve is indicated by the solid line…
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Figure 10. Figure 10: The magnetic ordering vector is esistivity, ⇢c, we report measure optimal doping (x ⇠ 0.3) for both ible because minates the scaling, as, for example, in the case of a metallic ferromag net. The existence of ferromagnetic spin fluctuations in y in KxSr1−xF e2As2, [P…
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