In this thesis we study the scaling properties of unconventional metals that arise at quantum
critical points using low-energy effective field theories. Due to high rate of scatterings between
electrons and critical fluctuations of the order parameter associated with spontaneous symmetry
breaking, Landau’s Fermi liquid theory breaks down at the critical points. The theories that
describe these critical points generally flow into strong coupling regimes at low energy in two
space dimensions. Here we develop and utilize renormalization group methods that are suitable
for the interacting non-Fermi liquids. We focus on the critical points arising at excitonic, and
commensurate spin and charge density wave transitions. By controlled analyses we find stable
non-Fermi liquid and marginal Fermi liquid states, and extract the scaling behaviour. The field
theories for the non-Fermi liquids are characterized by symmetry groups, local curvature of the
Fermi surface, the dispersion of the order parameter fluctuations, and dimensions of space and
Fermi surface. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/18412 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Sur, Shouvik |
| Contributors | Lee, Sung-Sik, Physics and Astronomy |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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