@misc{CapraraDiCastroMirarchietal., author = {Caprara, Sergio and Di Castro, Carlo and Mirarchi, Giovanni and Seibold, G{\"o}tz and Grilli, Marco}, title = {Dissipation-driven strange metal behavior}, series = {Communications Physics}, journal = {Communications Physics}, number = {5}, issn = {2399-3650}, doi = {10.1038/s42005-021-00786-y}, pages = {1 -- 7}, abstract = {Anomalous metallic properties are often observed in the proximity of quantum critical points, with violation of the Fermi Liquid paradigm. We propose a scenario where, near the quantum critical point, dynamical fluctuations of the order parameter with finite correlation length mediate a nearly isotropic scattering among the quasiparticles over the entire Fermi surface. This scattering produces a strange metallic behavior, which is extended to the lowest temperatures by an increase of the damping of the fluctuations. We phenomenologically identify one single parameter ruling this increasing damping when the temperature decreases, accounting for both the linear-in-temperature resistivity and the seemingly divergent specific heat observed, e.g., in high-temperature superconducting cuprates and some heavy-fermion metals.}, language = {en} } @misc{MirarchiSeiboldDiCastroetal., author = {Mirarchi, Giovanni and Seibold, G{\"o}tz and Di Castro, Carlo and Grilli, Marco and Caprara, Sergio}, title = {The Strange-Metal Behavior of Cuprates}, series = {Condensed Matter}, volume = {7}, journal = {Condensed Matter}, number = {1}, issn = {2410-3896}, doi = {10.3390/condmat7010029}, pages = {1 -- 17}, abstract = {Recent resonant X-ray scattering experiments on cuprates allowed to identify a new kind of collective excitations, known as charge density fluctuations, which have finite characteristic wave vector, short correlation length and small characteristic energy. It was then shown that these fluctuations provide a microscopic scattering mechanism that accounts for the anomalous transport properties of cuprates in the so-called strange-metal phase and are a source of anomalies in the specific heat. In this work, we retrace the main steps that led us to attributing a central role to charge density fluctuations in the strange-metal phase of cuprates, discuss the state of the art on the issue and provide an in-depth analysis of the contribution of charge density fluctuations to the specific heat.}, language = {en} } @misc{GrilliDiCastroMirarchietal., author = {Grilli, Marco and Di Castro, Carlo and Mirarchi, Giovanni and Seibold, G{\"o}tz and Caprara, Sergio}, title = {Dissipative Quantum Criticality as a Source of Strange Metal Behavior}, series = {Symmetry}, volume = {15}, journal = {Symmetry}, number = {3}, issn = {2073-8994}, doi = {10.3390/sym15030569}, abstract = {The strange metal behavior, usually characterized by a linear-in-temperature (T) resistivity, is a still unsolved mystery in solid-state physics. It is often associated with the proximity to a quantum critical point (a second order transition at temperature T=0, leading to a broken symmetry phase) focusing on the related divergent order parameter correlation length. Here, we propose a paradigmatic shift, focusing on a divergent characteristic time scale due to a divergent dissipation acting on the fluctuating critical modes while their correlation length stays finite. To achieve a divergent dissipation, we propose a mechanism based on the coupling between a local order parameter fluctuation and electron density diffusive modes that accounts both for the linear-in-T resistivity and for the logarithmic specific heat versus temperature ratio CV/T∼log(1/T), down to low temperatures.}, language = {en} } @misc{MirarchiGrilliSeiboldetal., author = {Mirarchi, Giovanni and Grilli, Marco and Seibold, G{\"o}tz and Caprara, Sergio}, title = {The Shrinking Fermi Liquid Scenario for Strange-Metal Behavior from Overdamped Optical Phonons}, series = {Condensed Matter}, volume = {9}, journal = {Condensed Matter}, number = {1}, issn = {2410-3896}, doi = {10.3390/condmat9010014}, pages = {1 -- 13}, abstract = {We discuss how the interaction of electrons with an overdamped optical phonon can give rise to a strange-metal behavior over extended temperature and frequency ranges. Although the mode has a finite frequency, an increasing damping shifts spectral weight to progressively lower energies so that despite the ultimate Fermi liquid character of the system at the lowest temperatures and frequencies, the transport and optical properties of the electron system mimic a marginal Fermi liquid behavior. Within this shrinking Fermi liquid scenario, we extensively investigate the electron self-energy in all frequency and temperature ranges, emphasizing similarities and differences with respect to the marginal Fermi liquid scenario.}, language = {en} }