Universal crossovers and critical dynamics of quantum phase transitions: A renormalization group study of the pseudogap Kondo problem

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Beitragende

  • Lars Fritz - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Universität zu Köln (Autor:in)
  • Serge Florens - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Autor:in)
  • Matthias Vojta - , Universität zu Köln (Autor:in)

Abstract

The pseudogap Kondo problem, describing a magnetic impurity embedded in an electronic environment with a power-law density of states, displays continuous quantum phase transitions between free and screened moment phases. In this paper we employ renormalization group techniques to analytically calculate universal crossover functions, associated to these transitions, for various observables. Quantitative agreement with the results of Numerical Renormalization Group (NRG) simulations is obtained for temperature-dependent static and zero-temperature dynamic quantities, at and away from criticality. In the notoriously difficult realm of finite-temperature low-frequency dynamics, usually inaccessible to both NRG and perturbative methods, we show that progress can be made by a suitable renormalization procedure in the framework of the Callan-Symanzik equations. Our general strategy can be extended to other zero-temperature phase transitions, both in quantum impurity models and bulk systems.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer144410
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Jahrgang74
Ausgabenummer14
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2006
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa