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Shear viscosity and imperfect fluidity in bosonic and fermionic superfluids
In this paper we address the ratio of the shear viscosity to entropy density
in bosonic and fermionic superfluids. A small is associated
with nearly perfect fluidity, and more general measures of the fluidity
perfection/imperfection are of wide interest to a number of communities. We use
a Kubo approach to concretely address this ratio via low temperature transport
associated with the quasi-particles. Our analysis for bosonic superfluids
utilizes the framework of the one-loop Bogoliubov approximation, whereas for
fermionic superfluids we apply BCS theory and its BCS-BEC extension.
Interestingly, we find that the transport properties of strict BCS and
Bogoliubov superfluids have very similar structures, albeit with different
quasi-particle dispersion relations. While there is a dramatic contrast between
the power law and exponential temperature dependence for alone, the
ratio for both systems is more similar. Specifically we find the same
linear dependence (on the ratio of temperature to inverse lifetime
) with , corresponding to imperfect
fluidity. By contrast, near the unitary limit of BCS-BEC superfluids a very
different behavior results, which is more consistent with near-perfect
fluidity.Comment: v2: 8 pages, 3 figure
Combined effects of pairing fluctuations and a pseudogap in the Cuprate Hall effect
The normal-state behavior of the temperature-dependent Hall coefficient in
cuprate superconductors is investigated using linear response theory. The Hall
conductivity is of paramount importance in that its sign and magnitude directly
reflect the sign of the charge carriers and the size of particle-hole asymmetry
effects. Here we apply a strong-pairing fluctuation theory that incorporates
pseudogap effects known to be important in cuprate transport. As a result, in
the vicinity of the transition temperature our theoretical approach goes beyond
the conventional superconducting fluctuation formalism. In this regime,
pseudogap effects are evident in both the transverse and longitudinal
conductivities and the bosonic response is explicitly gauge invariant. The
presence of a gap in the excitation spectrum is also apparent at higher
temperatures, where the gapped fermionic quasiparticles are the dominant
contribution to the Hall coefficient. The observed non-monotonic temperature
dependence of the Hall coefficient therefore results from a delicate interplay
between the fermionic quasiparticles and the bosonic fluctuations. An important
feature of our work is that the sign of the Hall conductivity from the Cooper
pair fluctuations is the same as that of their fermionic constituents. Thus, we
find no sign change in the Hall coefficient above the transition temperature.
This prediction is corroborated by experiments, away from special charge
ordering stoichiometries. The theoretical results presented in this paper
provide crucial signatures that can be experimentally verified, enabling
validation of the present theory.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure
Cuprate diamagnetism in the presence of a pseudogap: Beyond the standard fluctuation formalism
It is often claimed that among the strongest evidence for preformed-pair
physics in the cuprates are the experimentally observed large values for the
diamagnetic susceptibility and Nernst coefficient. These findings are most
apparent in the underdoped regime, where a pseudogap is also evident. While the
conventional (Gaussian) fluctuation picture has been applied to address these
results, this preformed-pair approach omits the crucial effects of a pseudogap.
In this paper we remedy this omission by computing the diamagnetic
susceptibility and Nernst coefficient in the presence of a normal state gap. We
find a large diamagnetic response for a range of temperatures much higher than
the transition temperature. In particular, we report semi-quantitative
agreement with the measured diamagnetic susceptibility onset temperatures, over
the entire range of hole dopings. Notable is the fact that at the lower
critical doping of the superconducting dome, where the transition temperature
vanishes and the pseudogap onset temperature remains large, the onset
temperature for both diamagnetic and transverse thermoelectric transport
coefficients tends to zero. Due to the importance attributed to the cuprate
diamagnetic susceptibility and Nernst coefficient, this work helps to clarify
the extent to which pairing fluctuations are a component of the cuprate
pseudogap
Quasi-condensation in two-dimensional Fermi gases
In this paper we follow the analysis and protocols of recent experiments,
combined with simple theory, to arrive at a physical understanding of
quasi-condensation in two dimensional Fermi gases. We find that
quasi-condensation mirrors Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless behavior in many
ways, including the emergence of a strong zero momentum peak in the pair
momentum distribution. Importantly, the disappearance of this quasi-condensate
occurs at a reasonably well defined crossover temperature. The resulting phase
diagram, pair momentum distribution, and algebraic power law decay are
compatible with recent experiments throughout the continuum from BEC to BCS
Correcting inconsistencies in the conventional superfluid path integral scheme
In this paper we show how to redress a shortcoming of the path integral
scheme for fermionic superfluids and superconductors. This approach is built
around a simultaneous calculation of electrodynamics and thermodynamics. An
important sum rule, the compressibility sum rule, fails to be satisfied in the
usual calculation of the electromagnetic and thermodynamic response at the
Gaussian fluctuation level. Here we present a path integral scheme to address
this inconsistency. Specifically, at the leading order we argue that the
superconducting gap should be calculated using a different saddle point
condition modified by the presence of an external vector potential. This leads
to the well known gauge-invariant BCS electrodynamic response and is associated
with the usual (mean field) expression for thermodynamics. In this way the
compressibility sum rule is satisfied at the BCS level. Moreover, this scheme
can be readily extended to address arbitrary higher order fluctuation theories.
At any level this approach will lead to a gauge invariant and compressibility
sum rule consistent treatment of electrodynamics and thermodynamics.Comment: Comments welcome. Submitted directly to Phys. Rev. B Rapid
Communication
Two-dimensional spin-imbalanced Fermi gases at non-zero temperature: Phase separation of a non-condensate
We study a trapped two-dimensional spin-imbalanced Fermi gas over a range of
temperatures. In the moderate temperature regime, associated with current
experiments, we find reasonable semi-quantitative agreement with the measured
density profiles as functions of varying spin imbalance and interaction
strength. Our calculations show that, in contrast to the three-dimensional
case, the phase separation which appears as a spin balanced core, can be
associated with non-condensed fermion pairs. We present predictions at lower
temperatures where a quasi-condensate will first appear, based on the pair
momentum distribution and following the protocols of Jochim and collaborators.
While these profiles also indicate phase separation, they exhibit distinctive
features which may aid in identifying the condensation regime.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figur
Signatures of pairing and spin-orbit coupling in correlation functions of Fermi gases
We derive expressions for spin and density correlation functions in the
(greatly enhanced) pseudogap phase of spin-orbit coupled Fermi superfluids.
Density-density correlation functions are found to be relatively insensitive to
the presence of these Rashba effects. To arrive at spin-spin correlation
functions we derive new -sum rules, valid even in the absence of a spin
conservation law. Our spin-spin correlation functions are shown to be fully
consistent with these -sum rules. Importantly, they provide a clear
signature of the Rashba band-structure and separately help to establish the
presence of a pseudogap.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, with 5 page supplemen
Topological effects on transition temperatures and response functions in three-dimensional Fermi superfluids
We investigate the effects of topological order on the transition
temperature, , and response functions in fermionic superfluids with Rashba
spin-orbit coupling and a transverse Zeeman field in three dimensions. Our
calculations, relevant to the ultracold atomic Fermi gases, include
fluctuations beyond mean-field theory and are compatible with -sum rules.
Reminiscent of the superfluid, the topological phase is
stabilized when driven away from the Bose-Einstein condensation and towards the
BCS limit. Accordingly, while experimentally accessible, is significantly
suppressed in a topological superfluid. Above , the spin and density
response functions provide signatures of topological phases via the
recombination or amplification of frequency dependent peaks
Unified approach to electrical and thermal transports in high- superconductors
In this paper we present a consolidated equation for all low-field transport
coefficients, based on a reservoir approach developed for non-interacting
quasiparticles. This formalism allows us to treat the two distinct types of
charged (fermionic and bosonic) quasiparticles that can be simultaneously
present, as for example in superconductors. Indeed, in the underdoped cuprate
superconductors these two types of carriers result in two onset temperatures
with distinct features in transport: , where the fermions first experience
an excitation (pseudo)gap, and , where bosonic conduction processes are
dominant and often divergent. This provides the central goal of this paper,
which is to address the challenges in thermoelectric transport that stem from
having two characteristic temperatures as well as two types of charge carriers
whose contributions can in some instances enhance each other and in others
compete. We show how essential features of the cuprates (their "bad-metal"
character and the presence of Fermi arcs) provide an explanation for the
classic pseudogap onset signatures at in the longitudinal resistivity,
. Based on the fits to the temperature-dependent , we
present the implications for all of the other thermoelectric transport
properties
Exact correlation functions in the cuprate pseudogap phase: combined effects of charge order and pairing
There is a multiplicity of charge ordered, pairing-based or pair density wave
theories of the cuprate pseudogap, albeit arising from different microscopic
mechanisms. For mean field schemes (of which there are many) we demonstrate
here that they have precise implications for two body physics in the same way
that they are able to address the one body physics of photoemission
spectroscopy. This follows because the full vertex can be obtained exactly from
the Ward-Takahashi identity. As an illustration, we present the spin response
functions, finding that a recently proposed pair density wave (Amperean
pairing) scheme is readily distinguishable from other related scenarios.Comment: Corrects an error in Eq. (1). Numerical results and conclusions
remain unchanged. Supplemental Material update
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