Spectral scaling and quantum critical behaviour in the pseudogap Anderson model

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2003 EDP Sciences
, , Citation M. T. Glossop and D. E. Logan 2003 EPL 61 810 DOI 10.1209/epl/i2003-00306-3

0295-5075/61/6/810

Abstract

The pseudogap Anderson impurity model provides a classic example of an essentially local quantum phase transition. Here we study its single-particle dynamics in the vicinity of the symmetric quantum critical point (QCP) separating generalized Fermi-liquid and local-moment phases, via the local-moment approach. Both phases are shown to be characterized by a low-energy scale that vanishes at the QCP; and the universal scaling spectra, on all energy scales, are obtained analytically. The spectrum precisely at the QCP is also obtained; its form showing clearly the non–Fermi-liquid, interacting nature of the fixed point.

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10.1209/epl/i2003-00306-3