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Fate of the Wiedemann–Franz law near quantum critical points of electron systems in solids
V. A. Khodelab, J. W. Clarkcb, V. R. Shaginyand, M. V. Zverevae a National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
b McDonnell Center for the Space Science and Department of Physics,
Washington University, MO 63130 St. Louis, USA
c Centro de Ciências Matemáticas, Universidade de Madeira, 9000-390 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
d Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
e Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia
Abstract:
We introduce and analyze two different scenarios for violation of the Wiedemann–Franz law in strongly correlated electron systems of solids, close to a topological quantum critical point (TQCP) where the density of states $N(0)$ diverges. The first, applicable to the Fermi-liquid (FL) side of the TQCP, involves a transverse zero-sound collective mode that opens a new channel for the thermal conductivity, thereby enhancing the Lorenz number $L(0)$ relative to the value $L_0=\pi^2k^2_{\mathrm{B}}/3e^2$ dictated by conventional FL theory. The second mechanism for violation of the WF law, relevant to the non-Fermi-liquid (NFL) side of the TQCP, involves the formation of a flat band and leads instead to a reduction of the Lorenz number.
Received: 06.11.2015
Citation:
V. A. Khodel, J. W. Clark, V. R. Shaginyan, M. V. Zverev, “Fate of the Wiedemann–Franz law near quantum critical points of electron systems in solids”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 102:12 (2015), 943–950; JETP Letters, 102:12 (2015), 826–833
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