Non-relativistic dynamics of the amplitude (Higgs) mode in superconductors

Abstract

Despite the formal analogy with the Higgs particle, the amplitude fluctuations of the order parameter in weakly-coupled superconductors do not identify a real mode with a Lorentz-invariant dynamics. Indeed, its resonance occurs at $2{\Delta }_0$, which coincides with the threshold $2E_{gap}$ for quasiparticle excitations, that spoil any relativistic dynamics. Here we investigate the fate of the Higgs mode in the unconventional case where $2E_{gap}$ becomes larger than $2{\Delta }_0$, as due to strong coupling or strong disorder. We show that also in this situation the amplitude fluctuations never identify a real mode at $2{\Delta }_0$, since such "bosonic" limit is always reached via a strong mixing with the phase fluctuations, which dominate the low-energy part of the spectrum. Our results have direct implications for the interpretation of the sub-gap optical absorption in disordered superconductors.

Final version, expanded discussion on the optics. Supplemental Material included

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