Interplay between superconductivity and non-Fermi liquid at a quantum-critical point in a metal: V. The $\gamma$ model and its phase diagram. The case $\gamma =2$

Abstract

This paper is a continuation and a partial summary of our analysis of the pairing at a quantum-critical point (QCP) in a metal for a set of quantum-critical systems, whose low-energy physics is described by an effective model with dynamical electron-electron interaction $V({\Omega }_m)=(\bar{g}/|{\Omega }_m|{)}^{\gamma }$ (the $\gamma$-model). Examples include pairing at the onset of various spin and charge density-wave and nematic orders and pairing in SYK-type models. In previous papers, we analyzed the physics for $\gamma <2$. We have shown that the onset temperature for the pairing $T_p$ is finite, of order $\bar{g}$, yet the gap equation at $T=0$ has an infinite set of solutions within the same spatial symmetry. As the consequence, the condensation energy $E_c$ has an infinite number of minima. The spectrum of $E_c$ is discrete, but becomes more dense as $\gamma$ increases. Here we consider the case $\gamma =2$. The $\gamma =2$ model attracted special interest in the past as it describes the pairing by an Einstein phonon in the limit when the dressed phonon mass ${\omega }_D$ vanishes. We show that for $\gamma =2$, the spectrum of $E_c$ becomes continuous. We argue that the associated gapless "longitudinal" fluctuations destroy superconducting phase coherence at a finite $T$, such that at $0<T<T_p$ the system displays pseudogap behavior. We show that for each gap function from the continuum spectrum, there is an infinite array of dynamical vortices in the upper half-plane of frequency. For the electron-phonon case, our results show that $T_p=0.1827\bar{g}$, obtained in earlier studies, marks the onset of the pseudogap behavior of preformed pairs, while the actual superconducting $T_c$vanishes at ${\omega }_D\to 0$.

arXiv comment62 pages, 21 figs. The continuation of arXiv:2004.13220, arXiv:2006.02968, arXiv:2007.14540 and arXiv:2009.10911

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