Quantum-Geometric Amplification of Nonperturbative Interaction Scales

Abstract

Weak interactions at a two-dimensional quadratic band touching (QBT) can generate an exponentially small symmetry-breaking gap, $m\sim e^{-A/V_1}$, that cannot be captured by every finite order of perturbation theory. We show that the singular quantum geometry of the gapped QBT converts this beyond-all-orders scale into an algebraically enhanced response. The quantum metric develops a momentum-space hot spot whose Brillouin-zone integral diverges logarithmically, and therefore grows algebraically when the gap is dynamically generated by interactions. Through the inverse-frequency Souza--Wilkens--Martin optical sum rule, the same amplification appears in the negative-first longitudinal optical moment, even though the ordinary optical conductivity remains $O(e^2/\hslash )$ and its absorption threshold is exponentially small. We establish these results analytically for a massive QBT and verify them microscopically in an interacting kagome lattice model known to develop a spontaneous quantum anomalous Hall mass at its QBT from loop currents order. Our results identify quantum geometry as an asymptotic amplifier of nonperturbative interaction scales.

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