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Thermoelectric and thermal properties of the weakly disordered non-Fermi liquid phase of Luttinger semimetals
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6981-5329
Number of Authors: 22021 (English)In: Physics Letters A, ISSN 0375-9601, E-ISSN 1873-2429, Vol. 407, article id 127470Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We compute the thermoelectric and thermal transport coefficients in the weakly disordered non-Fermi liquid phase of the Luttinger semimetals at zero doping, where the decay rate associated with the (strong) Coulomb interactions is much larger than the electron-impurity scattering rate. To this end, we implement the Mori-Zwanzig memory matrix method, that does not rely on the existence of long-lived quasiparticles in the system. We find that the thermal conductivity at zero electric field scales as (kappa) over bar similar to T-n (with 0 less than or similar to n less than or similar to 1) at low temperatures, whereas the thermoelectric coefficient has the temperature dependence given by alpha similar to T-p (with 1/2 less than or similar to p less than or similar to 3/2). These unconventional properties turn out to be key signatures of this long sought-after non-Fermi liquid state in the Luttinger semimetals, which is expected to emerge in strongly correlated spin-orbit coupled materials like the pyrochlore iridates. Finally, our results indicate that these materials might be good candidates for achieving high figure-of-merit for thermoelectric applications.

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2021. Vol. 407, article id 127470
Keywords [en]
Luttinger semimetals, Non-Fermi liquid, Transport properties, Memory matrix method
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-195697DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2021.127470ISI: 000658809300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85107569318OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-195697DiVA, id: diva2:1587722
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For corrigendum, see: H. Freire, I. Mandal / Physics Letters A, Volume 433, 6 May 2022, Pages 128005, DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2022.128005

Available from: 2021-08-25 Created: 2021-08-25 Last updated: 2022-11-11Bibliographically approved

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