Topics in the theory of strongly correlated systems
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Electrons in solid state materials display a remarkable diversity of strong correlation effects, many of which are poorly understood theoretically. In this regard, the cuprate high temperature superconductors are the shining example, remaining enigmatic despite decades of study. This dissertation examines basic questions in condensed matter physics inspired by these remarkable materials. In the first part, I consider aspects of the phenomenology of the cuprate and ruthenate unconventional superconductors. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of existing experiments, and the proposal of new ones, to clarify the electronic structure of these materials and permit a more thorough microscopic understanding. In the second part, I focus on the abstract problem of nematic quantum criticality in metals, which recent experiments suggest may play a crucial role in the physics of both cuprate and iron-based superconductors. I attack this problem using both a field theoretic approach, valid at weak coupling, as well as fully nonperturbative, numerically exact Monte Carlo simulations in the strong coupling regime, yielding simple, unexpected results that are reminiscent of experiment.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Lederer, Samuel Stone |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
| Primary advisor | Raghu, Srinivas, 1978- |
| Thesis advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
| Thesis advisor | Raghu, Srinivas, 1978- |
| Thesis advisor | Qi, Xiaoliang |
| Advisor | Qi, Xiaoliang |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Samuel Stone Lederer. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2015 by Samuel Stone Lederer
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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