Anomalous quasiparticle lifetime in geometric quantum critical metals
Abstract
Metals can undergo geometric quantum phase transitions where the local
curvature of the Fermi surface changes sign without a change in symmetry or
topology. At the inflection points on the Fermi surface, the local curvature
vanishes, leading to an anomalous dynamics of quasiparticles. In this paper, we
study geometric quantum critical metals that support inflection points in two
dimensions, and show that the decay rate of quasiparticles goes as $E^{\alpha}$
with $1<\alpha<2$ as a function of quasiparticle energy $E$ at the inflection
points.