Abstract
We study the effect of nematic quantum critical fluctuations on quasiparticle interference. We show that nematic quantum critical fluctuations, which cause back and forth slushing of the -wave nodes along the underlying Fermi surface, provide a natural mechanism for the accumulation of coherence that has been present in QPI experiments.
- Received 1 March 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.132501
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