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Pomeranchuk instability: Symmetry-breaking and experimental signatures

  • J. Quintanilla
  • , C. Hooley
  • , B. J. Powell
  • , A. J. Schofield
  • , M. Haque

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Abstract

We discuss the emergence of symmetry-breaking via the Pomeranchuk instability from interactions that respect the underlying point-group symmetry. We use a variational mean-field theory to consider a 2D continuum and a square lattice. We describe two experimental signatures: a symmetry-breaking pattern of Friedel oscillations around an impurity; and a structural transition. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1279-1281
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica B : Condensed Matter
Volume403
Issue number5-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2008

Keywords

  • Pomeranchuk instability
  • nematic fermi liquid
  • scanning tunnelling microscopy
  • structural transitions
  • PHASE

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