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Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev superconductivity: Quantum Kuramoto and generalized Richardson models

Hanteng Wang, A. L. Chudnovskiy, Alexander Gorsky, Alex Kamenev

2020Physical Review Research26 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

This paper introduces a minimal generalization of the SYK model, which exhibits a superconducting dome. A pseudogap phase, which appears next to the dome, is dominated by the strong quantum fluctuations. The pseudogap-superconductivity transition can be described as a nonlinear synchronization phenomenon, which is captured by a quantum version of the classical Kuramoto model.

Topics & Concepts

QuantumPhysicsGeneralizationNonlinear systemStatistical physicsKuramoto modelQuantum mechanicsSynchronization (alternating current)MathematicsPseudogapRepresentation (politics)Quantum discordCoupling (piping)SuperconductivityNonlinear dynamical systemsTopology (electrical circuits)Quantum computerQuantum channelMixing (physics)TorusTheoretical physicsStability (learning theory)Quantum systemAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismOrganic and Molecular Conductors Research