Topological crossovers near a quantum critical point
V. A. Khodel+*, J. W. Clark*, M. V. Zverev+†
+Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
*McDonnell Center for the Space Science and Department of Physics, Washington University, St.Louis, MO 63130, USA
†Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 123098 Moscow, Russia
Abstract
We study the temperature evolution of the single-particle spectrum ε(p)
and quasiparticle momentum distribution n(p) of homogeneous strongly correlated
Fermi systems beyond a point where the necessary condition for stability of
the Landau state is violated, and the Fermi surface becomes multi-connected by
virtue of a topological crossover. Attention is focused on the different
non-Fermi-liquid temperature regimes experienced by a phase exhibiting a
single additional hole pocket compared with the conventional Landau state.
A critical experiment is proposed to elucidate the origin of NFL behavior
in dense films of liquid 3He.