2015-2013

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Review and pedagogical articles are marked with a §§§.

  1. §§§ Emergent gauge fields and the high temperature superconductors, S. Sachdev, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 374, 20150248 (2016); arXiv:1512.00465. (Subjects nfl, vbs, deconfine, dcp); DOI.
  2. Transport in inhomogeneous quantum critical fluids and in the Dirac fluid in graphene, A. Lucas, J. Crossno, Kin Chung Fong, Philip Kim, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 93, 075426 (2016) - Editors' Suggestion; arXiv:1510.01738. (Subjects graphene, ads); DOI.
  3. Observation of the Dirac fluid and the breakdown of the Wiedemann-Franz law in graphene, J. Crossno, Jing K. Shi, Ke Wang, Xiaomeng Liu, A. Harzheim, A. Lucas, S. Sachdev, Philip Kim, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, T. A. Ohki, and Kin Chung Fong, Science 351, 1058 (2016); arXiv:1509.04713. (Subject graphene); DOI.
  4. Fractionalized Fermi liquid on the surface of a topological Kondo insulator, A. Thomson and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 93, 125103 (2016); arXiv:1509.03314. (Subject nfl); DOI.
  5. Magnetic-field Induced Interconversion of Cooper Pairs and Density Wave States within Cuprate Composite Order, M. H. Hamidian, S. D. Edkins, K. Fujita, A. Kostin, A. P. Mackenzie, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, M. J. Lawler, E.-A. Kim, S. Sachdev, and J. C. Davis, arXiv:1508.00620; this paper has been superseded by the paper Magnetic-field Induced Pair Density Wave State in the Cuprate Vortex Halo, arXiv:1802.04673 above. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  6. Atomic-scale Electronic Structure of the Cuprate d-Symmetry Form Factor Density Wave State, M. H. Hamidian, S. D. Edkins, Chung Koo Kim, J. C. Davis, A. P. Mackenzie, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, M. J. Lawler, E.-A. Kim, S. Sachdev, and K. Fujita, Nature Physics 12, 150 (2016); arXiv:1507.07865. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  7. Hyperscaling at the spin density wave quantum critical point in two dimensional metals, A. A. Patel, P. Strack, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 92, 165105 (2015); arXiv:1507.05962. (Subject nfl); DOI.
  8. Absence of disorder-driven metal-insulator transitions in simple holographic models, S. Grozdanov, A. Lucas, S. Sachdev, and K. Schalm, Physical Review Letters 115, 221601 (2015); arXiv:1507.00003. (Subject ads); DOI.
  9. Real space Eliashberg approach to charge order of electrons coupled to dynamic antiferromagnetic fluctuations, J. Bauer and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 92, 085134 (2015); arXiv:1506.06136. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  10. Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy and Strange Metals, S. Sachdev, Physical Review X 5, 041025 (2015); arXiv:1506.05111. (Subjects ads, nfl); DOI.
  11. Probing excitations in insulators via injection of spin currents, S. Chatterjee and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 92, 165113 (2015); arXiv:1506.04740. (Subject deconfine); DOI.
  12. Fluctuating orders and quenched randomness in the cuprates, Laimei Nie, L. E. H. Sierens, R. G. Melko, S. Sachdev, and S. A. Kivelson, Physical Review B 92, 174505 (2015); arXiv:1505.06206. (Subject vbs) ; DOI.
  13. Scaling dimensions of monopole operators in the CPN-1 theory in 2 + 1 dimensions, E. Dyer, M. Mezei, S. S. Pufu and S. Sachdev, Journal of High Energy Physics 1506 (2015) 037, Erratum 1603 (2016) 111; arXiv:1504.00368 (Subject dcp); DOI; Erratum DOI.
  14. Memory matrix theory of magnetotransport in strange metals, A. Lucas and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 91, 195122 (2015); arXiv:1502.04704. (Subject ads); DOI.
  15. Phase transition beneath the superconducting dome in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2, D. Chowdhury, J. Orenstein, S. Sachdev, and T. Senthil, Physical Review B 92, 081113 (2015); arXiv:1502.04122 (Subject nfl); DOI.
  16. A quantum dimer model for the pseudogap metal, M. Punk, A. Allais, and S. Sachdev, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, 9552 (2015); arXiv:1501.00978. (Subject nfl); DOI.
  17. §§§ The enigma of the pseudogap phase of the cuprate superconductors, D. Chowdhury and S. Sachdev, in Quantum Criticality in Condensed Matter: Phenomena, Materials and Ideas in Theory and Experiment: 50th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics, J. Jedrzejewski Editor, World Scientific (2015), arXiv:1501.00002 (Subjects vbs, nfl, dcp); DOI.
  18. Higgs criticality in a two-dimensional metal, D. Chowdhury and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 91, 115123 (2015); arXiv:1412.1086. (Subjects nfl, dcp); DOI.
  19. Wess-Zumino-Witten terms in graphene Landau levels, Junhyun Lee and S. Sachdev, Physical Review Letters 114, 226801 (2015) - Editors' Suggestion; arXiv:1411.5684. (Subject graphene); DOI.
  20. Conductivity of weakly disordered strange metals: from conformal to hyperscaling-violating regimes, A. Lucas and S. Sachdev, Nuclear Physics B 892, 239 (2015); arXiv:1411.3331 (Subject ads); DOI.
  21. Charge ordering in three-band models of the cuprates, A. Thomson and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 91, 115142 (2015); arXiv:1410.3483. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  22. Density wave instabilities of fractionalized Fermi liquids, D. Chowdhury and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 245136 (2014); arXiv:1409.5430. (Subjects vbs, nfl, dcp); DOI.
  23. Conformal field theories at non-zero temperature: operator product expansions, Monte Carlo, and holography, E. Katz, S. Sachdev, E. Sorensen, and W. Witczak-Krempa, Physical Review B 90, 245109 (2014) - Editors' Suggestion; arXiv:1409.3841 (Subject ads); DOI.
  24. DC resistivity at the onset of spin density wave order in two-dimensional metals, A. A. Patel and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 165146 (2014); arXiv:1408.6549 (Subject nfl); DOI.
  25. Comment on "Symmetry classification of bond order parameters in cuprates", A. Allais, J. Bauer, and S. Sachdev, arXiv:1407.3281. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  26. Deconfined criticality in bilayer graphene, Junhyun Lee and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 195427 (2014); arXiv:1407.2936. (Subject graphene); DOI.
  27. Renormalization Group Analysis of a Fermionic Hot Spot Model, S. Whitsitt and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 104505 (2014); arXiv:1406.6061. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  28. Spectral function of a localized fermion coupled to the Wilson-Fisher conformal field theory, A. Allais and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 035131 (2014); arXiv:1406.3022. (Subject nfl) ; DOI.
  29. Diamagnetism and density wave order in the pseudogap regime of YBa2Cu3O6+x, L. E. Hayward, A. J. Achkar, D. G. Hawthorn, R. G. Melko, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 094515 (2014); arXiv:1406.2694. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  30. Connecting high-field quantum oscillations to the pseudogap in the underdoped cuprates, A. Allais, D. Chowdhury, and S. Sachdev, Nature Communications 5, 5771 (2014); arXiv:1406.0503. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  31. Feedback of superconducting fluctuations on charge order in the underdoped cuprates, D. Chowdhury and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 134516 (2014); arXiv:1404.6532. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  32. Direct phase sensitive identification of a d-form factor density wave in underdoped cuprates, K. Fujita, M. H. Hamidian, S. D. Edkins, Chung Koo Kim, Y. Kohsaka, M. Azuma, M. Takano, H. Takagi, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, A. Allais, M. J. Lawler, E.-A. Kim, S. Sachdev, and J. C. Seamus Davis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, E3026 (2014); arXiv:1404.0362. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  33. Fermi Surface and Pseudogap Evolution in a Cuprate Superconductor, Yang He, Yi Yin, M. Zech, A. Soumyanarayanan, I. Zeljkovic, M. M. Yee, M. C. Boyer, K. Chatterjee, W. D. Wise, Takeshi Kondo, T. Takeuchi, H. Ikuta, P. Mistark, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil, S. Sachdev, E. W. Hudson, and J. E. Hoffman, Science 344, 608 (2014); arXiv:1305.2778. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  34. Cooper pairing in non-Fermi liquids, M. A. Metlitski, D. F. Mross, S. Sachdev, and T. Senthil, Physical Review B 91, 115111 (2015) - Editors' Suggestion; arXiv:1403.3694 (Subject nfl); DOI.
  35. Auxiliary-boson and DMFT studies of bond ordering instabilities of t-J-V models on the square lattice, A. Allais, J. Bauer, and S. Sachdev, Indian Journal of Physics 88, 905 (2014); arXiv:1402.6311. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  36. Bond order instabilities in a correlated two-dimensional metal, A. Allais, J. Bauer, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 155114 (2014); arXiv:1402.4807. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  37. Quantum quenches and competing orders, Ling-Yan Hung, Wenbo Fu, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 024506 (2014); arXiv:1402.0875 (Subject vbs); DOI.
  38. Scale-invariant hyperscaling-violating holographic theories and the resistivity of strange metals with random-field disorder, A. Lucas, S. Sachdev, and K. Schalm, Physical Review D 89, 066018 (2014); arXiv:1401.7993 (Subject ads); DOI.
  39. Transport near the Ising-nematic quantum critical point of metals in two dimensions, S. A. Hartnoll, R. Mahajan, M. Punk, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 89, 155130 (2014); arXiv:1401.7012. (Subject nfl) DOI
  40. Quantum Fluctuations of the Transverse Field Ising Chain, A. W. Kinross, M. Fu, T. J. Munsie, H. A. Dabkowska, G. M. Luke, S. Sachdev, and T. Imai, Physical Review X 4, 031008 (2014) - Featured in Physics; arXiv:1401.6917. (Subject ising); DOI.
  41. Mean field theory of competing orders in metals with antiferromagnetic exchange interactions, J. D. Sau and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 89, 075129 (2014); arXiv:1311.3298. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  42. Angular fluctuations of a multi-component order describe the pseudogap regime of the cuprate superconductors, L. E. Hayward, D. G. Hawthorn, R. G. Melko, and S. Sachdev, Science 343 , 1336 (2014); arXiv:1309.6639. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  43. The dynamics of quantum criticality revealed by quantum Monte Carlo and holography, W. Witczak-Krempa, E. Sorensen, and S. Sachdev, Nature Physics 10, 361 (2014) arXiv:1309.2941 (Subject ads); DOI.
  44. Entanglement entropy of compressible holographic matter: loop corrections from bulk fermions, B. Swingle, L. Huijse, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 90, 045107 (2014); arXiv:1308.3234 (Subject ads); DOI.
  45. Topological excitations and the dynamic structure factor of spin liquids on the kagome lattice, M. Punk, D. Chowdhury, and S. Sachdev, Nature Physics 10, 289 (2014); arXiv:1308.2222. (Subject deconfine); DOI.
  46. Conformal field theories in a periodic potential: results from holography and field theory, P. Chesler, A. Lucas, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review D 89, 026005 (2014); arXiv:1308.0329 (Subject ads); DOI.
  47. Conserved current correlators of conformal field theories in 2+1 dimensions, Y. Huh, P. Strack, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 88, 155109 (2013) - Editors' Suggestion; arXiv:1307.6863 (Subject dcp); DOI.
  48. Vector boson excitations near deconfined quantum critical points, Y. Huh, P. Strack, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review Letters 111, 166401 (2013); arXiv:1307.6860 (Subject dcp); DOI.
  49. Dicke Quantum Spin and Photon Glass in Optical Cavities: Non-equilibrium theory and experimental signatures, M. Buchhold, P. Strack, S. Sachdev, and S. Diehl, Physical Review A 87, 063622 (2013); arXiv:1304.5196 (Subject bec); DOI.
  50. Optical conductivity of visons in Z2 spin liquids close to a VBS transition on the kagome lattice, Y. Huh, M. Punk, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 87, 235108 (2013); arXiv:1303.7235. (Subject deconfine); DOI.
  51. Singularity of the London penetration depth at quantum critical points in superconductors, D. Chowdhury, B. Swingle, E. Berg, and S. Sachdev, Physical Review Letters 111, 157004 (2013); arXiv:1305.2918 (Subject nfl); DOI.
  52. Vortex Lattices and Crystalline Geometries, N. Bao, S. Harrison, S. Kachru and S. Sachdev, Physical Review D 88, 026002 (2013); arXiv:1303.4390 (Subject ads); DOI.
  53. Monopoles in (2+1)-dimensional conformal field theories with global U(1) symmetry, S. S. Pufu and S. Sachdev, Journal of High Energy Physics 1309 (2013) 127; arXiv:1303.3006 (Subject ads); DOI.
  54. Bond order in two-dimensional metals with antiferromagnetic exchange interactions, S. Sachdev and R. La Placa, Physical Review Letters 111, 027202 (2013); arXiv:1303.2114. (Subject vbs); DOI.
  55. Dispersing quasinormal modes in 2+1 dimensional conformal field theories , W. Witczak-Krempa and S. Sachdev, Physical Review B 87, 155149 (2013) - Editors' Suggestion; arXiv:1302.0847 (Subject ads); DOI.