Temperature dependence of the nodal Fermi velocity in layered cuprates

TL;DR

This paper explains the linear temperature dependence of the nodal Fermi velocity in cuprates as a fundamental property of 2D Fermi liquids, supported by a spin-fermion model that aligns with experimental data.

Contribution

It demonstrates that the linear T dependence of v_F(T) arises from electron-electron interactions in 2D Fermi liquids and provides a quantitative model matching observations.

Findings

The T term in v_F(T) is about 30% at 300K, consistent with experiments.

The sub-leading T^2 correction is small and regular.

At a 2k_F quantum-critical point, temperature corrections become singular.

Abstract

We explain recently observed linear temperature dependence of the nodal Fermi velocity $v_F (T)$ in near-optimally doped cuprates. We argue that it originates from electron-electron interaction, and is a fundamental property of an arbitrary 2D Fermi liquid. We consider a spin-fermion model with the same parameters as in earlier studies, and show that the T term is about 30% at 300K, in agreement with the data. We show that the sub-leading term in $v_F (T)$ is a regular (and small) $T^2$ correction. We also show that at a $2k_F$ quantum-critical point, temperature corrections to the dispersion are singular.