Fermi surface reconstruction in strongly correlated Fermi systems as a first order phase transition

TL;DR

This paper investigates a first order quantum phase transition in strongly correlated Fermi systems, involving Fermi surface reconstruction and topological changes, using a Fermi liquid framework.

Contribution

It demonstrates that the Fermi surface reconstruction occurs as a first order phase transition between two topologically equivalent states with different quasiparticle distributions.

Findings

The transition is of first order in coupling constant and temperature.

A phase diagram near the transition point is constructed.

Two distinct Fermi surface topologies are identified.

Abstract

A quantum phase transition in strongly correlated Fermi systems beyond the topological quantum critical point is studied within the Fermi liquid approach. The transition occurs between two topologically equivalent states, each with three sheets of the Fermi surface. One of these states possesses a quasiparticle halo in the quasiparticle momentum distribution $n(p)$, while the other, the hole pocket. The transition is found to be of the first order with respect to both the coupling constant $g$ and the temperature $T$. The phase diagram of the system in the vicinity of this transition is constructed.