Three-Dimensional Low-Density Fermions in Planckian Limit: Entropy and Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper investigates the dynamics of a three-dimensional strongly interacting fermionic liquid, revealing universal spectral functions governed by Planckian time scales and linking thermodynamic properties to entropy and viscosity.

Contribution

It introduces a universal fermion spectral function characterized by the Planckian time scale, connecting thermodynamics and quantum dynamics in strongly interacting liquids.

Findings

Spectral function A(ω, k) is universally specified by ħ/T.

Thermodynamic properties are proportional to entropy density s(T).

Emergence of Planckian dynamics at specific temperature T*.

Abstract

In this Letter, we explore dynamics in a three-dimensional strongly interacting liquid. In quantum liquids discussed below, thermodynamic properties such as pressure and thermal energies are fully characterized by $s(T)$, the entropy density of the liquid (that is also directly proportional to the hydrodynamic viscosity). We obtain a universal fermion spectral function $A(\omega, {\bf k})$ that is distinctly specified by $\hbar / T$, a Planckian time scale. These phenomena can emerge in strongly interacting many-body states with a finite fermion density $\rho$ at temperatures $T^*$ where the chemical potential of fermions $\mu(\rho, T=T^*)$ approaches zero and can be thought as many-body simulations of certain aspects of Planckian dynamics.