Debanjan Chowdhury: The good, the bad and the strange: Unconventional metallic behaviour in the vicinity of Mott insulators
Abstract: In recent years, we have witnessed remarkable experimental breakthroughs in uncovering the intriguing properties of correlated metals in the vicinity of Mott transitions. Describing these phenomena theoretically remains an open challenge. This talk will focus on three recent examples of puzzling electronic behaviour near Mott insulating phases and address the various conundrums.
In the first part of the talk, I will discuss the microscopic origin of an unconventional T-linear resistivity with Planckian scattering in a quasi-two-dimensional 鈥済ood鈥 metal with long mean-free path, consisting of highly conducting metallic and Mott insulating layers, respectively. In the second part, I will address the origin of a low-temperature 鈥渂ad鈥 metallic behavior in the vicinity of a continuous bandwidth-tuned metal-insulator transition in a moir茅 semiconductor. I will end by presenting some new theoretical insights into the experimental observation of an anomalous particle-hole continuum and overdamped plasmon in the density response of cuprate 鈥渟trange鈥 metals.
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