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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science
  • Quantum mechanics

Background:

  • Traditional metals show vanishing resistivity at low or high temperatures due to distinct physical mechanisms.
  • A class of materials, termed "strange" metals, exhibit anomalous temperature dependence of electrical resistivity, challenging conventional understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review candidate strange metals and their transport and spectroscopic data.
  • To identify a unifying physical principle governing the behavior of strange metals.
  • To investigate the continuity of charge carriers at low and high temperatures in these materials.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of transport data in candidate strange metals.
  • Examination of spectroscopic data to understand electronic properties.
  • Review of theoretical concepts including quantum criticality and Planckian dissipation.

Main Results:

  • Strange metals can violate the typical temperature dependence of resistivity observed in traditional metals.
  • The change in resistivity slope near absolute zero or as mean free path approaches lattice constant can be continuous.
  • Evidence suggests continuity of charge carriers across a wide temperature range.

Conclusions:

  • Strange metals present a unique challenge to established condensed matter theories.
  • Further investigation into quantum criticality, Planckian dissipation, and Mottness is crucial.
  • A new gauge principle may be required to explain nonlocal transport phenomena in strange metals.