Abstract:
By introducing the imaginary time, we show that Gor’kov’s Ginzburg–Landau equation at zero temperature can be extended to an exact relativistic form. Based on this equation, we propose a quantum field theory with the imaginary time, which is intended to describe the quantum critical phenomena in the zero-temperature overdoped cuprate. By using such a quantum field theory, we show that the anomalous two-class scaling between the transition temperature
T_c 
and zero-temperature superfluid phase stiffness
\;\rho _s\left( 0 \right)
observed in the overdoped side of single-crystal
\rmL\rma_2 - x\rmS\rmr_x\rmCu\rmO_4
films can be derived exactly. In this paper, we further theoretically show that, for 2-dimensional overdoped cuprate films, the transition temperature
T_c 
and the zero-temperature coherence length
\xi \left( 0 \right) 
will obey a two-class scaling as well. When the transition temperature
T_c 
is less than a characteristic temperature scale
T_Q
, the transition temperature
T_c 
and the zero-temperature coherence length
\xi(0) 
obeys the scaling
\xi \left( 0 \right) \propto T_c^ - 1.34 
, which is a quantum critical behavior. Nevertheless, when the transition temperature is larger than another characteristic temperature scale
T_M
, the scaling relationship will yield
\xi \left( 0 \right) \propto T_c^ - 1 
, which is a mean-field behavior.