The importance of strong translation symmetry breaking in cuprate strange metals

by Prof. Koenraad Schalm (Leiden University)

Tuesday 10 Mar 2026, 15:15 → 16:30 Europe/Rome

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We will show how hydrodynamics in the presence of a weak lattice and by extension in the presence of weak translational symmetry breaking cannot explain the observed T-squared scaling of the Hall angle in high Tc cuprates. Building on this we present numerical studies of SYK-AdS2 fixed points in the presence of strong translational symmetry breaking, showing promising signs of Drude-like transport without Drude-physics and different temperature scaling in magneto- and longitudinal transport.