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Non-Gaussian diffusive fluctuations in Dirac fluids

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 10;121(50):e2403327121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2403327121. Epub 2024 Dec 4.

ABSTRACT

Dirac fluids-interacting systems obeying particle-hole symmetry and Lorentz invariance-are among the simplest hydrodynamic systems; they have also been studied as effective descriptions of transport in strongly interacting Dirac semimetals. Direct experimental signatures of the Dirac fluid are elusive, as its charge transport is diffusive as in conventional metals. In this paper, we point out a striking consequence of fluctuating relativistic hydrodynamics: The full counting statistics (FCS) of charge transport is highly non-Gaussian. We predict the exact asymptotic form of the FCS, which generalizes a result previously derived for certain interacting integrable systems. A consequence is that, starting from quasi-one-dimensional nonequilibrium initial conditions, charge noise in the hydrodynamic regime is parametrically enhanced relative to that in conventional diffusive metals.

PMID:39630864 | DOI:10.1073/pnas.2403327121

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