The spontaneous reduction of rotational symmetry in a crystalline solid driven by an
electronic mechanism is referred to as electronic nematicity. This phenomenon—initially …

This review discusses instabilities of the Fermi-liquid state of conduction electrons in metals
with particular emphasis on magnetic quantum critical points. Both existing theoretical …

Correlated electron fluids can exhibit a startling array of complex phases, among which one
of the more surprising is the electron nematic, a translationally invariant metallic phase with …

States of matter with a sharp Fermi surface but no well-defined Landau quasiparticles arise
in a number of physical systems. Examples include (i) quantum critical points associated …

Numerous correlated electron systems exhibit a strongly scale-dependent behavior. Upon
lowering the energy scale, collective phenomena, bound states, and new effective degrees …

We consider a low T c metallic superconductor weakly coupled to the soft fluctuations
associated with proximity to a nematic quantum critical point (NQCP). We show that (1) a …

Inelastic light scattering is an intensively used tool in the study of electronic properties of
solids. Triggered by the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the cuprates and …

Using determinantal quantum Monte Carlo, we compute the properties of a lattice model
with spin 1 2 itinerant electrons tuned through a quantum phase transition to an Ising …

We present a renormalization-group theory for the onset of Ising-nematic order in a Fermi
liquid in two spatial dimensions. This is a quantum phase transition, driven by electron …

This article gives an overview of both theoretical and experimental developments
concerning states with lattice symmetry breaking in the cuprate high-temperature …