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Title: Does spatially random Yukawa coupling explain strange-metal transport quantitatively
Plain: A recent theory proposes that electrons scattering off critical fluctuations whose coupling strength varies randomly in space give resistance linear in temperature; it needs quantitative tests against data.
Precise: In the two-dimensional model of a Fermi surface coupled to a critical scalar boson with spatially random Yukawa coupling (Patel, Guo, Esterlis, Sachdev 2023), compute $\rho(T)$, the optical conductivity $\sigma(\omega, T)$ and the magnetoresistance, and compare with cuprate data near $p*$. An answer confirms or excludes the model by quantitative comparison of the $T$-linear slope, the $\omega/T$ dependence of $\sigma$, and the residual resistivity.
Settled by: Fits of the model with parameters constrained by independent data to resistivity, optics and magnetotransport of one cuprate at $p*$.
Kind: well-posed
Answer type: yes-no
References: (empty)
Literature status: open
Status note: (empty)
Posed since: 2023