Instabilities in Luttinger liquids

We discuss the appearance of magnetic and charge instabilities, called respectively metamagnetism (MM) and phase separation (PS), in systems which can be described as perturbed Luttinger liquids. We argue that such instabilities can be associated with the vanishing of the effective Fermi velocity v,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cabra, Daniel Carlos, Drut, Joaquín E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/129663
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129663
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
Quantized spin models, including quantum spin frustration
Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects
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Sumario:We discuss the appearance of magnetic and charge instabilities, called respectively metamagnetism (MM) and phase separation (PS), in systems which can be described as perturbed Luttinger liquids. We argue that such instabilities can be associated with the vanishing of the effective Fermi velocity v, which in some cases coincides with a divergence of the effective Luttinger parameter K. We analyse in particular an XXZ chain with next-nearest-neighbour interactions in different limits where MM shows up and an extended Hubbard model where PS occurs. Qualitative agreement with previous studies is found.