Friedel oscillations in a Luttinger liquid with long-range interactions

We introduce a path-integral approach that allows us to compute charge-density oscillations in a Luttinger liquid with impurities. We obtain an explicit expression for the envelope of Friedel oscillations in the presence of arbitrary electron-electron potentials. As examples, in order to illustrate...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Fernández, Victoria Inés, Naón, Carlos María
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2001
Country:Argentina
Institution:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repository:SEDICI (UNLP)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/104463
Online Access:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104463
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ciencias Exactas
Física
Friedel oscillations
Luttinger liquid
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Summary:We introduce a path-integral approach that allows us to compute charge-density oscillations in a Luttinger liquid with impurities. We obtain an explicit expression for the envelope of Friedel oscillations in the presence of arbitrary electron-electron potentials. As examples, in order to illustrate the procedure, we show how to use our formula for contact and Coulomb potentials.