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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Fernández, Victoria Inés, Naón, Carlos María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/104463
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104463
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
Friedel oscillations
Luttinger liquid
Descripción
Sumario: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.