Published June 1, 2016
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Journal article
Impurity entropy of junctions of multiple quantum wires
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 (Canada)
Description
We calculate the zero-temperature impurity entropy of a junction of multiple quantum wires of interacting spinless fermions. Starting from a given single-particle S-matrix representing a fixed point of the renormalization group (RG) flows, we carry out fermionic perturbation theory in the bulk interactions, with the perturbation series summed in the random phase approximation (RPA). The results agree completely with boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) predictions of the ground state degeneracy, and also with known RG flows through the g -theorem. (paper: quantum statistical physics, condensed matter, integrable systems)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2016/06/063106Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Statistical Mechanics
- Journal Volume
- 2016
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- [28 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-5468
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 49077173
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; CONNECTORS; ENTROPY; FERMIONS; GROUND STATES; IMPURITIES; INTERACTIONS; PARTICLES; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM WIRES; RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION; RENORMALIZATION; S MATRIX; TEMPERATURE ZERO K
- Descriptors DEC
- APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY LEVELS; EQUIPMENT; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATRICES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES