Fractional charge (and statistics) in Luttinger liquids

Details Fractional charge (and statistics) in Luttinger liquids Fractional charge (and statistics) in Luttinger liquids

2009-11-05

arxiv.org/abs/0911.1111v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

22 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

Charge fractionalization is the phenomenon where quasi-particle excitations in a many-particle system appear with non-integer values relative to the fundamental charge unit. Examples of such systems are known from field theoretical models and from physical realizations. Recently there has been an interest in charge fractionalization in one-dimensional systems described by Luttinger liquid theory. These are gapless systems and that gives rise to the question whether non-integer charges should be regarded as sharp in the same meaning as in a gapped system. In this talk I first give an introduction to charge fractionalization as an effect in gapped systems and discuss next in what sense the charge fractionalization effect is found in gapless Luttinger liquids. The talk is based on a recent paper with Mats Horsdal and Thors Hans Hansson.

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