Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-03-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
New draft, 5 pages, 5 figures, typo in equation 1 from version 1 of the draft corrected
Scientific paper
Although the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid exhibits spin-charge separation and the electron is not an elementary excitation of the system, nevertheless an effective electronic dispersion may be defined by the frequency-dependent peak in the momentum distribution curve (MDC). The MDC is defined by considering the single hole spectral function $A^<(\vec{k},\omega)$ as a function of $\vec{k}$ at a fixed frequency $\omega$. We show the existence of a \emph{kink} in this dispersion for the spin-rotationally invariant Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid at finite temperature. In the repulsive regime where the charge velocity $v_{c}$ is greater than the spin velocity $v_{s}$, the low frequency effective electronic dispersion is linear in $\vec{k}$ and follows a velocity $v_l$ between the spin and charge velocities, $v_s < v_l < v_c$. The high frequency part (which is also linear in $\vec{k}$) disperses with the charge velocity $v_c$. The energy scale of the crossover between the two velocities defines a kink, $E_{\rm kink}$. In addition, the high energy dispersion extrapolates to the Fermi energy at a wavevector $k_{ex} \ne k_F$ which is shifted from the Fermi wavevector. The presence of such a kink is measurable with, {\em e.g.}, angle-resolved photoemission experiments, and may be used to test for the presence of Luttinger liquid behavior in systems in which the separate contributions from spin and charge to the MDC are not discernible due to strong interactions or low experimental resolution.
Carlson Erica W.
Datta Trinanjan
Hu Jiangping
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