Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1997-07-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
12 pages, 3 ps figures (included)
Scientific paper
In this paper, we propose a gauge-invariant way to define and calculate the effective mass for quasiparticles in systems with gauge interactions, and apply it to a model closely related to the half-filled Landau level problem. Our model is equivalent to the Halperin-Lee-Read $\nu = 1/2$ Hamiltonian with an ultraviolet cutoff $\Lambda$ for the gauge fields, and we expand our answer in powers of $\Lambda / k_F$, assuming it is small. In this definition the effective mass depends only on the gauge-invariant density and current response functions of the system. Within RPA, this definition yields a finite result for the effective mass in our model. We also comment on corrections to this effective mass formula when processes beyond RPA are included. Finally, we comment briefly on the observation that organizing the perturbation expansion in powers of $\Lambda / k_F$ is a way to systematically study the physics beyond RPA.
Chari Raghav A.
Haldane Duncan F. M.
Yang Kun
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