Quantum Hall Smectics, Sliding Symmetry and the Renormalization Group

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2004-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0405237v1

Phys. Rev. B. 70, 165310 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

7 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.165310

In this paper we discuss the implication of the existence of a sliding symmetry, equivalent to the absence of a shear modulus, on the low-energy theory of the quantum hall smectic (QHS) state. We show, through renormalization group calculations, that such a symmetry causes the naive continuum approximation in the direction perpendicular to the stripes to break down through infrared divergent contributions originating from naively irrelevant operators. In particular, we show that the correct fixed point has the form of an array of sliding Luttinger liquids which is free from superficially "irrelevant operators". Similar considerations apply to all theories with sliding symmetries.

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