Scaling Exponents in the Incommensurate Phase of the Sine-Gordon and U(1) Thirring Models

Abstract

In this paper we study the critical exponents of the quantum sine-Gordon and U(1) Thirring models in the incommensurate phase. This phase appears when the chemical potential $h$ exceeds a critical value and is characterized by a finite density of solitons. The low-energy sector of this phase is critical and is described by the Gaussian model (Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid) with the compactification radius dependent on the soliton density and the sine-Gordon model coupling constant $\beta$. For a fixed value of $\beta$, we find that the Luttinger parameter $K$ is equal to 1/2 at the commensurate-incommensurate transition point and approaches the asymptotic value ${\beta }^2/8\pi$ away from it. We describe a possible phase diagram of the model consisting of an array of weakly coupled chains. The possible phases are Fermi liquid, Spin Density Wave, Spin-Peierls and Wigner crystal.

10pages; Improved version; Submitted to Physical Review B

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