Well-defined quasiparticles in interacting metallic grains
arXiv:cond-mat/0404614 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.186402
Abstract
We analyze spectral functions of mesoscopic systems with large dimensionless conductance, which can be described by a universal Hamiltonian. We show that an important class of spectral functions are dominated by one single state only, which implies the existence of well-defined (i.e. infinite-lifetime) quasiparticles. Furthermore, the dominance of a single state enables us to calculate zero-temperature spectral functions with high accuracy using the density-matrix renormalization group. We illustrate the use of this method by calculating the tunneling density of states of metallic grains and the magnetic response of mesoscopic rings.
4 pages, 3 figures
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