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Bosonization approach to charge and spin dynamics of 1D fermions with band-curvature

arXiv:cond-mat/0609754 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045309

Abstract

We consider one-dimensional (1D) spin-1/2 fermions in a clean quantum wire, with forward scattering interactions and a non-linear single-particle spectrum, where is the Fermi velocity and is the band-curvature. We calculate the dynamical structure factor (DSF) of the model at small wave-vector with the help of the bosonization technique. For spinless fermions, we show that, starting from the single-parametric spectrum: $\om = u |q|$, bosonization emulates the 2-parametric excitation spectrum: $\om = u |q| \pm q^2/2m^*$, where decreases with increasing repulsive interactions. Moreover, away from the excitation-cone, {\it i.e.} $\om \gg u |q|$, bosonization yields the 2-pair excitation continuum of the DSF. For spinful fermions, we show that the spin-charge coupling (SCC) due to band-curvature affects charge and spin DSF in an asymmetric way. For the charge DSF, SCC manifests as a two-peak structure: a charge peak at $\om = u_ρ|q|$ but also a spin peak at $\om = u_σ|q|$, as charge fluctuations may decay via chargeless spin-singlet excitations. For the magnetic DSF, SCC manifests as a continuous transfer of magnetic spectral weight to frequencies $\om > u_σ|q|$, as spin fluctuations decay via pairs of chargeless spin and spinless charge-neutral excitations.

23 pages, 14 figures, revtex 4 (v2) several changes per referee's comments. Only Appendix A will appear in the published version (PRB)

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