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Thermal transport in a Luttinger liquid

arXiv:cond-mat/9509068 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3192

Abstract

We study thermal transport in a one-dimensional (1d) interacting electron gas, employing the Luttinger liquid model. Both thermal conductance and thermopower are analyzed for a pure 1d gas and with impurities. The universal ratio of electrical to thermal conductance in a Fermi-liquid - the Wiedeman-Franz law - is modified, whereas the thermopower is still linear in temperature. For a single impurity the Lorenz number is given by - with the Fermi liquid value - and the conductance . For the Lorenz number {\it diverges} as . Possible relevance to thermal transport in conducting polymer systems is discussed.

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