Functional integral approach to multipoint correlators in 2d critical systems

We extend a previously developed technique for computing spin-spin critical correlators in the 2d Ising model, to the case of multiple correlations. This enables us to derive Kadanoff-Ceva's formula in a simple and elegant way. We also exploit a doubling procedure in order to evaluate the critical exponent of the polarization operator in the Baxter model. Thus we provide a rigorous proof of the relation between different exponents, in the path-integral framework.Comment: 10 pages, LaTex, no figure

Exact electronic Green functions in a Luttinger liquid with long-range interactions

We compute the 2-point (equal-time) electronic Green function in a Tomonaga-Luttinger system with long-range electron-electron interactions. We obtain an analytical expression for a "super long-range" potential of the form $V(x)=\frac{e^2d^{-\epsilon}}{|x|^{1-\epsilon}}$. As a consistency check of our computational technique we also consider the particular case of a Coulomb potential. Our result confirms the $\exp-C(logx)^{3/2}$ long-distance behavior first obtained by Schulz.Comment: Latex, 11 pages, no figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. B. Added references, corrected sign and factor in equations (19) and (21

On a CFT prediction in the sine-Gordon model

A quantitative prediction of Conformal Field Theory (CFT), which relates the second moment of the energy-density correlator away from criticality to the value of the central charge, is verified in the sine-Gordon model. By exploiting the boson-fermion duality of two-dimensional field theories, this result also allows to show the validity of the prediction in the strong coupling regime of the Thirring model.Comment: 5 pages, no figures, late

Non-local Thirring model at finite-temperature

We extend a recently proposed non-local and non-covariant version of the Thirring model to the finite-temperature case. We obtain a completely bosonized expression for the partition function, describing the thermodynamics of the collective modes which are the underlying excitations of this system. From this result we derive closed formulae for the free-energy, specific-heat, two-point correlation functions and momentum distribution, as functionals of electron-electron coupling potentials.Comment: 23 pages, latex, no figure

Heat transport through quantum Hall edge states: Tunneling versus capacitive coupling to reservoirs

We study the heat transport along an edge state of a two-dimensional electron gas in the quantum Hall regime, in contact to two reservoirs at different temperatures. We consider two exactly solvable models for the edge state coupled to the reservoirs. The first one corresponds to filling $\nu=1$ and tunneling coupling to the reservoirs. The second one corresponds to integer or fractional filling of the sequence $\nu=1/m$ (with $m$ odd), and capacitive coupling to the reservoirs. In both cases we solve the problem by means of non-equilibrium Green function formalism. We show that heat propagates chirally along the edge in the two setups. We identify two temperature regimes, defined by $\Delta$, the mean level spacing of the edge. At low temperatures, $T< \Delta$, finite size effects play an important role in heat transport, for both types of contacts. The nature of the contacts manifest themselves in different power laws for the thermal conductance as a function of the temperature. For capacitive couplings a highly non-universal behavior takes place, through a prefactor that depends on the length of the edge as well as on the coupling strengths and the filling fraction. For larger temperatures, $T>\Delta$, finite-size effects become irrelevant, but the heat transport strongly depends on the strength of the edge-reservoir interactions, in both cases. The thermal conductance for tunneling coupling grows linearly with $T$, whereas for the capacitive case it saturates to a value that depends on the coupling strengths and the filling factors of the edge and the contacts.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure

Critical behavior of the spin correlation function in Ashkin-Teller and Baxter models with a line defect

We consider the critical spin-spin correlation function of the Ashkin-Teller and Baxter models. By using path-integral techniques in the continuum description of these models in terms of fermion fields, we show that the correlation decays with distance with the same critical exponent as the Ising model. The procedure is straightforwardly extended to take into account the presence of a line defect. Thus we find that in these altered models the critical index of the magnetic correlation on the defect coincides with the one of the defective 2D Ising or Bariev's model.Comment: Expanded explanations. Added references. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.