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Transport through asymmetric two-lead junctions of Luttinger liquid wires
We calculate the conductance of a system of two spinless Luttinger liquid
wires with different interaction strengths g_1, g_2, connected through a short
junction, within the scattering state formalism. Following earlier work we
formulate the problem in current algebra language, and calculate the scale
dependent contribution to the conductance in perturbation theory keeping the
leading universal contributions to all orders in the interaction strength. From
that we derive a renormalization group (RG) equation for the conductance. The
analytical solution of the RG-equation is discussed in dependence on g_1, g_2.
The regions of stability of the two fixed points corresponding to conductance
G=0 and G=1, respectively, are determined.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, REVTE
Transport of interacting electrons through a potential barrier: nonperturbative RG approach
We calculate the linear response conductance of electrons in a Luttinger
liquid with arbitrary interaction g_2, and subject to a potential barrier of
arbitrary strength, as a function of temperature. We first map the Hamiltonian
in the basis of scattering states into an effective low energy Hamiltonian in
current algebra form. Analyzing the perturbation theory in the fermionic
representation the diagrams contributing to the renormalization group (RG)
\beta-function are identified. A universal part of the \beta-function is given
by a ladder series and summed to all orders in g_2. First non-universal
corrections beyond the ladder series are discussed. The RG-equation for the
temperature dependent conductance is solved analytically. Our result agrees
with known limiting cases.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Shot noise in Weyl semimetals
We study the effect of inelastic processes on the magneto-transport of a
quasi-one dimensional Weyl semi-metal, using a modified Boltzmann-Langevin
approach. The magnetic field drives a crossover to a ballistic regime in which
the propagation along the wire is dominated by the chiral anomaly, and the role
of fluctuations inside the sample is exponentially suppressed. We show that
inelastic collisions modify the parametric dependence of the current
fluctuations on the magnetic field. By measuring shot noise as a function of a
magnetic field, for different applied voltage, one can estimate the
electron-electron inelastic length .Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur
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