Full counting statistics for the Kondo dot in the unitary limit

We calculate the charge transfer probability distribution function $\chi(\lambda)$ for the Kondo dot in the strong coupling limit within the framework of the Nozi\`{e}res--Fermi--liquid theory of the Kondo effect. At zero temperature, the ratio of the moments $C_n$ of the charge distribution to the backscattering current $I_{{\rm bs}}$ follows a universal law $C_n/2I_{{\rm bs}}=(-1)^n(1+2^n)/6$. The functional form of $\chi(\lambda)$ is consistent with tunnelling of electrons and, possibly, electron pairs. We then discuss the cross-over behaviour of $\chi(\lambda)$ from weak to strong Coulomb repulsion in the underlying Anderson impurity model and relate this to the existing results. Finally, we extend our analysis to the case of finite temperatures.Comment: 5 pages, 1 eps figur

Crystal Distortion and the Two-Channel Kondo Effect

We study a simple model of the two-channel Kondo effect in a distorted crystal. This model is then used to investigate the interplay of the Kondo and Jahn-Teller effects, and also the Kondo effect in an impure crystal. We find that the Jahn-Teller interaction modifies the characteristic energy scale of the system below which non-Fermi-liquid properties of the model become apparent. The modified energy scale tends to zero as the limit of a purely static Jahn-Teller effect is approached. We find also that the non-Fermi-liquid properties of the quadrupolar Kondo effect are not stable against crystal distortion caused by impurities.Comment: 11 page

Dimerized phase and transitions in a spatially anisotropic square lattice antiferromagnet

We investigate the spatially anisotropic square lattice quantum antiferromagnet. The model describes isotropic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains (exchange constant J) coupled antiferromagnetically in the transverse (J_\perp) and diagonal (J_\times), with respect to the chain, directions. Classically, the model admits two ordered ground states -- with antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic inter-chain spin correlations -- separated by a first order phase transition at J_\perp=2J_\times. We show that in the quantum model this transition splits into two, revealing an intermediate quantum-disordered columnar dimer phase, both in two dimensions and in a simpler two-leg ladder version. We describe quantum-critical points separating this spontaneously dimerized phase from classical ones.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

Electron-electron and spin-orbit interactions in armchair graphene ribbons

The effects of intrinsic spin-orbit and Coulomb interactions on low-energy properties of finite width graphene armchair ribbons are studied by means of a Dirac Hamiltonian. It is shown that metallic states subsist in the presence of intrinsic spin-orbit interactions as spin-filtered edge states, in contrast with the insulating behavior predicted for graphene planes. A charge-gap opens due to Coulomb interactions in neutral ribbons, that vanishes as $\Delta\sim 1/W$, with a gapless spin sector. Weak intrinsic spin-orbit interactions do not change the insulating behavior. Explicit expressions for the width-dependent gap and various correlation functions are presented.Comment: Will appear in PR

Class of exactly soluble models of one-dimensional spinless fermions and its application to the Tomonaga-Luttinger Hamiltonian with nonlinear dispersion

It is shown that for some special values of Hamiltonian parameters the Tomonaga-Luttinger model with nonlinear dispersion is unitary equivalent to the system of noninteracting fermions. For such parameter values the density-density propagator of the Tomonaga-Luttinger Hamiltonian with nonlinear dispersion can be found exactly. In a generic situation the exact solution can be used as a reference point around which a perturbative expansion in orders of certain irrelevant operators may be constructed.Comment: 12 pages, 0 figure, revtex