137 research outputs found

    Fermi distribution of semicalssical non-eqilibrium Fermi states

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    When a classical device suddenly perturbs a degenerate Fermi gas a semiclassical non-equilibrium Fermi state arises. Semiclassical Fermi states are characterized by a Fermi energy or Fermi momentum that slowly depends on space or/and time. We show that the Fermi distribution of a semiclassical Fermi state has a universal nature. It is described by Airy functions regardless of the details of the perturbation. In this letter we also give a general discussion of coherent Fermi states

    Quantum Hydrodynamics, Quantum Benjamin-Ono Equation, and Calogero Model

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    Collective field theory for Calogero model represents particles with fractional statistics in terms of hydrodynamic modes -- density and velocity fields. We show that the quantum hydrodynamics of this model can be written as a single evolution equation on a real holomorphic Bose field -- quantum integrable Benjamin-Ono equation. It renders tools of integrable systems to studies of nonlinear dynamics of 1D quantum liquids.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur

    Kinks in the Kondo problem

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    We find the exact quasiparticle spectrum for the continuum Kondo problem of kk species of electrons coupled to an impurity of spin SS. In this description, the impurity becomes an immobile quasiparticle sitting on the boundary. The particles are ``kinks'', which can be thought of as field configurations interpolating between adjacent wells of a potential with k+1k+1 degenerate minima. For the overscreened case k>2Sk>2S, the boundary has this kink structure as well, which explains the non-integer number of boundary states previously observed. Using simple arguments along with the consistency requirements of an integrable theory, we find the exact elastic SS-matrix for the quasiparticles scattering among themselves and off of the boundary. This allows the calculation of the exact free energy, which agrees with the known Bethe ansatz solution.Comment: 9 pages +1 figur

    Integrable Structure of Interface Dynamics

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    We establish the equivalence of a 2D contour dynamics to the dispersionless limit of the integrable Toda hierarchy constrained by a string equation. Remarkably, the same hierarchy underlies 2D quantum gravity.Comment: 5 pages, no figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett, typos correcte

    Haldane-Gapped Spin Chains as Luttinger Liquids: Correlation Functions at Finite Field

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    We study the behavior of Heisenberg, antiferromagnetic, integer-spin chains in the presence of a magnetic field exceeding the attendant spin gap. For temperatures much smaller than the gap, the spin chains exhibit Luttinger liquid behavior. We compute exactly both the corresponding Luttinger parameter and the Fermi velocity as a function of magnetic field. This enables the computation of a number of correlators from which we derive the spin conductance, the expected form of the dynamic structure factor relevant to inelastic neutron scattering experiments, and NMR relaxation rates. We also comment upon the robustness of the magnetically induced gapless phase both to finite temperature and finite couplings between neighbouring chains.Comment: 32 pages, 8 figures; published version includes additions discussing the robustness of the magnetically induced gapless phase to ordering between chains as well as the relationship between the spin-1 chains and spin-1/2 ladders in the presence of a magnetic fiel
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