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Journal of Mathematical Physics

Interacting Fermions in One Dimension. II. Attractive Potential

James McGuire

Published Jan 1, 1966• 160 citations
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Abstract

The exact energies and wavefunctions for a system of (N − 1) one-dimensional fermions all of the same spin and one fermion of the opposite spin are calculated in the large volume, finite density limit, when the particles interact via an attractive delta function potential. It is found that the attractive potential gives rise to a bound state, but, in spite of the presence of this bound state, all of the physical properties which are calculated (ground-state energy, effective mass of a certain class of excitations, etc.) are analytic continuations in the coupling constant of the corresponding results in the repulsive case. In addition, it is possible to have eigenstates which do not have the bound state present. These excited states are also discussed and are found to exhibit a negative effective mass and to modify the particle density at very large distances from the different particle.

DOI
10.1063/1.1704798

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The ground-state energy of a one-dimensional fermion system interacting via a repulsive $\ensuremath{\delta}$-function potential is calculated rigorously within the "ladder" approximation as a function of the coupling constant and the results compared with those given by the exact solution of Yang. Comparison with other many-body approximate theories has also been made. The density-density response function has also been calculated in an approximation in which the particle-hole interaction in the polarization bubble is taken into account to all orders. Results of this dynamic theory are compared with those of other approximations.
The Gaudin integral equation for the ground state of a one-dimensional delta-function attractive spin-1/2 fermions is solved in the form of power series. The first few terms of the asymptotic expansions for both strong and weak coupling cases are calculated analytically. The physical quantities such as the ground state energy are expressed in terms of a single dimensionless parameter gamma =c/D, where c is the coupling constant and D is the number density. The results agree with those obtained from the perturbation calculations, which include the one in the classical electrostatics originally by Kirchhoff. In the strong coupling limit, the connection to the solutions of the Lieb-Liniger integral equation for the ground state of a one-dimensional delta-function repulsive bose gas is shown explicitly.
In the framework of exactly solvable quantum many-body systems we study models of interacting spin one-half Fermions in one dimension. The first part deals with systems of spin one-half Fermions which interact via repulsive contact interaction. A reformulation of the Bethe-Ansatz solvable many-body wave function is presented. This simplifies considerably the calculations for the highly imbalanced case, where very few particles of one species (minority Fermions) are present. For the other particle species (majority Fermions) the thermodynamic limit is taken. We assume the majority Fermions to be in the ground state such that their non-interacting momentum distribution is a Fermi-sea. Upon this we consider excitations where the particles of the minority species may occupy an arbitrary state within the Fermi-sea. In the case of only a single minority Fermion, the many-body wave function can be expressed as a determinant. This allows us to derive exact thermodynamic expressions for several expectation values as well as for the density-density correlation function. Moreover it is possible to find closed expressions for the single particle Green's function. All of the above mentioned quantities show a non-trivial dependence on the minority particle's momentum. In particular the Green's function in the Tonks-Girardeau regime of hardcore interaction is shown to undergo a transition from the one of impenetrable Bosons to that of free Fermions as the extra particle's momentum varies from the core to the edge of the Fermi-sea. This transition becomes manifest in an algebraic asymptotic decay of the Green's function. If two minority Fermions are present, the many-body wave function turns out to be more complicated. Nevertheless it is possible to derive exact expressions for the two and the three particle density-density correlation functions. Furthermore we calculate the system's total energy and based on that, identify terms which have a natural interpretation as effective interaction energy for the two minority Fermions in the presence of the Fermi-sea. The second part is devoted to the study of one-dimensional systems consisting of two fermionic particle species with different masses. We show that for specific kinds of interaction potentials and for certain relations between the masses and the coupling constants, the particle creation and annihilation operators of such a system can be constructed exactly.
We consider a gas of fermions with parabolic dispersion and N spin components (or spin S, N=2S+1) with SU(N) symmetry in one dimension interacting via a delta -function potential. The model is integrable and its solution has been obtained by Sutherland in terms of N nested Bethe ansatze. The ground-state Bethe ansatz integral equations are solved numerically for both repulsive and attractive interactions to obtain the energy, the chemical potential, and the magnetic susceptibility as a function of the band filling and the interaction strength. For the repulsive interaction the Fermi gas has the properties of a Luttinger liquid. In the attractive case, on the other hand, the fermions in the ground-state form bound states of up to N fermions of different spin components. The spectrum of elemental charge and spin excitations is derived for the repulsive and attractive situations. The spectrum is discussed in the limits of vanishing interaction strength and very strong coupling. For the repulsive interaction the low-lying charge excitations can be characterized by the Fermi momentum and the Fermi velocity. The range of the spin-wave excitations is correlated with the Fermi momentum of the charges. The spin wave velocity is inversely proportional to the magnetic susceptibility. The spin-wave excitations become soft in the infinite-repulsive-coupling limit. In the attractive case in zero field all excitation branches except that of bound states of N fermions have an energy gap. It requires a finite energy to break these bound states and hence there is no response to a field smaller than a critical field. The low-T specific heat is proportional to the temperature.
The single-particle energies for a one-dimensional system of interacting fermions via a repulsive \ensuremath{\delta}-function potential are self-consistently calculated using the Brueckner and Gammel method. The breakdown of the usual Fermi liquid picture is signaled in this approach by the occurrence of a negative gap at \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}kF{\mathrm{k}}_{\mathrm{F}}kF​ between the lowest energy of a particle state (|k|>kF{\mathrm{k}}_{\mathrm{F}}kF​) and the highest energy of a hole state (|k|kF{\mathrm{k}}_{\mathrm{F}}kF​); a normal ground-state configuration with all the hole states double occupied is thus unstable. Two possible pictures getting account of the rearrangement of the particles in a stable configuration are discussed: (1) an effective potential simulating a normal Fermi liquid behavior; (2) a condensate of fermions and a reduced Fermi sea normally occupied. The ground-state energy computed within these schemes is in remarkable agreement with the Bethe-Ansatz results for all values of the model parameters.