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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Many-body vertex corrections in a one-dimensional electron system interacting with a long-range Coulomb potential

B. Tanatar, Ekrem Demirel

Published Jul 15, 2000• 3 citations
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Abstract

We study the quasiparticle properties of a one-dimensional electron gas interacting with a long-range electron-electron interaction. The electron self-energy is calculated using the leading-order dynamical-screening approximation with $(GW\ensuremath{\Gamma}$ approximation) and without the vertex corrections $(GW$ approximation). The calculated one-electron properties such as the spectral function, damping rate, and also the momentum distribution indicate the significance of vertex corrections at low densities.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.62.1787

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