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FERMIONS IN TWO DIMENSIONS, BOSONIZATION, AND EXACTLY SOLVABLE MODELS

Jonas de Woul, Edwin Langmann A

Published Oct 24, 2013• 2 citations
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We discuss interacting fermion models in two dimensions, and, in particular, such that can be solved exactly by bosonization. One solvable model of this kind was proposed by Mattis as an effective description of fermions on a square lattice. We review recent work on a specific relation between a variant of Mattis' model and such a lattice fermion system, as well as the exact solution of this model. The background for this work includes well-established results for one-dimensional systems and the high-Tc problem. We also mention exactly solvable extensions of Mattis' model.

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10.1142/9789814520720_0011

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We consider one-dimensional theories of chiral fermions and bosons on a lattice, which arise as edge states of two-dimensional topological matter breaking time-reversal invariance. We show that hard core bosons or their spin chain equivalent exhibit properties that are similar to free fermions, solving the many-body problem exactly. For fermions, we study the effect of a static impurity exactly and show the orthogonality catastrophe in the continuum limit via bosonization. The interacting many-fermion problem in the continuum limit is solved exactly using simple momentum conservation arguments.
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