The Kondo Problem as the Quantum Sine-Gordon Model
Guang-Ming Zhang, Hong Chen, Xiang Xia Wu
The ground-state properties of the Kondo Hamiltonian is analyzed in detail and we find the problem to be exactly equivalent to a modified quantum sine-Gordon model. Paralleling to the renormalization-group theory of the sine-Gordon model, we easily derive the correct next-to-leading order flow equations and obtain a universal quantity in a linear combination of the coefficients of the higher-order terms.
Communications in Theoretical Physics•Jun 1, 1991•0 citations