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arXiv:cond-mat/9312083 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Luttinger liquid in a solvable two-dimensional model

R. Hlubina

Published Sep 15, 1994• 17 citations
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Abstract

We consider spinless electrons in two dimensions with the bare spectrum ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}}_{\mathbf{p}}$=${\mathit{v}}_{\mathit{F}}$(\ensuremath{\Vert}${\mathit{p}}_{\mathit{x}}$\ensuremath{\Vert}+\ensuremath{\Vert}${\mathit{p}}_{\mathit{y}}$\ensuremath{\Vert}). In momentum space, the interactions among electrons have a finite range ${\mathit{q}}_{0}$, which is small compared to the Fermi momentum. A golden-rule calculation of the electron lifetime indictes a breakdown of Landau's Fermi-liquid theory in the model. At the one-loop level of perturbation theory, we show that the density wave and the superconducting instabilities cancel each other and there is no symmetry breaking. We solve the model via bosonization; the excitation spectrum is found to consist of gapless bosonic modes as in a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.50.8252

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