Precursors of 1D behavior for $D>1$: evolution of the non-analytic correction to the Fermi-liquid behavior

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Abstract

The Fermi-liquid forms of the specific heat ($C(T)$) and static spin susceptibility ($\chi_s$) acquire universal non-analytic corrections[1] and the degree of non-analyticity increase inversely with the dimensionality. This predicts that the strongest non-analyticity in the specific heat should be found in 1D; however, bosonization shows that the $C(T)$ is analytic in 1D. We resolve this paradox by showing that the general argument, for non-analyticity in $D>1$ at the second order in the interaction, breaks down in 1D due to a subtle cancellation and the non-analytic $T\ln T$ term in the specific heat in 1D occurs at the \emph{third} order for electrons with \emph{spin}. We obtain the same result by considering the RG flow of the marginally irrelevant operator in the sine-Gordon theory. For spinless electrons, the non-analyticities in the particle-particle and particle-hole channels cancel out and the resulting $C(T)$ is linear in $T$. The singularity in the particle-hole channel causes non-analyticity in the spin susceptibility $\chi_s \propto \ln \max \{|Q|,|H|,T\}$ present at the second order. [1] A.V. Chubukov and D.L. Maslov, Phys. Rev. B 68, 155113 (2003).

Authors

  • Ronojoy Saha

    Dept. of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl-32611-8440, USA

  • Dmitrii Maslov

    Dept. of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8440, USA