9–11 Jun 2015
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Quantum Phase Transition in an Interacting Fermionic Chain

11 Jun 2015, 15:30
1h
Auditorium B. Touschek, Bldg 36 (INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati <!--ID_UTENTE=509-->)

Auditorium B. Touschek, Bldg 36

INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati <!--ID_UTENTE=509-->

Via Enrico Fermi, 40 00044 - Frascati (Roma)

Speaker

Federico Bonetto (Georgia Tech - Atlanta)

Description

We rigorously analyze the quantum phase transition between a metallic and an insulating phase in (non solvable) interacting spin chains or one dimensional fermionic systems. In particular, we prove the persistence of Luttinger liquid behavior in the presence of an interaction even arbitrarily close to the critical point, where the Fermi velocity vanishes and the two Fermi points coalesce. The analysis is based on two different multiscale analysis; the analysis of the first regime provides gain factors which compensate exactly the small divisors due to the vanishing Fermi velocity. This is a joint work with Vieri Mastropietro.

Primary author

Federico Bonetto (Georgia Tech - Atlanta)

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