arXiv · cond-mat/9310048
Charge-Spin Separation and the Spectral Properties of Luttinger Liquids
Abstract
We compute the spectral function rho(q,omega) of the one- dimensional Luttinger model. We discuss the distinct influences of charge-spin separation and of the anomalous dimensions of the fermion operators and their evolution with correlation strength. Charge-spin separation shows up in finite spectral weight at frequencies between v_sigma * q and v_rho * q where v_rho and v_sigma are the velocities of charge and spin fluctuations while spectral weight above v_rho * q and below -v_rho * q is generated by the hybridization of the Fermi surface at +/-k_F by interactions. There are nonuniversal power-law singularities at these special frequencies. We discuss the consistency of recent photoemission experiments on low-dimensional conductors with a Luttinger liquid picture which then would suggest very strong long- range interactions. It is pointed out that many-particle correlation functions in principle exhibit similar singularities but they probe different and complementary aspects of the Fermi surface interactions.
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Johannes Voit. 1993-10-25. Charge-Spin Separation and the Spectral Properties of Luttinger Liquids. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984%2F5%2F44%2F020
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