Dirac impurity in a Luttinger liquid
We consider a linearly dispersing quantum impurity interacting through a contact density-density term with a one-dimensional (1D) superfluid described by the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid theory. Using a linked-cluster expansion we characterize the impurity dynamics by calculating approximate expressions for the single-particle Green's function and for the time evolution of the density profile. We show the existence of two different dynamical regimes: (i) a quasiparticle regime, dominated by the presence of a finite lifetime for the host impurity, and (ii) an infrared-dominated regime, where the impurity causes a Anderson's orthogonality catastrophe of the $1\text{D}$ bath. We discuss the possible experimental consequences of these findings for cold-atom experiments.
Authors
- Thierry Giamarchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-5071)
- Lorenzo Gotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4557-5302)
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.165116
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung