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Fractons and Luttinger liquids

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider the concept of fractons as particles or quasiparticles which obey a specific fractal statistics in connection with a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid theory. We obtain a dual statistics parameter ν~=ν+1{\tilde{\nu}}=\nu+1 which is identified with the controlling parameter e2ϕe^{-2\phi} of the Luttinger model. In this way, a bosonic system characterized by a fractal index if[h]=if[2]=1i_{f}[h]=i_{f}[2]=1 is considered as a conformal field theory with central charge c[ν=0]=1=if[2]c[\nu=0]=1=i_{f}[2] with a compactified radius R=1ν~=1R=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\tilde{\nu}}}=1. Thus, we have a mapping of a bosonic theory to a fermionic one and vice-versa, i.e., the duality symmetry h~=3h{{\tilde{h}} =3-h} of the universal class hh of fractons defined in the interval 1< h <2 is satisfied.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0006503,
  title  = {Fractons and Luttinger liquids},
  author = {Wellington da Cruz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0006503},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Latex, 5 pages, references added (To appear in J. of Physics: Cond. Mat.)

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