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How to find conductance tensors of quantum multi-wire junctions through static calculations: application to an interacting Y-junction

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2010-11-25 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Conductance is related to dynamical correlation functions which can be calculated with \textit{time-dependent} methods. Using boundary conformal field theory, we relate the conductance tensors of quantum junctions of multiple wires to static correlation functions in a finite system. We then propose a general method for determining the conductance through \textit{time-independent} calculations alone. Applying the method to a Y-junction of interacting quantum wires, we numerically verify the theoretical prediction for the conductance of the chiral fixed-point of the Y-junction and then calculate the thus far unknown conductance of its M fixed point with time-independent density matrix renormalization group method.

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@article{arxiv.1001.3877,
  title  = {How to find conductance tensors of quantum multi-wire junctions through static calculations: application to an interacting Y-junction},
  author = {Armin Rahmani and Chang-Yu Hou and Adrian Feiguin and Claudio Chamon and Ian Affleck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.3877},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, final published version