Physical Properties of Metals from a Renormalization Group Standpoint
Condensed Matter
2015-06-25 v1
Abstract
We derive the equilibrium and transport properties of metals using renormalization group equations and finite-size scaling. Particular attention is given to the well-known cases of Fermi and Luttinger liquids. An important subtlety is that the temperature dependence of many transport coefficients is determined by ``dangerous'' irrelevant operators. We also characterize violations of Fermi or Luttinger liquid behavior in terms of indices, analogous to the critical indices describing phase transitions. We briefly consider the normal-state properties of the cuprates from this standpoint.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9507040,
title = {Physical Properties of Metals from a Renormalization Group Standpoint},
author = {Chetan Nayak and Frank Wilczek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9507040},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
27 pages, 1 encapsulated postscript figure in a separate uufile, use phyzzx and epsf