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Heavy Particle in a d-dimensional Fermionic Bath: A Strong Coupling Approach

Condensed Matter 2010-05-24 v1

Abstract

We investigate the low temperature behavior of a heavy particle (mass MM) in a fermionic bath. An effective action is considered which exactly implements the orthogonality catastrophe. It is equivalent to a model of local bosons coupling via a long-range interaction to the particle. The saddlepoint solution for the heavy particle propagator yields a finite quasiparticle weight in two and higher dimensions. In one dimension the propagator decays algebraically for long times. The saddle point approximation is valid for large MM.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9502034,
  title  = {Heavy Particle in a d-dimensional Fermionic Bath: A Strong Coupling Approach},
  author = {Achim Rosch and Thilo Kopp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9502034},
  year   = {2010}
}
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