Universal transport dynamics in a quenched tunnel-coupled Luttinger liquid

作者:Gambetta F M*; Cavaliere F; Citro R; Sassetti M
来源:Physical Review B, 2016, 94(4): 045104.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.045104

摘要

The transport dynamics of a quenched Luttinger liquid tunnel-coupled to a fermionic reservoir is investigated. In the transient dynamics, we show that for a sudden quench of the electron interaction universal power-law decay in time of the tunneling current occurs, ascribed to the presence of entangled compound excitations created by the quench. In sharp contrast to the usual nonuniversal power-law behavior of a zero-temperature nonquenched Luttinger liquid, the steady-state tunneling current is Ohmic and can be explained in terms of an effective quench-activated heating of the system. Our study unveils an unconventional dynamics for a quenched Luttinger liquid that could be identified in quenched cold Fermi gases.

  • 出版日期2016-7-5