Electrical and Thermal Transport in Inhomogeneous Luttinger Liquids

DeGottardi, Wade; Matveev, K. A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.236405

Electrical and Thermal Transport in Inhomogeneous Luttinger Liquids

Journal Article · Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.236405· OSTI ID:1356647

DeGottardi, Wade ^[1]; Matveev, K. A. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division

In this paper, we study the transport properties of long quantum wires by generalizing the Luttinger liquid approach to allow for the finite lifetime of the bosonic excitations. Our theory accounts for long-range disorder and strong electron interactions, both of which are common features of experiments with quantum wires. We obtain the electrical and thermal resistances and thermoelectric properties of such quantum wires and find a strong deviation from perfect conductance quantization. Finally, we cast our results in terms of the thermal conductivity and bulk viscosity of the electron liquid and give the temperature scale above which the transport can be described by classical hydrodynamics.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1356647

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1184442

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 114; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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