Solitons in a one-dimensional Wigner crystal

Pustilnik, M.; Matveev, K. A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165416

Solitons in a one-dimensional Wigner crystal

Journal Article · Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165416· OSTI ID:1357011

Pustilnik, M. ^[1]; Matveev, K. A. ^[2]

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Physics
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division

In one-dimensional quantum systems with strong long-range repulsion particles arrange in a quasi-periodic chain, the Wigner crystal. Here, we demonstrate that besides the familiar phonons, such one-dimensional Wigner crystal supports an additional mode of elementary excitations, which can be identified with solitons in the classical limit. Furthermore, we compute the corresponding excitation spectrum and argue that the solitons have a parametrically small decay rate at low energies. Finally, we discuss implications of our results for the behavior of the dynamic structure factor.

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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:: 1357011

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1180712

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 91; ISSN 1098-0121; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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