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Title: Solitons in a one-dimensional Wigner crystal

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Physics
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1357011
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1180712
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Pustilnik, M., and Matveev, K. A. Solitons in a one-dimensional Wigner crystal. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165416.
Pustilnik, M., & Matveev, K. A. Solitons in a one-dimensional Wigner crystal. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165416
Pustilnik, M., and Matveev, K. A. Thu . "Solitons in a one-dimensional Wigner crystal". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165416. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1357011.
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abstractNote = {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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journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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