Fermi liquids and the Luttinger integral
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Curtin, OJ
Nishikawa, Yunori
Hewson, AC
Crow, DJG
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Journal Article
Abstract
The Luttinger Theorem, which relates the electron density to the volume of the Fermi surface in an itinerant electron system, is taken to be one of the essential features of a Fermi liquid. The microscopic derivation of this result depends on the vanishing of a certain integral, the Luttinger integral I L, which is also the basis of the Friedel sum rule for impurity models, relating the impurity occupation number to the scattering phase shift of the conduction electrons. It is known that non-zero values of I L with I L = ±π/2, occur in impurity models classified as singular Fermi liquids. Here we show the same values, I L = ±π/2, occur in an impurity model in phases with regular low energy Fermi liquid behavior. Consequently the Luttinger integral can be taken to characterize these phases, and the quantum critical points separating them interpreted as topological.
Date Issued
2018-03-01
Date Acceptance
2018-03-06
Citation
Journal of Physics Communications, 2 (3)
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2399-6528
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IOP Publishing
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Journal of Physics Communications
Volume
2
Issue
3
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031001
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2018-03-06