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Quantum dissociation of an edge of a Luttinger liquid
Eugene B Kolomeisky1, Michael Timmins
1Department of Physics, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400714, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4714, USA.
Abstract:
In a Luttinger liquid phase of one-dimensional molecular matter the strength of zero-point motion can be characterized by dimensionless De Boer's number quantifying the interplay of quantum fluctuations and two-body interactions. Selecting the latter in the Morse form we show that dissociation of the Luttinger liquid is a process initiated at the system edge. The latter becomes unstable against quantum fluctuations at a value of De Boer's number which is smaller than that of the bulk instability which parallels the classical phenomenon of surface melting.
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