Mode-coupling-induced dissipative and thermal effects at long times after a quantum quench

Aditi Mitra, Thierry Giamarchi

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    Abstract

    An interaction quench in a Luttinger liquid can drive it into an athermal steady state. We analyze the effects on such an out of equilibrium state of a mode coupling term due to a periodic potential. Employing a perturbative renormalization group approach we show that even when the periodic potential is an irrelevant perturbation in equilibrium, it has important consequences on the athermal steady state as it generates a temperature as well as a dissipation and hence a finite lifetime for the bosonic modes.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Article number150602
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume107
    Issue number15
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 5 2011

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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