Renormalization and quantum scaling of Frenkel-Kontorova models

DOI10.1007/S10955-005-8671-9MaRDI QIDQ2492848zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nuno R. Catarino, Robert S. MacKay

Publication date 14 June 2006

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501221

zbMATH Keywords

quantum scaling specific heatrenormalizationTransition by breaking of analyticity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Dynamic renormalization group methods applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C28)

Abstract: We generalise the classical Transition by Breaking of Analyticity for the class of Frenkel-Kontorova models studied by Aubry and others to non-zero Planck's constant and temperature. This analysis is based on the study of a renormalization operator for the case of irrational mean spacing using Feynman's functional integral approach. We show how existing classical results extend to the quantum regime. In particular we extend MacKay's renormalization approach for the classical statistical mechanics to deduce scaling of low frequency effects and quantum effects. Our approach extends the phenomenon of hierarchical melting studied by Vallet, Schilling and Aubry to the quantum regime.

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