Coupled electron-impurity and electron-phonon systems as trivial non-Fermi liquids

Donovan Buterakos and Sankar Das Sarma
Phys. Rev. B 100, 235149 – Published 30 December 2019

Abstract

We consider an electron gas, both in two (2D) and three (3D) dimensions, interacting with quenched impurities and phonons within leading order finite-temperature many-body perturbation theories, calculating the electron self-energies, spectral functions, and momentum distribution functions at finite temperatures. The resultant spectral function is in general highly non-Lorentzian, indicating that the system is not a Fermi liquid in the usual sense. The calculated momentum distribution function cannot be approximated by a Fermi function at any temperature, providing a rather simple example of a non-Fermi liquid with well-understood properties.

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  • Received 9 September 2019
  • Revised 5 December 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.235149

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Donovan Buterakos and Sankar Das Sarma

  • Condensed Matter Theory Center and Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA

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Vol. 100, Iss. 23 — 15 December 2019

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