Abstract
The nonlinear sigma model is a well-established theoretical tool for studies of transport and thermodynamics in disordered electronic systems. The conventional sigma model approach for interacting systems does not account for particle-hole asymmetry. It is therefore not suited for studying quantities that are sensitive to this effect such as the thermoelectric transport coefficient. Here, we derive a minimal extension of the Keldysh nonlinear sigma model tailored for two-dimensional interacting systems. We argue that this model can be used to systematically study the combined effect of interactions and disorder on thermoelectric transport. As a first step in this direction, we use the model to analyze the structure of the heat density-density correlation function and calculate interaction corrections to its static part. The calculation of interaction corrections to the dynamical part of the correlation function and the thermodynamic transport coefficient is left for future work.
- Received 9 November 2020
- Revised 28 February 2021
- Accepted 1 March 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125422
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