Spectra of pinned charge density waves with background current

V. Gurarie, J. Levinsen

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Abstract

We develop techniques which allow us to calculate the spectra of pinned charge density waves with background current in one-dimensional space. We show that in such systems the low-lying modes are always localized, and we compute their spectral density and the localization length. We also show that as the energy is increased, the modes delocalize in a way similar to that in the Hatano-Nelson non-Hermitian quantum mechanics. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4085-4096
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
Volume38
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 May 2005

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