THE GROSS-NEVEU MODEL AS AN EFFECTIVE THEORY FOR POLYACETYLENE

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作者
CHODOS, A [1 ]
MINAKATA, H [1 ]
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[1] TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,HACHIOJI,TOKYO 19203,JAPAN
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10.1016/0375-9601(94)90557-6
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We show that the Gross-Neveu model undergoes a first-order transition as a function of chemical potential, from the low-density phase in which chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken to the high-density phase in which the symmetry is restored. We apply this to polyacetylene, in which a charged-soliton-conducting to metallic phase transition has been observed as a function of doping level y. Our results are in excellent agreement with experiment; in particular, the critical value of y is well reproduced.
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