Non-Markovian dephasing of disordered quasi-one-dimensional fermion systems

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dc.citation.articleNumber155101
dc.citation.issueNumber15
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysical Review B
dc.citation.volumeNumber102
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Seth M.
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Matthew S.
dc.contributor.orgRice Center for Quantum Materials
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-16T19:16:57Z
dc.date.available2020-11-16T19:16:57Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAs a potential window on transitions out of the ergodic, many-body-delocalized phase, we study the dephasing of weakly disordered, quasi-one-dimensional fermion systems due to a diffusive, non-Markovian noise bath. Such a bath is self-generated by the fermions, via inelastic scattering mediated by short-ranged interactions. The ergodic phase can be defined by the nonzero dephasing rate, which makes transport incoherent and classical on long length scales. We calculate the dephasing of weak localization perturbatively through second order in the bath coupling, obtaining a short-time expansion. However, no well-defined dephasing rate can be identified, and the expansion breaks down at long times. This perturbative expansion is not stabilized by including a mean-field cooperon “mass” (decay rate), signaling a failure of the self-consistent Born approximation. We also consider a many-channel quantum wire where short-ranged, spin-exchange interactions coexist with screened Coulomb interactions. We calculate the dephasing rate, treating the short-ranged interactions perturbatively and the Coulomb interaction exactly. The latter provides a physical infrared regularization that stabilizes perturbation theory at long times, giving the first controlled calculation of quasi-1D dephasing due to diffusive noise. At first order in the diffusive bath coupling, we find an enhancement of the dephasing rate, but at second order, we find a rephasing contribution. Our results differ qualitatively from those obtained via self-consistent calculations commonly employed in higher dimensions. Our results are relevant in two different contexts: first, in the search for precursors to many-body localization in the ergodic phase of an isolated many-fermion system. Second, our results provide a mechanism for the enhancement of dephasing at low temperatures in spin SU(2)-symmetric quantum wires, beyond the Altshuler-Aronov-Khmelnitsky result. The enhancement is possible due to the amplification of the triplet-channel interaction strength and provides an additional physical mechanism that could contribute to the experimentally observed low-temperature saturation of the dephasing time.
dc.identifier.citationDavis, Seth M. and Foster, Matthew S.. "Non-Markovian dephasing of disordered quasi-one-dimensional fermion systems." <i>Physical Review B,</i> 102, no. 15 (2020) American Physical Society: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.155101.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.155101
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/109558
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.titleNon-Markovian dephasing of disordered quasi-one-dimensional fermion systems
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