Field emission from Luttinger liquids and single-wall carbon nanotubes

Preprint

1 June 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0106010

Abstract

We develop a theory for the field emission effect in Luttinger liquids and single-wall carbon nanotubes at the level of the energy resolved current distribution. We generalise Fowler-Nordheim relations. Just below the Fermi edge, we find a power-law vanishing current distribution with the density of states exponent. The current distribution above the Fermi edge owes its existence to a peculiar interplay of interactions and correlated tunnelling. It displays a non-trivial power-law divergence just above the Fermi energy.

Keywords

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION
LEVEL OF THE ENERGY
LIQUIDS AND SINGLE
LUTTINGER LIQUIDS
DENSITY OF STATES
CARBON NANOTUBES
FIELD EMISSION
FERMI EDGE

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Version 1, 2001-06-01, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 87 (25), 256806.

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