Finite-temperature free fermions and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation at finite time.

نویسندگان

  • David S Dean
  • Pierre Le Doussal
  • Satya N Majumdar
  • Grégory Schehr
چکیده

We consider the system of N one-dimensional free fermions confined by a harmonic well V(x)=mω(2)x(2)/2 at finite inverse temperature β=1/T. The average density of fermions ρ(N)(x,T) at position x is derived. For N≫1 and β∼O(1/N), ρ(N)(x,T) is given by a scaling function interpolating between a Gaussian at high temperature, for β≪1/N, and the Wigner semicircle law at low temperature, for β≫N(-1). In the latter regime, we unveil a scaling limit, for βℏω=bN(-1/3), where the fluctuations close to the edge of the support, at x∼±√[2ℏN/(mω)], are described by a limiting kernel K(b)(ff)(s,s') that depends continuously on b and is a generalization of the Airy kernel, found in the Gaussian unitary ensemble of random matrices. Remarkably, exactly the same kernel K(b)(ff)(s,s') arises in the exact solution of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation in 1+1 dimensions at finite time t, with the correspondence t=b(3).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 114 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015