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The effect of disorder on the axial anomaly in a lattice model in 1 + 1 dimensions
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Verkan av en störning på den axiala/kirala anomalin i en gittermodell i 1 + 1 dimensioner (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

This work investigates the effect of a disorder potential, that represents impurities/dislocations in the lattice, on the time-dependent signature of the axial anomaly in a one-band tight-binding model in one spatial dimension. The tight-binding model is solved numerically and the simulation results are compared with a semiclassical expression for the time-dependent axial density, n5(t), due to Nielsen and Ninomiya [1]. An estimate of the scattering time, which enters into the semiclassical expression, is computed using the Fermi golden rule (FG) approximation. The inclusion of disorder in the lattice model, in the form of a random disorder potential with Gaussian correlations, alters the time evolution of the axial density, from being oscillating in the clean case, to a curve that saturates at a non-zero value in the presence of sufficiently strong disorder. The semiclassical result is in accordance with the numerical solution in most of the parameter regimes considered. The FG approximation appears to be more accurate in the moderate to strong disorder regime than in the weak regime (in contrast with the validity condition of the FG approximation). A possible extension of the model in 1 + 1 dimensions to a model in 3 + 1 dimensions is briefly discussed.

Abstract [sv]

I detta arbete undersöks verkan av en störningspotential, som representerar orenheter i gittret, på tidsutvecklingen hos den axiala/kirala anomalin i en tätbindningsmodell i en rumsdimension. Modellen löses numeriskt och simuleringsresultaten jämförs med Nielsen och Ninomiyas [1] semiklassiska uttryck för den tidsberoende axiala densiteten, n5(t). Relaxationstiden för spridningseffekter, vilken ingår i det semiklassiska uttrycket, beräknas med hjälp av Fermis gyllene regel. När modellen utsätts för en störning, i form av en korrelerad stokastisk potential, ändras tidsutvecklingen för den axiala densiteten, från att vara oscillerande i det rena fallet, till en kurva som saturerar vid ett nollskilt värde i närvaro av en tillräckligt stark störning. Det semiklassiska resultatet överensstämmer med den numeriska lösningen i majoriteten av de parameterregimer som beaktas. Fermis gyllene regel stämmer bättre överens med simuleringsresultaten för ett system utsatt för en måttlig till kraftig störning än för ett svagt stört system (vilket strider mot giltighetsvillkoret för Fermis gyllene regel). En möjlig utvidgning av modellen i 1 + 1 dimensioner till en modell i 3 + 1 dimensioner diskuteras i korthet. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Series
TRITA-SCI-GRU ; 2023:018
Keywords [en]
Axial anomaly, tight-binding model, semiclassical physics, correlated disorder.
Keywords [sv]
Axial/kiral anomali, tätbindningsmodell, semiklassisk fysik, korrelerad oordning
National Category
Physical Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-324512OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-324512DiVA, id: diva2:1741659
Subject / course
Physics
Educational program
Master of Science - Engineeering Physics
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Available from: 2023-03-06 Created: 2023-03-06 Last updated: 2023-03-08Bibliographically approved

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