Luttinger Liquid in a Solvable 2-Dimensional Model

Abstract

We consider spinless electrons in two dimensions with the bare spectrum $\epsilon({\bf p})=|p_x|+|p_y|$. In momentum space, the interactions among electrons have a finite range $q_0$, which is small compared to the Fermi momentum. A golden rule calculation of the electron lifetime indicates a breakdown of the Landau Fermi liquid in the model. At the one-loop level of perturbation theory, we show that the density wave and the superconducting instabilities cancel each other and there is no symmetry breaking. We solve the model via bosonization; the excitation spectrum is found to consist of gapless bosonic modes as in a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid.