title: Dephasing and weak localization in disordered Luttinger liquid.
abstract: We study the transport properties of interacting electrons in a disordered quantum wire within the framework of the Luttinger liquid model. The conductivity at finite temperature is nonzero only because of inelastic electron-electron scattering. We demonstrate that the notion of weak localization is applicable to the strongly correlated one-dimensional electron system. We calculate the relevant dephasing rate, which for spinless electrons is governed by the interplay of electron-electron interaction and disorder, thus vanishing in the clean limit.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Gornyi
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mirlin
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Polyakov