Exact equilibrium results in the interacting resonant level model

Abstract

We present exact results for the susceptibility of the interacting resonant level model in equilibrium. Detailed simulations using both the numerical renormalization group and density matrix renormalization group were performed in order to compare with closed analytical expressions. By first bosonizing the model and then utilizing the integrability of the resulting boundary sine-Gordon model, one finds an analytic expression for the relevant energy scale TK with excellent agreement to the numerical results. On the other hand, direct application of the Bethe ansatz of the interacting resonant level mode does not correctly reproduce TK - however, if the bare parameters in the model are renormalized, then quantities obtained via the direct Bethe ansatz such as the occupation of the resonant level as a function of the local chemical potential do match the numerical results. The case of one lead is studied in the most detail, with many results also extending to multiple leads, although there still remain open questions in this case.