Ladder approximation to spin velocities in quantum wires -: art. no. 085103

The spin sector of charge-spin separated single mode quantum wires is studied, accounting for realistic microscopic electron-electron interactions. We utilize the ladder approximation (LA) to the interaction vertex and exploit thermodynamic relations to obtain spin velocities. Down to not too small carrier densities our results compare well with existing quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) data. Analyzing second-order diagrams we identify logarithmically divergent contributions as crucial which the LA includes but which are missed, for example, by the self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation. Contrary to other approximations the LA yields a nontrivial spin conductance. Its considerably smaller computational effort compared to numerically exact methods, such as the QMC method, enables us to study overall dependences on interaction parameters. We identify the short distance part of the interaction to govern spin sector properties.