215 research outputs found
A numerical and analytical study of two holes doped into the 2D t--J model
Exact diagonalization numerical results are presented for a 32-site square
cluster, with two holes propagating in an antiferromagnetic background
described by the t-J model. We characterize the wave function of the lowest
energy bound state found in this calculation, which has d_{x^2-y^2} symmetry.
Analytical work is presented, based on a Lang-Firsov-type canonical
transformation derived quasiparticle Hamiltonian, that accurately agrees with
numerically determined values for the electron momentum distribution function
and the pair correlation function. We interpret this agreement as strong
support for the validity of this description of the hole quasiparticles.Comment: 3 pages, REVTeX, to appear in the proceedings of the Fifth
International Conference on Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors,
September 14-18, 1997, Cape Cod, Massachusett
Absence of hole pairing in a simple t-J model on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice
The Shastry-Sutherland model is a two-dimensional frustrated spin model whose
ground state is a spin gap state. We study this model doped with one and two
holes on a 32-site lattice using exact diagonalization. When t'>0, we find that
the diagonal dimer order that exists at half-filling are retained at these
moderate doping levels. No other order is found to be favored on doping. The
holes are strongly repulsive unless the hopping terms are unrealistically
small. Therefore, the existence of a spin gap at half-filling does not
guarantee hole-pairing in the present case
Quasiparticle photoemission intensity in doped two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets
Using the self-consistent Born approximation, and the corresponding wave
function of the magnetic polaron, we calculate the quasiparticle weight
corresponding to destruction of a real electron (in contrast to creation of a
spinless holon), as a funtion of wave vector for one hole in a generalized
model and the strong coupling limit of a generalized Hubbard model. The
results are in excellent agreement with those obtained by exact diagonalization
of a sufficiently large cluster. Only the Hubbard weigth compares very well
with photoemission measurements in Sr_2CuO_2Cl_2.Comment: 11 pages, latex, 3 figure
Holes in the t-J_z model: a thorough study
The t-J_z model is the strongly anisotropic limit of the t-J model which
captures some general properties of the doped antiferromagnets (AF). The
absence of spin fluctuations simplifies the analytical treatment of hole motion
in an AF background and allows us to calculate the single- and two-hole spectra
with high accuracy using regular diagram technique combined with real-space
approach. At the same time, numerical studies of this model via exact
diagonalization (ED) on small clusters show negligible finite size effects for
a number of quantities, thus allowing a direct comparison between analytical
and numerical results. Both approaches demonstrate that the holes have tendency
to pair in the p- and d-wave channels at realistic values of t/J. The
interactions leading to pairing and effects selecting p and d waves are
thoroughly investigated. The role of transverse spin fluctuations is considered
using perturbation theory. Based on the results of the present study, we
discuss the pairing problem in the realistic t-J-like model. Possible
implications for preformed pairs formation and phase separation are drawn.Comment: 21 pages, 15 figure
Nearest-neighbour Attraction Stabilizes Staggered Currents in the 2D Hubbard Model
Using a strong-coupling approach, we show that staggered current vorticity
does not obtain in the repulsive 2D Hubbard model for large on-site Coulomb
interactions, as in the case of the copper oxide superconductors. This trend
also persists even when nearest-neighbour repulsions are present. However,
staggered flux ordering emerges {\bf only} when attractive nearest-neighbour
Coulomb interactions are included. Such ordering opens a gap along the
direction and persists over a reasonable range of doping.Comment: 5 pages with 5 .eps files (Typos in text are corrected
Quantum disorder in the two-dimensional pyrochlore Heisenberg antiferromagnet
We present the results of an exact diagonalization study of the spin-1/2
Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a two-dimensional version of the pyrochlore
lattice, also known as the square lattice with crossings or the checkerboard
lattice. Examining the low energy spectra for systems of up to 24 spins, we
find that all clusters studied have non-degenerate ground states with total
spin zero, and big energy gaps to states with higher total spin. We also find a
large number of non-magnetic excitations at energies within this spin gap.
Spin-spin and spin-Peierls correlation functions appear to be short-ranged, and
we suggest that the ground state is a spin liquid.Comment: 7 pages, 11 figures, RevTeX minor changes made, Figure 6 correcte
Effects of spin-elastic interactions in frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnets
The Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a compressible triangular lattice in the
spin- wave approximation is considered. It is shown that the interaction
between quantum fluctuations and elastic degrees of freedom stabilizes the low
symmetric L-phase with a collinear Neel magnetic ordering. Multi-stability in
the dependence of the on-site magnetization on an unaxial pressure is found.Comment: Revtex, 4 pages, 2 eps figure
Pyrochlore Photons: The U(1) Spin Liquid in a S=1/2 Three-Dimensional Frustrated Magnet
We study the S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the pyrochlore lattice in
the limit of strong easy-axis exchange anisotropy. We find, using only standard
techniques of degenerate perturbation theory, that the model has a U(1) gauge
symmetry generated by certain local rotations about the z-axis in spin space.
Upon addition of an extra local interaction in this and a related model with
spins on a three-dimensional network of corner-sharing octahedra, we can write
down the exact ground state wavefunction with no further approximations. Using
the properties of the soluble point we show that these models enter the U(1)
spin liquid phase, a novel fractionalized spin liquid with an emergent U(1)
gauge structure. This phase supports gapped S^z = 1/2 spinons carrying the U(1)
``electric'' gauge charge, a gapped topological point defect or ``magnetic''
monopole, and a gapless ``photon,'' which in spin language is a gapless,
linearly dispersing S^z = 0 collective mode. There are power-law spin
correlations with a nontrivial angular dependence, as well as novel U(1)
topological order. This state is stable to ALL zero-temperature perturbations
and exists over a finite extent of the phase diagram. Using a convenient
lattice version of electric-magnetic duality, we develop the effective
description of the U(1) spin liquid and the adjacent soluble point in terms of
Gaussian quantum electrodynamics and calculate a few of the universal
properties. The resulting picture is confirmed by our numerical analysis of the
soluble point wavefunction. Finally, we briefly discuss the prospects for
understanding this physics in a wider range of models and for making contact
with experiments.Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures. Further minor changes. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Dispersion of a single hole in the t-J model
The dispersion of a single hole in the t-J model obtained by the exact result
of 32 sites and the results obtained by self-consistent Born approximation and
the Green function Monte Carlo method can be simply derived by a mean-field
theory with d-RVB and antiferromagnetic order parameters. In addition, it
offers a simple explanation for the difference observed between those results.
The presence of the extended van Hove region at (pi,0) is a consequence of the
d-RVB pairing independenct of the antiferromagnetic order. Results including t'
and t" are also presented and explained consistently in a similar way.Comment: LaTex file, 5 pages with 5 embedded eps figure
A hidden Goldstone mechanism in the Kagom\'e lattice antiferromagnet
In this paper, we study the phases of the Heisenberg model on the \kagome
lattice with antiferromagnetic nearest neighbour coupling and
ferromagnetic next neighbour coupling . Analysing the long wavelength, low
energy effective action that describes this model, we arrive at the phase
diagram as a function of . The interesting part of
this phase diagram is that for small , which includes , there is
a phase with no long range spin order and with gapless and spin zero low lying
excitations. We discuss our results in the context of earlier, numerical and
experimental work.Comment: 21 pages, latex file with 5 figure
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