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arXiv:2301.02274

Spin-charge separation and unconventional superconductivity in \textit{t}-\textit{J} model on honeycomb lattice

Jian-Jian Miao, Zheng-Yuan Yue, Zhang, Hao, Wei-Qiang Chen, Zheng‐Cheng Gu

Published Jan 5, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

The physical nature of doped Mott-insulator has been intensively studied for more than three decades. It is well known that the single band Hubbard model or $t$-$J$ model on the bipartite lattice is the simplest model to describe a doped Mott insulator. Unfortunately, the key mechanism of superconductivity in these toy models is still under debate. In this paper, we propose a new mechanism for the $d+id$-wave superconductivity (SC) that occurs in the small-doping region of the honeycomb lattice $t$-$J$ model based on the Grassmann tensor product state numerical simulation and spin-charge separation formulation. Moreover, in the presence of anti-ferromagnetic order, a continuum effective field theory for holons is developed near half-filling. It reveals the competition between repulsive and attractive holon interactions induced by spinon fluctuations and gauge fluctuations, respectively. At a large value of $t/J$, the repulsive interaction dominates, leading to the non-Fermi liquid like behavior; while in a moderate range of $t/J$, the attractive interaction dominates, leading to the SC order. Possible experimental detection of spin-charge separation phenomena is also discussed.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2301.02274

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