Electronic structure and pairing of strongly correlated fermions: Fermi liquid versus spin liquid

Krzysztof Byczuk, Jan Karbowski, Józef Spałek, W. Wójcik

Published Apr 1, 1994• 0 citations

Abstract

We summarize recent theoretical results of our group concerning the electronic states of the strongly correlated fermions at nonzero temperature. The state of almost localized fermions is discussed within a mean-field approach for auxiliary bosons, both in the narrow-band (Section 2) and in the hybridized band (Section 3) cases. This state represents a metallic state of correlated fermion systems (such as V{sub 2}O{sub 3}) below the Mott-Hubbard localization threshold. The Fermi liquid state does not describe properly the properties of narrow band electrons in the large Hubbard -- U limit beyond the localization threshold. Therefore, in Section 4 and 5 we introduce a phenomenological concept of statistical spin liquid which describes principal features of a crossover from a high-temperature superconductor to the Mott insulator for a two-dimensional system. It also reproduces the main features of the phase diagram for La{sub 2-x}Sr{sub x}CuO{sub 4} system, which is modelled by a planar structure.

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