Pseudogap, charge and spin responses in the Hubbard model

Taiichirou Saikawa, A. Ferraz

Y. M. Malozovsky, J. D. Fan

We have studied in terms of the effective T-matrix the self-energy part for both the attractive (U<0) and repulsive (U>0) Hubbard models. It is shown that the fluctuation pairing for strong coupling at T>T c for the attractive Hubbard model does not cause any pseudogap behavior in the single-particle density of states. We have also identified the origin of the false pseudogap for that case. Meanwhile, the fluctuation pairing significantly affect the density–density and the current–current correlation functions. As a result, there exists a pseudogap in the charge (and current) response for the attractive Hubbard model. In contrast, the pseudogap in the spin response appears to exist for the repulsive Hubbard model only. It is also shown that the contribution from the Hartree–"Cooper" channel gives an anomalous Fermi liquid term, Im χ c ≈-ω/T, to the charge response of the nearly antiferromagnetic Fermi liquid.

Dimitrios Galanakis, Karlis Mikelsons, Ehsan Khatami +4 more

Y. M. Malozovsky, J. D. Fan

The attractive (U < 0) and repulsive (U > 0) Hubbard models have been studied using the Fermi liquid perturbation approach. The attractive Hubbard model (U < 0) is an adequate model for 3 He , an incompressible and strongly paramagnetic liquid [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] for |U|N F = 0.9) with a pseudogap in the charge response. A pairing instability and superfluidity for U < 0 exists in the spin channel only: spin-triplet with l = 0, or spin-singlet with l = 1 (p-wave orbital state j = s + l = 1), where l is the orbital momentum of a pair. The repulsive Hubbard model (U > 0) represents a highly compressible and nearly antiferromagnetic liquid [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] for UN F = 0.9) with a pseudogap in the spin response. However, for U > 0 a pairing instability and superconductivity exist in the charge channel only: spin-singlet with l = 0 (s-wave), or with l = 2 (d-wave) in the case of an anisotropic Fermi surface.

M. Ya. Ovchinnikova

O. Gunnarsson, Thomas Schäfer, J. P. F. LeBlanc +5 more

We demonstrate how to identify which physical processes dominate the low-energy spectral functions of correlated electron systems. We obtain an unambiguous classification through an analysis of the equation of motion for the electron self-energy in its charge, spin, and particle-particle representations. Our procedure is then employed to clarify the controversial physics responsible for the appearance of the pseudogap in correlated systems. We illustrate our method by examining the attractive and repulsive Hubbard model in two dimensions. In the latter, spin fluctuations are identified as the origin of the pseudogap, and we also explain why d-wave pairing fluctuations play a marginal role in suppressing the low-energy spectral weight, independent of their actual strength.