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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Charge fluctuations in the slave fermion representation of thet-Jmodel - evidence for phase separation from loop corrections

J. W. Rasul, Yujong Bai

Published Jun 17, 1996• 1 citation
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Abstract

We investigate the charge density correlation function in the slave fermion representation of the two-dimensional t - J model using the self-consistent perturbation approach developed for that model by Li et al (1992 Phys. Rev. B 45 5428), which to lowest order in (t, J) gives a diagrammatic equivalent to the usual mean field theory. At the lowest order the equal-time correlation function (interpreted as the holon density correlation function) shows similar features to the results of recent high-temperature series calculations. However the loop corrections, representing scattering of holes by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations, lead to a divergent compressibility at low temperatures for low hole dopings and small J/t, which we interpret as indicating a tendency towards phase separation at a temperature .

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/8/25/007

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We study contributions to the spin-exchange scattering amplitude at two-loop (1/N2{\mathit{N}}^{2}N2) order for the metallic phase of the two-dimensional t-J model, for which a well-defined 1/N expansion is possible. We find for small hole dopings and small exchange couplings (t\ensuremath{\gg}J) a positive spin-exchange Landau parameter, which suggests that the spin-density fluctuations show a well-defined collective mode near the metal-insulator filling. This behavior results from the fact that the chirality fluctuations decouple from and are suppressed relative to the charge fluctuations for large mass enhancements. The result is interpreted as paralleling the collective spin and charge modes characteristic of the Luttinger liquid for low wave vectors.
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