Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Spin Gap of the One-Dimensionalt-J-J′Model
Kazuhiro Sano, Ken'ichi Takano
Abstract
We investigate the one-dimensional t - J - J ′ model by the numerical diagonalization where a few holes are doped in the half-filled band. By introducing a finite-size scaling, we estimate the spin gap at J ′ / J =0.5 and J / t =2. When one hole is doped, the spin gap decreases to 0.190 J in comparison with 0.236 J which is the spin gap of the half-filled band. The spin gap further reduces to 0.141 J for two-hole doping and to about 0.05 J for three-hole doping. This result shows that the value of the spin gap as a function of the electron density is discontinuous at half-filling.