Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Effect of vertex corrections on the charge and spin responses of the Fermi liquid
Y. M. Malozovsky, J. D. Fan
Abstract
The effects of vertex corrections on the charge and spin responses of the Fermi liquid are considered. It is shown that the interaction in the particle - hole channel induces virtual pair excitations (Cooper pair like) in both the charge and the spin channels. It leads to the appearance of an anomalous Fermi-liquid term in both the charge and the spin responses of the Fermi liquid in addition to the normal response . Such a contribution of the anomalous term to the charge and spin responses is in agreement with the marginal Fermi-liquid hypothesis proposed by Varma et al to explain the universal anomalies in the normal state of cuprate high- superconductors.