Motion of a single hole in a quantum antiferromagnet at finite temperatures
Jun-ichi Igarashi, Peter Fulde
Motion of a single hole is studied at finite temperatures in the t-J model on a slave-fermion Schwinger-boson representation. The spin fluctuation is treated with the mean-field theory of Arovas and Auerbach. The Green's function for the slave fermion is calculated within the self-consistent Born approximation. A sharp quasiparticle peak is found to be separated from a broad spectrum of incoherence in the spectral function for low temperatures. The Green's function for the physical hole is calculated by taking account of the multiple scattering between the slave fermion and the Schwinger boson. A bound state of the slave fermion and the Schwinger boson is found at low temperatures, suggesting that the spin and the charge cannot be separated into a simple form. The energy of the bound state is minimized at momenta (\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}\ensuremath{\pi}/2, \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}\ensuremath{\pi}/2), indicating that a small pocketlike Fermi surface is formed around the momenta for low concentrations of dopant holes.
Physical review. B, Condensed matter•Jul 1, 1993•15 citations