The phase diagram of the one-dimensional t-J model is investigated by analyzing the results of exact diagonalization and the exact solutions at J/t=0 and 2. Phase separation takes place above a critical value of J around
Jc/t=2.5--3.5 depending on the electron density. In the small-J region, Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid theory holds and its correlation exponents are calculated as a function of J/t and the electron density. Superconducting correlations become dominant in a region between the solvable case (J/t=2) and phase separation. A spin-gap region is also found at low density.
The one-dimensional t-J model is investigated by the variational Monte Carlo method. A variational wave function based on the Bethe-ansatz solution is proposed, where the spin-charge separation is realized and a long-range correlation factor of Jastrow-type is included. In most regions of the phase diagram, this wave function provides an excellent description of the ground-state properties characterized as a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid; both the amplitude and exponent of correlation functions are correctly reproduced. For the spin-gap phase, another trial state of correlated singlet pairs with a Jastrow factor is introduced. This wave function shows generalized Luther-Emery-liquid behavior, exhibiting enhanced superconducting correlations and exponential decay of the spin correlation function. Using these two variational wave functions, the whole phase diagram is determined. In addition, relations between the correlation exponent and variational parameters in the trial functions are derived. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
We propose a correlated spin-singlet-pair wave function to describe the spin-gap phase of the one-dimensional t-J model at low density and large J/t. In addition to having singlet pairs, this wave function has a Jastrow factor with a variational parameter \ensuremath{\nu}. Several correlation functions are calculated by using the variational Monte Carlo method. The result shows the expected long-range behavior of the Luther-Emery phase with the Luttinger exponent ${\mathit{K}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\rho}}}$ related to \ensuremath{\nu}, ${\mathit{K}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\rho}}}$=1/2\ensuremath{\nu}. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
We examine the ground-state phase diagram of the
t-
J model in one dimension by means of the density matrix renormalization group. This model is characterized by a rich phase diagram as a function of the exchange interaction
J and the density
n, displaying Luttinger-liquid (LL) behavior both of repulsive and attractive (i.e., superconducting) natures, a spin-gap phase, and phase separation. The phase boundaries separating the repulsive from the attractive LL phase as
J is increased, and also the boundaries of the spin-gap region at low densities, and phase separation at even larger
J, are determined on the basis of correlation functions and energy gaps. In particular, we shed light on a contradiction between variational and renormalization-group (RG) results about the extent of the spin-gap phase, which results larger than the variational but smaller than the RG one. Furthermore, we show that the spin gap can reach a sizable value (
0.1t) at low enough filling, such that preformed pairs should be observable at temperatures below these energy scales. No evidence for a phase with clustering of more than two particles is found on approaching phase separation.
We investigate the thermodynamics of the one-dimensional $t\ensuremath{-}J$ model using transfer matrix renormalization group algorithms and present results for quantities like particle number, specific heat, spin susceptibility, and compressibility. Based on these results we confirm a phase diagram consisting of a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) phase for small
J/t and a phase-separated state for
J/t large. Close to phase separation we find a spin-gap (Luther-Emery) phase at low densities consistent with predictions by other studies. At the supersymmetric point we compare our results with exact results from the Bethe ansatz and find excellent agreement. In particular we focus on the calculation of correlation lengths and static correlation functions and study the crossover from the nonuniversal high-
T lattice into the quantum critical regime. At the supersymmetric point we compare in detail with predictions by conformal field theory and TLL theory and show the importance of logarithmic corrections.