The momentum dispersion of the peak structure of the single-particle spectral weight A(p,\ensuremath{\omega}) of the two-dimensional Hubbard model is discussed. Using results obtained from Monte Carlo simulations on lattices up to 12\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}12 in size, we determine the low-lying quasiparticle dispersion relation. This dispersion relation is anomalously flat near the (\ensuremath{\pi},0) and (0,\ensuremath{\pi}) points of the Brillouin zone, similar to the results of recent angular resolved photoemission measurements of the hole-doped cuprates. We argue that the generic nature of the quasiparticle dispersion relation observed in these materials arises from the strong Coulomb interaction and reflects the hole-spin correlations rather than the one-electron interactions which customarily determine the band structure.
On the basis of quantum Monte Carlo results the evolution of the spectral weight $A(\mathbf{k},\ensuremath{\omega})$ of the two-dimensional Hubbard model is studied from insulating to metallic behavior. As observed in recent photoemission experiments for cuprates, the electronic excitations display essentially doping-independent features; a quasiparticlelike dispersive narrow band of width of the order of the exchange interaction
J and a broad valence- and conduction-band background. The continuous evolution is traced back to one and the same many-body origin: the doping-dependent antiferromagnetic spin-spin correlation.
Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) and maximum-entropy techniques are used to study the spectral function $A(\mathbf{p},\ensuremath{\omega})$ of the one-band Hubbard model with strong coupling including a next-nearest-neighbor electronic hopping with amplitude ${t}^{\ensuremath{'}}/t=\ensuremath{-}0.35$. These values of parameters are chosen to improve the comparison of the Hubbard model with angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) data for
Sr2CuO2Cl2. A narrow quasiparticle (qp) band is observed in the QMC analysis at the temperature of the simulation
T=t/3, both at and away from half-filling. Such a narrow band produces a large accumulation of weight in the density of states at the top of the valence band. As the electronic density
〈n〉 decreases further away from half-filling, the chemical potential travels through this energy window with a large number of states, and by $〈n〉\ensuremath{\sim}0.70$ it has crossed it entirely. The region near momentum $(0,\ensuremath{\pi})$ and $(\ensuremath{\pi},0)$ in the spectral function is more sensitive to doping than momenta along the diagonal from
(0,0) to $(\ensuremath{\pi},\ensuremath{\pi})$. The evolution with hole density of the quasiparticle dispersion contains some of the features observed in recent ARPES data in the underdoped regime. For sufficiently large hole densities the ``flat'' bands at $(\ensuremath{\pi},0)$ cross the Fermi energy, a prediction that could be tested with ARPES techniques applied to overdoped cuprates. The population of the qp band introduces a hidden density in the system which produces interesting consequences when the quasiparticles are assumed to interact through antiferromagnetic fluctuations and studied with the BCS gap-equation formalism. In particular, a region of extended
s-wave character is found to compete with the
d wave in the overdoped regime, i.e., when the chemical potential has almost entirely crossed the qp band as
〈n〉 is reduced. The present study also shows that previous ``real-space'' pairing theories for the cuprates, such as the antiferromagnetic Van Hove scenario, originally constructed based on information gathered at half-filling, do not change their predictions if hole dispersions resembling noninteracting electrons with renormalized parameters are used.
We study the t-J and the Hubbard models at zero temperature using exact-diagonalization techniques on \ensuremath{\surd}10 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} \ensuremath{\surd}10 and 4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}4 sites clusters. Quantum Monte Carlo simulation results on larger lattices are also presented. All electronic fillings have been analyzed for the three models. We have measured equal-time correlation functions corresponding to various types of order (ranging from ``standard'' staggered spin order to more ``exotic'' possibilities like chiral order), as well as various dynamical properties of these models. Upper bounds for the critical hole doping (
xc), where long-range antiferromagnetic order disappears, are presented. It was found that
xc is very small in agreement with experiments for the high-
Tc superconductors. For example, in the t-J model, ${\mathit{x}}_{\mathit{c}}$0.08 at J/t=0.4. However, short-distance spin correlations are important up to much higher dopings producing a sharp well-defined spin-wave-like peak in S(q=(\ensuremath{\pi},\ensuremath{\pi}),\ensuremath{\omega}). Regarding the possibility of phase separation in the Hubbard model, we have studied the behavior of the density of particles, 〈n〉, as a function of the chemical potential, using the Lanczos method on a 4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}4 Hubbard cluster, finding no indications of phase separation for any value of U/t. Then, we conclude that the t-J model at small J/t should not phase separate.In order to compare theoretical predictions with photoemission experiments, we evaluated the electronic density of states N(\ensuremath{\omega}), of the Hubbard and t-J models at several doping fractions. We found that upon doping the antiferromagnetic gap is filled for U\ensuremath{\sim}8t or smaller. The chemical potential moves across the insulating gap as one goes from electron to hole doping of the half-filled cluster, in agreement with x-ray absorption experiments but at variance with photoemission experiments. We have also calculated the optical conductivity, ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}}_{1}$(\ensuremath{\omega}), of the Hubbard and t-J models at all dopings on 4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}4 clusters. Results are compared with experiments and the weight of the Drude peak is presented as a function of couplings and dopings. Spectral weight found at small frequencies is associated with the mid-infrared band observed experimentally in ${\mathrm{La}}_{2\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathit{x}}$
SrxCuO4, and with the states filling the insulating gap in photoemission experiments. An overall good agreement with experiments in the normal state was found. Regarding the possibility of superconductivity n these models, we have studied s-, d-, and p-wave pairing correlations. Naively, the d-wave channel seems enhanced near half filling while the extended s-wave channel seems enhanced from half filling up to 40% doping.However, we found that the enhancement comes from short-distance effects and, thus, no numerical indications of superconductivity were found in these models. We emphasize the importance of analyzing the pairing correlations as a function of distance to distinguish between short- and long-distance effects in the susceptibilities. We also observed that spiral order is enhanced at small J/t and low doping. Uniform chiral rder is suppressed by dynamical holes while staggered chiral order may be enhanced, although with a small plaquette order parameter. We conclude with the observation that the simple one-band Hubbard model with intermediate values of U\ensuremath{\sim}8t may account for many of the ``anomalous'' properties of the normal state of the high-
Tc superconductors.
Abstract Using the strong-coupling diagram technique, low-temperature spectral properties of the two-dimensional fermionic Hubbard model are considered for strong and moderate Hubbard repulsions U . The electron hopping to the nearest, second and third neighbors is taken into account with hopping constants t , t ′ = − 0.3 t and t ″ = 0.2 t , respectively. The nonzero values of t ′ and t ″ lead to strong asymmetry in magnetic properties with respect to the hole and electron doping—for U = 8 t strong antiferromagnetic correlations are retained up to the electron concentration n ¯ ≈ 1.25 , while they are destroyed completely at n ¯ ≈ 0.87 . When the temperature is decreased to T ≲ 0.1 t , in a wide range of electron concentrations there appear narrow and intensive peaks at the Fermi level (FL) in densities of states. For U ≲ 6 t the peaks are seen even at half-filling, while for larger U they arise as the FL leaves the Mott gap. The peaks are connected with a narrow band emerging at low temperatures. We identify states forming the band with spin-polaron excitations—bound states of correlated electrons and mobile spin excitations. Obtained low-temperature spectral functions are used for interpreting the peak-dip-hump structure observed in the photoemission of Nd 2− x Ce x CuO 4 . In the case of hole doping, the calculated Fermi contour contains arcs near nodal points with pseudogaps near antinodal points, while for electron doping the spectral intensity is suppressed at hot spots, in agreement with experimental observations in cuprate perovskites.
The self-energy of the hole-doped two-dimensional (2D) Hubbard model is calculated to second order in the interaction U and the ensuing renormalization of the spectral properties and of the Fermi surface is discussed. In uncorrelated systems the square-shaped Fermi surface separates the Fermi surface closed around the \ensuremath{\Gamma} point (with more holes than particles) from the Fermi surface closed around the Z point (with more particles than holes). In a correlated system a topological change from a Fermi surface centered around the \ensuremath{\Gamma} point to a Fermi surface closed around a Z point is induced, either by increasing the interaction or by diminishing the concentration of holes. The shape of the renormalized spectral function
Ap(\ensuremath{\omega}) is momentum dependent. Using
Ap(\ensuremath{\omega}) we evaluate dispersion of single-particle excitations. At low energies the band of quasiparticles with reduced bandwidth is clearly seen. At high energies and far away from the Fermi surface the spectra acquire an additional peak that describes excitations in the Hubbard band. The dispersion in Hubbard bands is weaker along the \ensuremath{\Gamma}-Z, than \ensuremath{\Gamma}-X or X-Z direction. The density of states of a correlated system, as given by the perturbation theory, remains logarithmically singular but the singular weight is reduced with respect to the uncorrelated one. In addition, the correlations transfer the spectral weight out of the low-energy region, where only a narrow Kondo-like structure seems to remain. The spectral properties of the 2D Hubbard model obtained by the truncated perturbation expansion resemble in many ways the recent experimental data on metallic cuprates.