We show that in the presence of a magnetic field the usual low-energy separation of the Hubbard chain is replaced by a c and s separation. Here c and s refer to small-momentum and low-energy independent excitation modes which couple both to charge and spin. Importantly, we find the exact generators of these excitations in both the electronic and pseudoparticle bases. In the limit of zero magnetic field these generators become the usual charge and spin fluctuation operators. The c and s elementary excitations are associated with the c and s pseudoparticles, respectively. We also study the separate pseudoparticle left and right conservation laws. In the presence of the magnetic field the small-momentum and low-energy excitations can be bosonized. However, the suitable bosonization corresponds to the c and s pseudoparticle modes and not to the usual charge and spin fluctuations. We evaluate exactly the commutator between the electronic-density operators. Its spin-dependent factor is in general nondiagonal and depends on the interaction. The associate bosonic commutation relations characterize the present unconventional low-energy separation. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
We show that in the presence of a magnetic field the usual low-energy separation of the Hubbard chain is replaced by a c and s separation. Here c and s refer to small-momentum and low-energy independent excitation modes which couple both to charge and spin. Importantly, we find the exact generators of these excitations in both the electronic and pseudoparticle bases. In the limit of zero magnetic field these generators become the usual charge and spin fluctuation operators. The c and s elementary excitations are associated with the c and s pseudoparticles, respectively. We also study the separate pseudoparticle left and right conservation laws. In the presence of the magnetic field the small-momentum and low-energy excitations can be bosonized. However, the suitable bosonization corresponds to the c and s pseudoparticle modes and not to the usual charge and spin fluctuations. We evaluate exactly the commutator between the electronic-density operators. Its spin-dependent factor is in general nondiagonal and depends on the interaction. The associate bosonic commutation relations characterize the present unconventional low-energy separation. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
We examine and explain the Luttinger-liquid character of models solvable by the Bethe ansatz by introducing a suitable bosonic operator algebra. In the case of the Hubbard chain, this involves two bosonic algebras which apply to all values of U, electronic density, and magnetization. Only at zero magnetization does not lead to the usual charge-spin separation. We show that our ``pseudoparticle'' operator approach clarifies, unifies, and extends several recent results, including the existence of independent right and left equations of motion and the concept of ``pseudoparticle'' (also known as ``Bethe quasiparticle'').
We use the Landau-liquid character of the low-energy eigenstate spectrum of the Hubbard chain in a magnetic field to investigate its two-particle spectral properties. The picture that emerges is that of a gas of two coupled fluids of pseudoparticles. The kinetic equations that govern the flow of pseudoparticles are derived. The macroscopic currents are expressed in terms of the elementary pseudoparticle currents. As a central result we evaluate in the limit of zero momentum the wave function for the electronic excitations obtained by applying the up-spin and down-spin density-fluctuation operators on the ground state. This wave function is calculated on the basis of the pseudoparticle single-pair eigenstates. It is defined by the microscopic two-particle matrix elements of the corresponding fluctuations taken between the ground state and the elementary excitations. The on-site interaction U, electronic density n, and magnetic field H dependence of these matrix elements, which play a major role in the two-particle spectral functions, provide relevant information on the microscopic foundation of the one-dimensional Landau-liquid theory. This leads to the introduction of an adiabatic continuity principle, which is valid in the Hilbert subspace of the pseudoparticle single-pair eigenstates of lowest energy and momentum. The non-Landau-liquid character of the zero-magnetic-field L\"uttinger phase, where such an adiabatic continuity principle is not valid, is explained.Exact expressions for the two-pseudoparticle forward-scattering amplitudes and for the charge-charge and spin-spin correlation functions at small momentum and low frequency are obtained. The dependence of the charge and spin stiffnesses of the conductivity spectra on U, n, and H, which is determined by the pseudoparticle transport masses, is investigated in detail. The study of these masses and of the effective charge and spin projection of the pseudoparticles gives information on their structure in the electronic representation. It is shown that the decoupling that characterizes the low-energy excitation spectrum does not correspond in the case of finite magnetic fields to a real charge-spin separation. Our results provide a method for the study of the low-frequency dynamics of interacting systems solvable with the Bethe ansatz, and we identify the spectral parameters that control the nonclassical critical exponents with microscopic two-electron matrix elements.
We study the charge and spin currents transported by the elementary excitations of the one-dimensional (1D) Hubbard model and derive the corresponding current spectra. We present results both for finite-size systems and in the thermodynamic limit. This includes finding the couplings of both the low-energy and finite-energy (string) excitations to external charge and spin probes. At zero magnetic field the general structure of the charge-spin separation survives at all energy scales and the effective charges of both the low-energy and finite-energy charge excitations are studied as functions of the on-site Coulomb interaction U , electronic density n , and applied magnetic field H . In some limits the effective charge of the low-energy excitations equals that of the electrons, whereas that of the finite-energy charge-string excitations of rapidity length γ is found to be 2γ times the electronic charge. At U = ∞ the spin excitations do not contribute to spin transport, whereas the low-energy charge excitations feel an effective flux given by (ϕ ↑ N ↑ -ϕ ↓ N ↓ )/( N ↑ + N ↓ ), where N σ is the number of electrons of spin σ and ϕ σ is a spin-dependent flux. This reveals that at zero magnetic field and U = ∞ there is no spin transport, while at finite magnetic field the low-energy charge excitations also carry spin. In the U >> t limit the spin is carried both by holons and spinons. Finally, we find that the charge- and spin-current spectra can be derived from a semi-classical approach.
We introduce an operator algebra for the description of the low-energy physics of one-dimensional, integrable, multicomponent quantum liquids. Considering the particular case of the Hubbard chain in a magnetic field and chemical potential, we show that at low energy its Bethe-ansatz solution can be interpreted in terms of a pseudoparticle-operator algebra. Our algebraic approach provides a concise interpretation of, and justification for, several recent studies of low-energy excitations and trasnport which have been based on detailed analyses of specific Bethe-ansatz eigenfunctions and eigenenergies. A central point is that the exact ground state of the interacting many-electron problem is the noninteracting pseudoparticle ground state. Furthermore, in the pseudoparticle basis, the quantum problem becomes perturbative, i.e., the two-pseudoparticle forward-scattering vertices and amplitudes do not diverge, and one can define a many-pseudoparticle perturbation theory. We write the general quantum-liquid Hamiltonian in the pseudoparticle basis and show that the pseudoparticle-perturbation theory leads, in a natural way, to the generalized Landau-liquid approach.
The matrix elements of the up-spin and down-spin electronic density fluctuations taken between the ground state and the gapless elementary excitations of the Hubbard chain in a magnetic field are obtained. The small-\ensuremath{\omega} charge and spin conductivity spectra are derived. Our results clarify the physical character of the pseudoparticles of the new Landau liquid theory, and identify them as the transport carriers. A generalized adiabatic continuity principle concerning the elementary excitations at finite magnetic field in the limit where momentum and frequency tend to zero is established.
The transport of charge and spin at finite energies is studied for the Hubbard chain in a magnetic field by means of the pseudoparticle perturbation theory. In the general case, this involves the solution of an infinite set of Bethe-ansatz equations with a flux. Our results refer to all densities and magnetizations. We express the charge and the spin-diffusion currents in terms of elementary currents associated with the charge and spin carriers. We show that these are the α,γpseudoparticles (with α=c,s and γ=0,1,2,3,...) and we find their couplings to charge and spin. We also study the ratios of the pseudoparticle charge and spin transport masses over the corresponding static mass. These ratios provide valuable information on the effects of electronic correlations in the transport properties of the quantum system. We show that the transport of charge and spin in the Hubbard chain can, alternatively, be described by means of pseudoparticle kinetic equations. This follows from the occurrence of only forward-scattering pseudoparticle interactions at all energies.