Ising t-J model close to half filling: A Monte Carlo study

TL;DR

This study introduces an Ising version of the t-J model suitable for large-scale Monte Carlo simulations, revealing how doping affects antiferromagnetic order and quasiparticle properties in high-temperature superconductors.

Contribution

The paper derives a full Ising t-J model with Z_2 symmetry, enabling unbiased Monte Carlo studies of large clusters and providing new insights into magnetic order destruction at finite doping.

Findings

Short-range AF order persists at high doping and temperatures.

Local no double occupancy constraint dominates magnetic order destruction.

Inhomogeneities influence magnetic and electronic properties.

Abstract

Within the recently proposed doped-carrier representation of the projected lattice electron operators we derive a full Ising version of the t-J model. This model possesses the global discrete Z_2 symmetry as a maximal spin symmetry of the Hamiltonian at any values of the coupling constants, t and J. In contrast, in the spin anisotropic limit of the t-J model, usually referred to as the t-J_z model, the global SU(2) invariance is fully restored at J_z=0, so that only the spin-spin interaction has in that model the true Ising form. We discuss a relationship between those two models and the standard isotropic t-J model. We show that the low-energy quasiparticles in all three models share the qualitatively similar properties at low doping and small values of J/t. The main advantage of the proposed Ising t-J model over the t-J_z one is that the former allows for the unbiased Monte Carlo calculations on large clusters of up to 10^3 sites. Within this model we discuss in detail the destruction of the antiferromagnetic order by doping as well as the interplay between the AF order and hole mobility. We also discuss the effect of the exchange interaction and that of the next nearest neighbour hoppings on the destruction of the AF order at finite doping. We show that the short-range AF order is observed in a wide range of temperatures and dopings, much beyond the boundaries of the AF phase. We explicitly demonstrate that the local no double occupancy constraint plays the dominant role in destroying the magnetic order at finite doping. Finally, a role of inhomogeneities is discussed.