A gauge invariant dressed holon and spinon description of the normal-state of underdoped cuprates

TL;DR

This paper introduces a gauge invariant charge-spin separation theory for underdoped cuprates, modeling electrons as dressed holons and spinons to better understand their normal-state properties.

Contribution

It develops a partial charge-spin separation fermion-spin theory that maintains gauge invariance and satisfies the local single occupancy constraint.

Findings

Charge dynamics mainly influenced by holon scattering from spinon fluctuations.

Spin dynamics primarily affected by spinon scattering from holon fluctuations.

The approach successfully describes the interplay of charge and spin in underdoped cuprates.

Abstract

A partial charge-spin separation fermion-spin theory is developed to study the normal-state properties of the underdoped cuprates. In this approach, the physical electron is decoupled as a gauge invariant dressed holon and spinon, with the dressed holon behaving like a spinful fermion, and represents the charge degree of freedom together with the phase part of the spin degree of freedom, while the dressed spinon is a hard-core boson, and representing the amplitude part of the spin degree of freedom. The electron local constraint for single occupancy is satisfied. Within this approach, the charge and spin dynamics of the underdoped cuprates are studied based on the t-t'-J model. It is shown that the charge dynamics is mainly governed by the scattering from the dressed holons due to the dressed spinon fluctuation, while the scattering from the dressed spinons due to the dressed holon fluctuation dominates the spin dynamics.