Quasi-Particles in Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model: Splitting of Spectral Weight

TL;DR

This paper investigates a new electron liquid state in the two-dimensional Hubbard model, revealing a spectral splitting phenomenon akin to Luttinger liquids, characterized by a specific self-energy dependence on energy and momentum.

Contribution

It introduces a novel type of electron liquid with spectral splitting, extending the understanding of electron correlations in the two-dimensional Hubbard model.

Findings

Identifies a specific energy and momentum dependence of the electron self-energy.

Shows the existence of spectral splitting similar to Luttinger liquids.

Defines a critical exponent b3(k) governing the self-energy behavior.

Abstract

It is shown that the energy $(\varepsilon)$ and momentum $(k)$ dependences of the electron self-energy function $ \Sigma (k, \varepsilon + i0) \equiv \Sigma^{R}(k, \varepsilon) $ are, $ {\rm Im} \Sigma^{R} (k, \varepsilon) = -a\varepsilon^{2}|\varepsilon - \xi_{k}|^{- \gamma (k)} $ where $a$ is some constant, $\xi_{k} = \varepsilon(k)-\mu, \varepsilon(k)$ being the band energy, and the critical exponent $ \gamma(k) $, which depends on the curvature of the Fermi surface at $ k $, satisfies, $ 0 \leq \gamma(k) \leq 1 $. This leads to a new type of electron liquid, which is the Fermi liquid in the limit of $ \varepsilon, \xi_{k} \rightarrow 0 $ but for $ \xi_{k} \neq 0 $ has a split one-particle spectra as in the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid.