Indications of spin-charge separation in the two-dimensional extended t-J model

The two-dimensional extended t-J model is studied computationally in a broa d region of parameter space, motivated by recent photoemission experiments for the undoped cuprate Ca,Ca2CuO2Cl2, [F. Ronning et al., Science 282, 206 7 (1998)]. The one-hole ground state is shown to develop robust antiferroma gnetic (AF) correlations between spins separated by the mobile hole (i.e., across the hole. This effect tends to decouple charge from spin, and the qu asiparticle weight becomes negligible, particularly at momenta (0,pi)-(pi,0 ). Studies with more holes show precursors of metallic stripe formation, wi th holes sharing their individual spin arrangements, and AF correlations ge nerated across the stripe. [S0163-1829(99)51230-7].