Slow holes in the triangular Ising antiferromagnet

Citation
R. Moessner et Sl. Sondhi, Slow holes in the triangular Ising antiferromagnet, PHYS REV B, 62(21), 2000, pp. 14122-14130
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
21
Year of publication
2000
Pages
14122 - 14130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(200012)62:21<14122:SHITTI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We consider the problem of the doped Ising antiferromagnet on the frustrate d triangular lattice in the limit where the hole kinetic energy is much sma ller than the Ising exchange. For a single hole we prove a "frustrated Naga oka theorem" showing that the ground state is magnetized and breaks transla tional symmetry, in contrast to the parent insulating state that is unmagne tized and spatially homogeneous. The extension of this physics to finite do pings depends on the strength of a density-density coupling that is inevita bly present-we find either phase separation of the holes, or a superconduct ing state that is also magnetized and breaks translational symmetry in a fe at of spatial self-organization. Finally, we derive an effective interactio n between dilute holes at temperatures in excess of the hopping and find an oscillatory, long-ranged form reflective of the correlations in the underl ying classical magnet which presages the breaking of translational symmetry at zero temperature.