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A. F. Barabanov

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arXiv2000

Spin-Polaron approach to the Fermi surface evolution in the normal state of cuprates

A semi-phenomenological approach to describe the evolution of Fermi surface (FS) and electronic structure with doping is presented which is based on the spin-fermion model. The doping is simulated by a frustration term in the spin Hamiltonian and the complex internal structure of the spin-polaron quasiparticle is taken into account by a superposition of spin-polaron states with different radii. By calculating the spectrum, the spectral weights and the FS we find a rather drastic change of the electronic structure with doping which explains many photoemission data, i.e. the isotropic band bottom and the remnant FS of undoped cuprates, the large FS and the extended saddle point of optimally doped compounds and the pseudogap in the underdoped samples.

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arXiv2000

Local properties and Density of States in the two-dimensional p-d Model

The p-d model which well describes the CuO_2 planes of the high-Tc superconductors is studied by means of the Composite Operator Method (COM). The relevant quasi-particle excitations are represented by composite operators. As a result of taking into account spin excitations we find a p- like band near the Fermi level. The dispersion of this band gives a Fermi surface which is in good agreement with the experimental measurements. Due to the strong mixing of the relevant excitations, the spectral weight of this band is reduced and gives a large Fermi surface in the moderately doped region. The dependence of the calculated physical quantities on model parameters, temperature and doping, is in a very good agreement with the available Quantum Monte Carlo results.

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arXiv1998

Comparison of non-crossing perturbative approach and generalized projection method for strongly coupled spin-fermion systems at low doping

We analyze the two-dimensional spin-fermion model in the strong coupling regime relevant to underdoped cuprates. We recall the set of general sumrules that relate moments of spectral density and the imaginary part of fermion self-energy with static correlation functions. We show that two-pole approximation of projection method satisfies the sumrules for first four moments of spectral density and gives an exact upper bound for quasiparticle energy near the band bottom. We prove that non-crossing approximation that is often made in perturbative consideration of the model violates the sumrule for third moment of spectral density. This leads to wrong position of lowest quasiparticle band. On the other hand, the projection method is inadequate in weak coupling limit because of approximate treatment of kinetic energy term. We propose a generalization of projection method that overcomes this default and give the fermion self-energy that correctly behaves both in weak and strong coupling limits.

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arXiv1998

Spin polaron damping in the spin-fermion model for cuprate superconductors

A self-consistent, spin rotational invariant Green's function procedure has been developed to calculate the spectral function of carrier excitations in the spin-fermion model for the CuO2 plane. We start from the mean field description of a spin polaron in the Mori-Zwanzig projection method. In order to determine the spin polaron lifetime in the self-consistent Born approximation, the self-energy is expressed by an irreducible Green's function. Both, spin polaron and bare hole spectral functions are calculated. The numerical results show a well pronounced quasiparticle peak near the bottom of the dispersion at (pi/2,pi/2), the absence of the quasiparticle at the Gamma-point, a rather large damping away from the minimum and an asymmetry of the spectral function with respect to the antiferromagnetic Brillouin zone. These findings are in qualitative agreement with photoemission data for undoped cuprates. The direct oxygen-oxygen hopping is responsible for a more isotropic minimum at (pi/2,pi/2).

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arXiv1997

Redistribution of the Hole Spectral Weight due to Long-Range Spin Correlations in the Three-Band Hubbard Model

In the framework of the three-band model for CuO_2 plane in high-temperature superconductors the spectrum of the spin-polaron hole exitation is investigated. The problem is treated taking into account the coupling of a local polaron with the antiferromagnetic spin wave with Q=(pi,pi). This leads to the essential changes of the lowest polaron band E(k) and the strong redistribution of the bare electron filling.

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arXiv1997

One Spin-Polaron Problem in the Two-Dimensional Kondo-Lattice

Within the frameworks of spin-polaron concept and the spherically symmetric state for the antiferromagnetic spin background, the one-particle motion is studied for two-dimensional Kondo-lattice. The elemetary excitations are represented as a Bloch superposition of four one-site electron states: two local states- a bare electron state and a local spin-polaron of small radius, and two states of delocalized polarons which correspond to the coupling of local states to the antiferromagnetic spin wave with momentum Q=(pi,pi), so called Q-polarons. As a remarkable result we show that the lowest band of elementary excitations is essentially determined by Q-polaron states in strongly coupled regime. The account of Q-polarons shifts the band bottom from (pi,pi) to (0,0). The spectral weight of a bare particle in the lowest band states can greatly differ from 1. This may lead to a large Fermi surface for relatively small particle concentration.

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arXiv1997

Dynamics of Small Spin Polaron in the Three-Band Model of Two-Dimensional Spherically Symmetric Antiferromagnet

The retarded Green's function G(k,ω) of a single small spin polaron in the three-band model for the CuO_2 plane is calculated in the self-consistent Born approximation. It is shown that such a spin polaron is a good quasiparticle excitation for realistic values of spin exchange J and effective hopping τ. The polaron spectral density A_p(k,ω) demonstrates small damping in contrast to the results of calculations starting from the bare hole, i.e. the pole strength of the energetically low-lying quasiparticle peak Z_p(k) varies from 50% to 82% for J/τ~ 0.1/0.7. The quasiparticle peak dispersion reproduces the main features of the bare polaron spectrum Ω_k near the band bottom. The spherically symmetric approach is used for the description of spin excitations. It makes it possible to consider the quantum antiferromagnetic background without the spontaneous symmetry breaking and the unit cell doubling. The new method of the self-consistent calculation, based on continued fraction expansion of Green's function, is represented in details. The method preserves the proper analytical properties of the Green's function and provides the possibility to analyze the nature of its singularities.

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arXiv1996

Non-rigid hole band in the extended t-J model

The dispersion of one hole in an extended $t$-$J$ model with additional hopping terms to second and third nearest neighbours and a frustration term in the exchange part has been investigated. Two methods, a Green's function projection technique describing a magnetic polaron of minimal size and the exact diagonalization of a $4*4$ lattice, have been applied, showing reasonable agreement among each other. Using additional hopping integrals which are characteristic for the CuO$_2$ plane in cuprates we find in the nonfrustrated case an isotropic minimum of the dispersion at the point $(π/2,π/2)$ in $k$-space in good coincidence with recent angle-resolved photoemission results for the insulating compound Sr$_2$CuO$_2$Cl$_2$. Including frustration or finite temperature which shall simulate the effect of doping, the dispersion is drastically changed such that a flat region and an extended saddle point may be observed between $(π/2,0)$ and $(π,0)$ in agreement with experimental results for the optimally doped cuprates.

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