Low-energy behavior of spin-liquid electron spectral functions
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Fisher, Matthew P. A.
Tang, Evelyn May Yin
Lee, Patrick A.
Date Issued
January 2013
Journal
Physical Review B
Publisher
American Physical Society
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Tang, Evelyn, Matthew Fisher, and Patrick Lee. “Low-Energy Behavior of Spin-Liquid Electron Spectral Functions.” Phys. Rev. B 87, no. 4 (January 2013). © 2013 American Physical Society
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Abstract
We calculate the electron spectral function for a spin liquid with a spinon Fermi surface and a Dirac spin liquid. Calculations are based upon the slave-rotor mean-field theory. We consider the effect of gauge fluctuations using a simple model and find the behavior is not strongly modified. The results, distinct from conventional Mott insulator or band theory predictions, suggest that measuring the spectral function, e.g., via ARPES could help in the experimental verification and characterization of spin liquids.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.045119
