Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2010-07-05
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
11 pages, no figure
Scientific paper
The Hubbard model in the Heisenberg limit is studied by Kondo-lattice theory. The Kondo temperature T_K or k_BT_K, which is an energy scale of low-energy local quantum spin fluctuations, is enhanced by the resonating valence bond (RVB) mechanism, so that T_K\simeq T_MF/(2D), where T_MF is the Neel temperature in the mean-field approximation of the corresponding Heisenberg model and D is the spatial dimensionality. Electrons certainly behave as localized spins at T\gg T_K, but they are still itinerant at T\ll T_K unless an antiferromagnetic complete gap opens. When the Neel temperature T_N is so high that T_N\gg T_MF/(2D), magnetism is prototypic local-moment magnetism. When T_N is so low that T_N \ll T_MF/(2D) because of low dimensionality or frustration, magnetism is itinerant-electron magnetism of an almost spin liquid, i.e., a normal Fermi liquid or a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid in which the spectral weight of single-particle excitations is almost vanishing. The spin susceptibility has a temperature and wave-number dependence characteristic of itinerant-electron magnetism. This type of itinerant-electron magnetism must also be possible in the Heisenberg model.
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