The dynamical structure factor of the SU(4) algebraic spin liquid on the honeycomb lattice

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Autori principali: Vörös, Dániel, Penc, Karlo
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author Vörös, Dániel
Penc, Karlo
author_facet Vörös, Dániel
Penc, Karlo
contents We compute the momentum resolved dynamical spin structure factor $S(k,ω)$ of the SU(4) Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice assuming the $π$-flux Dirac spin liquid ground state by two methods: (i) variationally using Gutzwiller projected particle-hole excitations of the $π$-flux Fermi sea and (ii) in the non-interacting parton mean-field picture. The two approaches produce qualitatively similar results. Based on this analogy, we argue that the energy spectrum of the projected excitations is a gapless continuum of fractional excitations. Quantitatively, the Gutzwiller projection shifts the weight from higher to lower energies, thus emphasizing the lower edge of the continuum. In the mean-field approach, we obtained the $1/\text{distance}^4$ decay of the spin correlation function, and the local correlations show $S^{33}_{\text{MF}}(ω)\propto ω^3$ behavior.
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spellingShingle The dynamical structure factor of the SU(4) algebraic spin liquid on the honeycomb lattice
Vörös, Dániel
Penc, Karlo
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We compute the momentum resolved dynamical spin structure factor $S(k,ω)$ of the SU(4) Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice assuming the $π$-flux Dirac spin liquid ground state by two methods: (i) variationally using Gutzwiller projected particle-hole excitations of the $π$-flux Fermi sea and (ii) in the non-interacting parton mean-field picture. The two approaches produce qualitatively similar results. Based on this analogy, we argue that the energy spectrum of the projected excitations is a gapless continuum of fractional excitations. Quantitatively, the Gutzwiller projection shifts the weight from higher to lower energies, thus emphasizing the lower edge of the continuum. In the mean-field approach, we obtained the $1/\text{distance}^4$ decay of the spin correlation function, and the local correlations show $S^{33}_{\text{MF}}(ω)\propto ω^3$ behavior.
title The dynamical structure factor of the SU(4) algebraic spin liquid on the honeycomb lattice
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16242