Algebraic spin liquid as the mother of many competing orders
| dc.creator | Hermele, Michael | |
| dc.creator | Senthil, T. | |
| dc.creator | Fisher, Matthew P. A. | |
| dc.date | 2005-02-08 | |
| dc.date | 2005-07-25 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:20:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:20:18Z | |
| dc.description | We study the properties of a class of two-dimensional interacting critical states -- dubbed algebraic spin liquids -- that can arise in two-dimensional quantum magnets. A particular example that we focus on is the staggered flux spin liquid, which plays a key role in some theories of underdoped cuprate superconductors. We show that the low-energy theory of such states has much higher symmetry than the underlying microscopic spin system. This symmetry has remarkable consequences, leading in particular to the unification of a number of seemingly unrelated competing orders. The correlations of these orders -- including, in the staggered flux state, the Neel vector and the order parameter for the columnar and box valence-bond solid states -- all exhibit the SAME slow power-law decay. Implications for experiments in the pseudogap regime of the cuprates and for numerical calculations on model systems are discussed. | |
| dc.description | Minor changes; final published version. 17 pages, 3 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502215 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502215 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys. Rev. B 72, 104404 (2005) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.104404 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/95294 | |
| dc.subject | Strongly Correlated Electrons | |
| dc.subject | Superconductivity | |
| dc.title | Algebraic spin liquid as the mother of many competing orders | |
| dc.type | text |