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Flux period, spin gap, and pairing in the one-dimensional t-J-J'-model

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

Using the factorization of the wavefunction in the t-J-J'-model at small exchange couplings, we demonstrate the connection between the existence of a spin gap and an hc/2e flux periodicity of the ground state energy. We conjecture that all spin-gapped SU(2)-invariant Luttinger liquids have hc/2e flux periodicity, and that this is connected to the fact that a gapped spin-1/2 chain always breaks translational symmetry by doubling the unit cell.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312106,
  title  = {Flux period, spin gap, and pairing in the one-dimensional t-J-J'-model},
  author = {Alexander Seidel and Dung-Hai Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312106},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Published version, 4 pages, 2 figures, RevTex4