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Spectral Analysis of Correlated One-Dimensional Systems with Impurities

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

An averaging procedure is proposed to account for spectral features of correlated one-dimensional systems in the presence of non-magnetic impurities. The dynamical spin structure factor for a corresponding random ensemble of Heisenberg chain segments is calculated by exact numerical diagonalization. It is shown that a few-pole approximation is sufficient to describe the numerical results. A similar analysis is proposed for the discussion of experimental spectra, such as obtained by inelastic neutron scattering measurements on Zn-doped CuO chains. By examination of the disorder-induced pseudo-gap, the loss of spectral weight, and the discrete peak structures due to smallest-cluster contributions, the underlying impurity distribution function can be determined.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9712089,
  title  = {Spectral Analysis of Correlated One-Dimensional Systems with Impurities},
  author = {Stephan Haas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9712089},
  year   = {2009}
}

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RevTex, 4 pages with 4 eps figures