2000/11/30 by Subir Sachdev, Matthias Troyer, Matthias Vojta · 8 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Magnetic properties of thin films #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.86.2617
published as Physical Review Letters 86, 2617 (2001) · (v1) 4 pages, 2 figures; field theory afficionados - see also cond-mat/0011233; (v2) added figure of Monte Carlo data; (v3) corrected typos
arxiv created 2001/03/06 · openalex publication_date 2001/03/19 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We compute the spectral function of a spin S hole injected into a two-dimensional antiferromagnet or superconductor in the vicinity of a magnetic quantum critical point. We show that, near Van Hove singularities, the problem maps onto that of a static vacancy carrying excess spin S. The hole creation operator is characterized by a new boundary anomalous dimension and a vanishing quasiparticle residue at the critical point. We discuss possible relevance to photoemission spectra of cuprate superconductors near the antinodal points.