Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics
When a mobile hole is moving in an antiferromagnet it distorts the surrounding Néel order and forms a magnetic polaron. Such interplay between hole motion and antiferromagnetism is believed to be at the heart of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates. In this article, we study a single hole...
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| author | F. Grusdt M. Kánasz-Nagy A. Bohrdt C. S. Chiu G. Ji M. Greiner D. Greif E. Demler |
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| description | When a mobile hole is moving in an antiferromagnet it distorts the surrounding Néel order and forms a magnetic polaron. Such interplay between hole motion and antiferromagnetism is believed to be at the heart of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates. In this article, we study a single hole described by the t-J_{z} model with Ising interactions between the spins in two dimensions. This situation can be experimentally realized in quantum gas microscopes with Mott insulators of Rydberg-dressed bosons or fermions, or using polar molecules. We work at strong couplings, where hole hopping is much larger than couplings between the spins. In this regime we find strong theoretical evidence that magnetic polarons can be understood as bound states of two partons, a spinon and a holon carrying spin and charge quantum numbers, respectively. Starting from first principles, we introduce a microscopic parton description which is benchmarked by comparison with results from advanced numerical simulations. Using this parton theory, we predict a series of excited states that are invisible in the spectral function and correspond to rotational excitations of the spinon-holon pair. This is reminiscent of mesonic resonances observed in high-energy physics, which can be understood as rotating quark-antiquark pairs carrying orbital angular momentum. Moreover, we apply the strong-coupling parton theory to study far-from-equilibrium dynamics of magnetic polarons observable in current experiments with ultracold atoms. Our work supports earlier ideas that partons in a confining phase of matter represent a useful paradigm in condensed-matter physics and in the context of high-temperature superconductivity in particular. While direct observations of spinons and holons in real space are impossible in traditional solid-state experiments, quantum gas microscopes provide a new experimental toolbox. We show that, using this platform, direct observations of partons in and out of equilibrium are now possible. Extensions of our approach to the t-J model are also discussed. Our predictions in this case are relevant to current experiments with quantum gas microscopes for ultracold atoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3e85016c6924d79b39716e372b6e4e22022-12-21T21:52:18ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082018-03-018101104610.1103/PhysRevX.8.011046Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in DynamicsF. GrusdtM. Kánasz-NagyA. BohrdtC. S. ChiuG. JiM. GreinerD. GreifE. DemlerWhen a mobile hole is moving in an antiferromagnet it distorts the surrounding Néel order and forms a magnetic polaron. Such interplay between hole motion and antiferromagnetism is believed to be at the heart of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates. In this article, we study a single hole described by the t-J_{z} model with Ising interactions between the spins in two dimensions. This situation can be experimentally realized in quantum gas microscopes with Mott insulators of Rydberg-dressed bosons or fermions, or using polar molecules. We work at strong couplings, where hole hopping is much larger than couplings between the spins. In this regime we find strong theoretical evidence that magnetic polarons can be understood as bound states of two partons, a spinon and a holon carrying spin and charge quantum numbers, respectively. Starting from first principles, we introduce a microscopic parton description which is benchmarked by comparison with results from advanced numerical simulations. Using this parton theory, we predict a series of excited states that are invisible in the spectral function and correspond to rotational excitations of the spinon-holon pair. This is reminiscent of mesonic resonances observed in high-energy physics, which can be understood as rotating quark-antiquark pairs carrying orbital angular momentum. Moreover, we apply the strong-coupling parton theory to study far-from-equilibrium dynamics of magnetic polarons observable in current experiments with ultracold atoms. Our work supports earlier ideas that partons in a confining phase of matter represent a useful paradigm in condensed-matter physics and in the context of high-temperature superconductivity in particular. While direct observations of spinons and holons in real space are impossible in traditional solid-state experiments, quantum gas microscopes provide a new experimental toolbox. We show that, using this platform, direct observations of partons in and out of equilibrium are now possible. Extensions of our approach to the t-J model are also discussed. Our predictions in this case are relevant to current experiments with quantum gas microscopes for ultracold atoms.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.011046 |
| spellingShingle | F. Grusdt M. Kánasz-Nagy A. Bohrdt C. S. Chiu G. Ji M. Greiner D. Greif E. Demler Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics Physical Review X |
| title | Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics |
| title_full | Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics |
| title_fullStr | Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics |
| title_short | Parton Theory of Magnetic Polarons: Mesonic Resonances and Signatures in Dynamics |
| title_sort | parton theory of magnetic polarons mesonic resonances and signatures in dynamics |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.011046 |
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