Abstract
A method is developed that permits a simple evaluation of two-loop response functions for fermions coupled to a gauge field. We employ this method to study the gauge-invariant response functions in the algebraic Fermi liquid, a non-Fermi liquid state proposed to describe the pseudogap phase in the theory of cuprate superconductors. The staggered spin susceptibility is found to exhibit a characteristic anomalous dimension exponent while other correlators show a behavior consistent with the conservation laws imposed by the symmetries of the underlying theory.
- Received 29 April 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.024508
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