Ginzburg-Landau theory of the spin-charge-separated system

Naoto Nagaosa and Patrick A. Lee
Phys. Rev. B 45, 966 – Published 1 January 1992
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Abstract

The phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau theory is developed for the resonating-valence-bond state where the spin and charge degrees of freedom are separated. We have the two order parameters corresponding to the fermion pairing and the Bose condensation, respectively, which are coupled with the gauge field. We find only one transition temperature which is the superconducting Tc. Above Tc, a crossover occurs from the spin-charge-separated phase to the Fermi liquid as the concentration of holes is increased. Below Tc, the penetration length λ is given by λ2=λF2+λB2. The coherence length ξ, on the other hand, is complicated but is predicted to increase rapidly as the concentration approaches the overdoped region. There are two types of the vortex structure with the flux quantization hc/2e and hc/e, respectively. In the mean-field theory and the type-II limit, the former is stable in almost all the cases, but the latter becomes stable near Tc in the low-hole-concentration region.

  • Received 13 September 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.45.966

©1992 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Naoto Nagaosa

  • Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan

Patrick A. Lee

  • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Vol. 45, Iss. 2 — 1 January 1992

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