Hubbard Bands and Exotic States in Doped and Undoped Mott Systems: The Kotliar-Ruckenstein Representation

Abstract

The slave-particle representation is a promising method to treat the properties of exotic strongly correlated systems. We develop a unified approach to describe both the paramagnetic state with possible spin-liquid features and states with strong long-range or short-range magnetic order. Combining the Kotliar-Ruckenstein representation and fractionalized spin-liquid deconfinement picture, the Mott transition and Hubbard subbands are considered. The spectrum in the insulating state is significantly affected by the presence of the spinon spin-liquid spectrum and a hidden Fermi surface. Presenting a modification of the Kotliar-Ruckenstein representation in the spin-wave region, we treat the case of magnetic order, with special attention being paid to the half-metallic ferromagnetic state. The formation of small and large Fermi surfaces for doped current carriers in the antiferromagnetic state is also discussed.