The 1D t-J model with next-nearest neighbor hopping - breakdown of the Luttinger liquid?

Abstract

We investigate the effect of a next-nearest neighbor hopping integral t' in the 1D t-J model, using Lanczos diagonalization of finite chains. Surprisingly, even moderate values of t' have a quite dramatic effect on the dynamical correlation functions and Fermi surface volume. The `holon' becomes diffuse and overdamped, the band structure near the Fermi energy is dominated by t'. Most importantly, however, with increasing hole concentration the system undergoes a phase transition from a `hole pocket' Fermi surface, where k_F corresponds to the number of holes rather than electrons, to a high doping phase where the doped holes correspond to spinless Fermions. Neither phase thus has a Fermi momentum compatible with the `standard' Luttinger liquid.