Single hole dynamics in the one dimensional t-J model

Abstract

We present a new finite-temperature quantum Monte Carlo algorithm to compute imaginary-time Green functions for a single hole in the t-J model on non-frustrated lattices. Spectral functions are then obtained with the Maximum Entropy method. Simulations of the one-dimensional case show that a simple charge-spin separation Ansatz is able to describe the overall features of the spectral function over the whole energy range for values of J/t from 1/3 to 4. This includes the bandwidth W \sim 4t + J and the compact support of the spectral function. The quasiparticle weight Z_k is computed on lattices up to L=96 sites, and scales as Z_k\propto L^{-1/2}.