Strong antiferromagnetic correlation effects on the momentum distribution function of the Hubbard model

Strong antiferromagnetic correlations can radically change the behavior of an otherwise paramagnetic system, inducing anomalous effects in the single particle properties and driving the behavior of spin-spin response functions. In order to investigate such physics, we have studied the momentum distribution function of the two-dimensional Hubbard model at low doping, low temperatures and high values of the on-site Coulomb repulsion. The interpretation of the results has greatly benefited from the parallel analysis of the filling, temperature and interaction dependences of the spin-spin correlation function, the antiferromagnetic correlation length and the pole of the spin-spin propagator. On reducing doping or temperature and on increasing the interaction strength, the correlations become stronger and stronger and the Fermi surface develops hole and electron pockets and shows a dual nature (small-large). © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.