THE ROLE OF THE GHOST FIELDS IN THE RENORMALIZED t–J LAGRANGIAN MODEL

Abstract

The present work treats the role of ghost fields in the renormalization procedure of the Lagrangian perturbative formalism of the t–J model. We show that by introducing proper ghost field variables, the propagators and vertices can be renormalized to each order. In particular, the renormalized ferromagnetic magnon propagator coming from our previous Lagrangian formalism is studied in detail, and it is shown how the thermal softening of the magnon frequency is predicted by the model. The antiferromagnetic case is also analyzed, and the results are confronted with the previous one obtained by means of the spin-polaron theories.