Strong correlations and formation of "hot spots" in the quasi-one-dimensional Hubbard model at weak coupling

We study the anisotropic two-dimensional Hubbard model at and near half filling within a functional renormalization group method, focusing on the structure of momentum-dependent correlations which grow strongly upon approaching a critical temperature from above. We find that a finite nearest-neighbor interchain hopping is not sufficient to introduce a substantial momentum dependence of single-particle properties along the Fermi surface. However, when a sufficiently large second-nearest neighbor inter-chain hopping is introduced, the system is frustrated and we observe the appearance of so-called "hot spots", specific points on the Fermi surface around which scattering becomes particularly strong. We compare our results with other studies on quasi-one-dimensional systems.