  Using cluster-perturbation theory, we calculate the spectral density A(k,w)
for a nematic phase of models describing pnictide superconductors, where very
short-range magnetic correlations choose the ordering vector (pi,0) over the
equivalent (0,pi) and thus break the fourfold rotation symmetry of the
underlying lattice without inducing long-range magnetic order. In excellent
agreement with angle resolved photo-emission spectroscopy (ARPES), we find that
the yz bands at X move to higher energies. When onsite Coulomb repulsion brings
the system close to a spin--density-wave (SDW) and renormalizes the band width
by a factor of approx. 2, even small anisotropic couplings of 10 to 15 meV
strongly distort the bands, splitting the formerly degenerate states at X and Y
by approx. 70 meV and shifting the yz states at X above the chemical potential.
This similarity to the SDW bands is in excellent agreement with ARPES. An
important difference to the SDW bands is that the yz bands still cross the
Fermi level, again in agreement with experiment. We find that orbital weights
near the Fermi surface provide a better characterization than overall orbital
densities and orbital polarization.
