arXiv · 2604.19703
The bosonic Hubbard model on a three dimensional flat band lattice
Abstract
The lowest eigenstates of the hopping matrix on the line graph of a cubic lattice with periodic boundary conditions are highly degenerate, they form a lowest flat band. Further, these states are localized. If one considers a repulsive bosonic Hubbard model on this lattice it is possible to construct exact multi-particle ground states simply by putting particles in the localized single particle ground states such that they avoid each other. This can be done up to a certain critical particle number $N_c$. We prove that at this particle number the ground state entropy is subextensive $\propto N_c^{2/3}$. For lower densities the entropy is extensive. We further show that the problem is related to the number of 4-cycle decompositions of the cubic lattice with periodic boundary conditions.
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Leon Haag-Fank, Andreas Mielke. 2026-04-21. The bosonic Hubbard model on a three dimensional flat band lattice. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19703
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