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A. Sherman

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arXiv2024

Hubbard model on a triangular lattice at finite temperatures

Using the strong coupling diagram technique, we find three phases of the half-filled isotropic Hubbard model on a triangular lattice at finite temperatures. The weak-interaction ($U\lesssim5t$) and strong-interaction ($U\gtrsim9t$) phases are similar to those obtained by zero-temperature methods -- the former is a metal without perceptible spin excitations; the latter is a Mott insulator with the 120$^\circ$ short-range spin ordering. Zero-temperature approaches predict a nonmagnetic insulating spin-liquid phase sandwiched between these two regions. In our finite-temperature calculations, the Mott gap in the intermediate phase is filled by the Fermi-level peak, which is a manifestation of the bound states of electrons with pronounced spin excitations. We relate the appearance of these excitations at finite temperatures to the Pomeranchuk effect.

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arXiv2023

Two-dimensional extended Hubbard model at half-filling

We consider the extended Hubbard model on a two-dimensional square lattice at half-filling. The model is investigated using the strong coupling diagram technique. We sum infinite series of ladder diagrams allowing for full-scale charge and spin fluctuations and the actual short-range antiferromagnetic order for nonzero temperatures. In agreement with earlier results, we find the first-order phase transition in the charge subsystem occurring at $v=v_c\gtrsim U/4$ with $v$ and $U$ the intersite and on-site Coulomb repulsion constants. The transition reveals itself in an abrupt sign change of a sharp maximum in the zero-frequency charge susceptibility at the corner of the Brillouin. States arising at the transition have alternating deviations of electron occupations from the mean value on neighboring sites. Due to fluctuations, these alternating occupation deviations have short-range order. For the considered parameters, such behavior is found for $U\lesssim5t$ with $t$ the hopping constant. For the insulating case $U\gtrsim 6t$, in which the transition is not observed, we find a continuous growth of the Mott gap with $v$. The evolution of the electron density of states with increasing $v$ is also considered.

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arXiv2021

Absence of superconductivity in the two-dimensional Hubbard model

The possibility of the superconducting transition in the two-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model is studied using the ladder approximation of the strong coupling diagram technique. The $t$-$U$ and $t$-$t'$-$t''$-$U$ models are considered in the regime of strong correlations, for the on-site Coulomb repulsion $U=8t$, in the range of temperatures $0.02t\lesssim T\lesssim 0.3t$. To avoid the influence of the phase separation and size effects the calculations are performed in an infinite crystal, in the part of the phase diagram without inhomogeneities, for the electron concentration $\bar{n} =0.92$. Solutions of the Eliashberg equation for singlet and triplet pairing, which are transformed according to one-dimensional representations of the lattice point group $D_4$, are considered. For both models and all considered symmetries, eigenvalues of the Eliashberg equation are less than unity and demonstrate no upward trend with decreasing temperature. This result points to the absence of superconductivity in the Hubbard model in the strong-coupling regime. We discuss the reason for the small eigenvalue of the Eliashberg equation in the case of the singlet $d_{x^2-y^2}$ pairing.

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arXiv2020

Phase separation and pairing fluctuations in oxide materials

We investigate the microscopic mechanism of charge instabilities and the formation of inhomogeneous states in systems with strong electron correlations. It is demonstrated that within a strong coupling expansion the single-band Hubbard model shows an instability towards phase separation and extend the approach also for an analysis of phase separation in the Hubbard-Kanamori hamiltonian as a prototypical multiband model. We study the pairing fluctuations on top of an inhomogeneous stripe state where superconducting correlations in the extended s-wave and d-wave channels correspond to (anti)bound states in the two-particle spectra. Whereas extended s-wave fluctuations are relevant on the scale of the local interaction parameter U, we find that d-wave fluctuations are pronounced in the energy range of the active subband which crosses the Fermi level. As a result low energy spin and charge fluctuations can transfer the d-wave correlations from the bound states to the low energy quasiparticle bands. Our investigations therefore help to understand the coexistence of stripe correlations and d-wave superconductivity in cuprates.

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arXiv2019

Negative electron compressibility in the Hubbard Model

Using the strong coupling diagram technique, we study the one-band repulsive Hubbard model on a two-dimensional square lattice in a wide range of chemical potentials $μ$. Infinite sequences of diagrams describing interactions of electrons with spin and charge fluctuations are taken into account. At low temperatures, regions of the negative electron compressibility are found for $μ<0$ and $μ>U$, where $U$ is the Hubbard repulsion. For even lower temperatures, in the neighborhood of these regions, states with the phase separation are revealed.

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arXiv2018

The $t$-$t'$-$t''$-$U$ Hubbard model and Fermi-level peak

Using the strong coupling diagram technique, low-temperature spectral properties of the two-dimensional fermionic Hubbard model are con\-si\-de\-red for strong and moderate Hubbard repulsions $U$. The electron hopping to the nearest, second and third neighbors is taken into account with hopping constants $t$, $t'=-0.3t$ and $t''=0.2t$, respectively. The nonzero values of $t'$ and $t''$ lead to strong asymmetry in magnetic properties with respect to the hole and electron doping -- for $U=8t$ strong antiferromagnetic correlations are retained up to the electron concentration $\bar{n}\approx 1.25$, while they are destroyed completely at $\bar{n}\approx 0.87$. When the temperature is decreased to $T\lesssim 0.1t$, in a wide range of electron concentrations there appear narrow and intensive peaks at the Fermi level in densities of states. For $U\lesssim 6t$ the peaks are seen even at half-filling, while for larger $U$ they arise as the Fermi level leaves the Mott gap. The peaks are connected with a narrow band emerging at low temperatures. We identify states forming the band with spin-polaron excitations -- bound states of correlated electrons and mobile spin excitations. Obtained low-temperature spectral functions are used for interpreting the peak-dip-hump structure observed in the photoemission of Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$. In the case of hole doping, the calculated Fermi contour contains arcs near nodal points with pseudogaps near antinodal points, while for electron doping the spectral intensity is suppressed at hot spots, in agreement with experimental observations in cuprate perovskites.

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arXiv2018

Influence of spin and charge fluctuations on spectra of the two-dimensional Hubbard model

The influence of spin and charge fluctuations on spectra of the two-dimensional fermionic Hubbard model is considered using the strong coupling diagram technique. Infinite sequences of diagrams containing ladder inserts, which describe the interaction of electrons with these fluctuations, are summed, and obtained equations are self-consistently solved for the ranges of Hubbard repulsions $2t\leq U\leq 10t$, temperatures $0.2t\lesssim T\lesssim t$ and electron concentrations $0.7\lesssim\bar{n}\leq1$ with $t$ the intersite hopping constant. For all considered $U$ the system exhibits a transition to the long-range antiferromagnetic order at $T_{\rm AF}\approx 0.2t$. At the same time no indication of charge ordering is observed. Obtained solutions agree satisfactorily with results of other approaches and obey moments sum rules. In the considered region of the $U$-$T$ plane, the curve separating metallic solutions passes from $U\approx6t$ at the highest temperatures to $U=2t$ at $T\approx T_{\rm AF}$ for half-filling. If only short-range fluctuations are allowed for the remaining part of this region is occupied by insulating solutions. Taking into account long-range fluctuations leads to strengthening of maxima tails, which transform a part of insulating solutions into bad-metal states. For low $T$, obtained results allow us to trace the gradual transition from the regime of strong correlations with the pronounced four-band structure and well-defined Mott gap for $U\gtrsim6t$ to the Slater regime of weak correlations with the spectral intensity having a dip along the boundary of the magnetic Brillouin zone due to an antiferromagnetic ordering for $U\lesssim3t$. For $T\approx T_{\rm AF}$ and $U\gtrsim 7t$ doping leads to the occurrence of a pseudogap near the Fermi level, which is a consequence of the splitting out of a narrow band from a Hubbard subband.

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arXiv2017

Manifestations of spin and charge fluctuations in spectra of the Hubbard model

The influence of long-range spin and charge fluctuations on spectra of the two-dimensional fermionic Hubbard model is considered using the strong coupling diagram technique. Infinite sequences of diagrams containing ladder inserts, which describe the interaction of electrons with these fluctuations, are summed, and obtained equations are self-consistently solved for the range of Hubbard repulsions $4t\leq U\leq 8t$ and temperatures $0.3t\lesssim T\lesssim t$ with $t$ the intersite hopping constant. It was found that a metal-insulator transition curve goes from larger $U$ and $T$ to smaller values of these parameters. The temperature decrease causes the transition to the long-range antiferromagnetic order. It is responsible for the splitting out of a narrow band from a Hubbard subband with doping for $U=8t$ and low $T$. This segregated band is located near the Fermi level and forms a pseudogap here.

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arXiv2017

Continuum of many-particle states near the metal-insulator transition in the Hubbard model

The strong coupling diagram technique is used for investigating states near the metal-insulator transition in the half-filled two-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model. The nonlocal third-order term is included in the irreducible part along with local terms of lower orders. Derived equations for the electron Green's function are solved by iteration for moderate Hubbard repulsions and temperatures. Starting iteration from Green's functions of the Hubbard-I approximation with various distances of poles from the real frequency axis continua of different metallic and insulating solutions are obtained. The insulating solutions vary in the width of the Mott gap, while the metallic solutions differ in the shape of the spectral function in the vicinity of the Fermi level. Besides, different scenarios of the metal-insulator transition -- with a sudden onset of a band of mobile states near the Fermi level and with gradual closure of the Mott gap -- are observed with a change in temperature. In spite of these dissimilarities, all solutions have a common curve separating metallic and insulating states in the phase diagram. Near this curve metallic and insulating solutions coexist. For moderate Hubbard repulsions metallic solutions are not Fermi liquids.

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arXiv2016

Spin and charge fluctuations in the Hubbard model

Using the strong coupling diagram technique for calculating the electron Green's function of the two-dimensional Hubbard model we have summed infinite sequences of ladder diagrams, which describe interactions of electrons with spin and charge fluctuations. For sufficiently low temperatures and doping a pronounced four-band structure is observed in spectral functions. Its appearance is related to the proximity of the transition to the long-range antiferromagnetic order.

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arXiv2015

Strong Coupling Diagram Technique for the Three-Band Hubbard Model

Using the strong coupling diagram technique equations are derived for hole Green's functions of the three-band Hubbard model, which describes Cu-O planes of high-$T_c$ cuprates. The equations are self-consistently solved in the approximation, in which the series for the irreducible part in powers of the oxygen-copper hopping constant is truncated to two lowest-order terms. For parameters used for hole-doped cuprates the calculated energy spectrum consists of lower and upper Hubbard subbands of predominantly copper nature, oxygen bands with a small admixture of copper states and the Zhang-Rice states of mixed nature, which are located between the lower Hubbard subband and oxygen bands. The spectrum contains also pseudogaps near transition frequencies of Hubbard atoms on copper sites.

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arXiv2015

The Hubbard model in strong magnetic field: Low-frequency quantum oscillations due to strong electron correlations

The density of states of the two-dimensional fermionic Hubbard model in the perpendicular homogeneous magnetic field is calculated using the strong coupling diagram technique. The density of states at the Fermi level as a function of the inverse magnetic induction oscillates, and the frequency of these oscillations increases by an order of magnitude with the change of the deviation from half-filling from small to moderate values. This frequency variation is caused by the change of Landau subbands contributing to the density -- in the former case they are at the periphery of the Landau spectrum, while in the latter case the dominant contribution is provided by bands near its center. With changing induction these groups of bands behave differently. For small deviations from half-filling the calculated oscillation frequency is comparable to that observed in quantum oscillation experiments in yttrium cuprates.

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arXiv2015

The Hubbard model in the strong coupling theory at arbitrary filling

Equations for the electron Green's function of the two-dimensional Hubbard model, derived using the strong coupling diagram technique, are self-consistently solved for different electron concentrations $n$ and tight-binding dispersions. Comparison of spectral functions calculated for the ratio of Hubbard repulsion to the nearest neighbor hopping $U/t=8$ with Monte Carlo data shows not only qualitative, but in some cases quantitative agreement in position of maxima. General spectral shapes, their evolution with momentum and filling in the wide range $0.7\lesssim n\leq 1$ are also similar. At half-filling and for the next nearest neighbor hopping constant $t'=-0.3t$ the Mott transition occurs at $U_c\approx 7Δ/8$, where $Δ$ is the initial bandwidth. This value is close to those obtained in the cases of the semi-elliptical density of states and for $t'=0$. In the case $U=8t$ and $t'=-0.3t$ the Mott gap reaches maximum width at $n=1.04$, and it is larger than that at $t'=0$ for half-filling. In all considered cases positions of spectral maxima are close to those in the Hubbard-I approximation.

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arXiv2014

Exact diagonalization study of the spin-1 two-dimensional $J_1$-$J_3$ Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice

The spin-1 Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice with the ferromagnetic nearest- and antiferromagnetic third-nearest-neighbor exchange interactions, $J_1=-(1-p)J$ and $J_2=pJ$, $J>0$ $ (0 \leq p \leq 1)$, is studied with the use of the SPINPACK code. This model is applicable for the description of the magnetic properties of NiGa$_2$S$_4$. The ground, low-lying excited state energies and spin-spin correlation functions have been found for lattices with N=16 and N=20 sites with the periodic boundary conditions. These results are in qualitative agreement with earlier authors' results obtained with Mori's projection operator technique.

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arXiv2014

Properties of the half-filled Hubbard model investigated by the strong coupling diagram technique

The equation for the electron Green's function of the fermionic Hubbard model, derived using the strong coupling diagram technique, is solved self-consistently for the near-neighbor form of the kinetic energy and for half-filling. In this case the Mott transition occurs at the Hubbard repulsion $U_c\approx 6.96t$, where $t$ is the hopping constant. The calculated spectral functions, density of states and momentum distribution are compared with results of Monte Carlo simulations. A satisfactory agreement was found for $U>U_c$ and for temperatures, at which magnetic ordering and spin correlations are suppressed. For $U<U_c$ and lower temperatures the theory describes qualitatively correctly positions and widths of spectral continua, variations of spectral shapes and occupation numbers with changing wave vector and repulsion. The locations of spectral maxima turn out to be close to the positions of $δ$-function peaks in the Hubbard-I approximation.

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arXiv2014

The Mott transition in the strong coupling perturbation theory

Using the strong coupling diagram technique a self-consistent equation for the electron Green's function is derived for the repulsive Hubbard model. Terms of two lowest orders of the ratio of the bandwidth $Δ$ to the Hubbard repulsion $U$ are taken into account in the irreducible part of the Larkin equation. The obtained equation is shown to retain causality and gives the correct result in the limit $U\rightarrow 0$. Calculations were performed for the semi-elliptical initial band. It is shown that the approximation describes the Mott transition, which occurs at $U_c=\sqrt{3}Δ/2$. This value coincides with that obtained in the Hubbard-III approximation. At small deviations from half-filling the density of states shifts along the frequency axis without perceptible changes in its shape. For larger deviations the density of states is modified: it is redistributed in favor of the subband, in which the Fermi level is located, and for $U>U_c$ the Mott gap disappears.

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arXiv2014

Magnetic properties of the spin-1 two-dimensional $J_1-J_3$ Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice

Motivated by the recent experiment in NiGa$_2$S$_4$, the spin-1 Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice with the ferromagnetic nearest- and antiferromagnetic third-nearest-neighbor exchange interactions, $J_1 = -(1-p)J$ and $J_3 = pJ, J > 0$, is studied in the range of the parameter $0 \leq p \leq 1$. Mori's projection operator technique is used as a method, which retains the rotation symmetry of spin components and does not anticipate any magnetic ordering. For zero temperature several phase transitions are observed. At $ p \approx 0.2$ the ground state is transformed from the ferromagnetic order into a disordered state, which in its turn is changed to an antiferromagnetic long-range ordered state with the incommensurate ordering vector at $p \approx 0.31$. With growing $p$ the ordering vector moves along the line to the commensurate point $Q_c = (2 π/3, 0)$, which is reached at $p = 1$. The final state with the antiferromagnetic long-range order can be conceived as four interpenetrating sublattices with the $120°$ spin structure on each of them. Obtained results offer a satisfactory explanation for the experimental data in NiGa$_2$S$_4$.

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arXiv2013

Low-Frequency Quantum Oscillations due to Strong Electron Correlations

The normal-state energy spectrum of the two-dimensional $t$-$J$ model in a homogeneous perpendicular magnetic field is investigated. The density of states at the Fermi level as a function of the inverse magnetic field $\frac{1}{B}$ reveals oscillations in the range of hole concentrations $0.08<x<0.18$. The oscillations have both high- and low-frequency components. The former components are connected with large Fermi surfaces, while the latter with van Hove singularities in the Landau subbands, which traverse the Fermi level with changing $B$. The singularities are related to bending the Landau subbands due to strong electron correlations. Frequencies of these components are of the same order of magnitude as quantum oscillation frequencies observed in underdoped cuprates.

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