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J. Bonca

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Finite temperature properties of the 2D Kondo lattice model

Using recently developed Lanczos technique we study finite-temperature properties of the 2D Kondo lattice model at various fillings of the conduction band. At half filling the quasiparticle gap governs physical properties of the chemical potential and the charge susceptibility at small temperatures. In the intermediate coupling regime quasiparticle gap scales approximately linearly with Kondo coupling. Temperature dependence of the spin susceptibility reveals the existence of two different temperature scales. A spin gap in the intermediate regime leads to exponential drop of the spin susceptibility at low temperatures. Unusual scaling of spin susceptibility is found for temperatures above 0.6 J. Charge susceptibility at finite doping reveals existence of heavy quasiparticles. A new low energy scale is found at finite doping.

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The Holstein Polaron

We describe a variational method to solve the Holstein model for an electron coupled to dynamical, quantum phonons on an infinite lattice. The variational space can be systematically expanded to achieve high accuracy with modest computational resources (12-digit accuracy for the 1d polaron energy at intermediate coupling). We compute ground and low-lying excited state properties of the model at continuous values of the wavevector $k$ in essentially all parameter regimes. Our results for the polaron energy band, effective mass and correlation functions compare favorably with those of other numerical techniques including DMRG, Global Local and exact diagonalization. We find a phase transition for the first excited state between a bound and unbound system of a polaron and an additional phonon excitation. The phase transition is also treated in strong coupling perturbation theory.

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Inelastic tunneling through mesoscopic structures

Our objective is to study resonant tunneling of an electron in the presence of inelastic scattering by optical phonons. Using a recently developed technique, based on exact mapping of a many-body problem onto a one-body problem, we compute transmission through a single site at finite temperatures. We also compute current through a single site at finite temperatures and an arbitrary strength of the potential drop over the tunneling region. Transmission vs. incident electron energy at finite temperatures displays additional peaks due to phonon absorption processes. Current at a voltage bias smaller than the phonon frequency is dominated by elastic processes. We apply the method to an electron tunneling through the Aharonov-Bohm ring coupled to optical phonons. Elastic part of electron-phonon scattering does not affect the phase of the electron. Dephasing occurs only through inelastic processes.

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Effects of doping on spin correlations in the periodic Anderson model

We studied the effects of hole doping on spin correlations in the periodic Anderson model, mainly at the full and three-quarters-full lower bands cases. In the full lower band case, strong anti-ferromagnetic correlations develop when the on-site repulsive interaction strength $U$ becomes comparable to the quasi-particle band width. In the three-quarters full case, a novel kind of spin correlation develops that is consistent with the resonance between a $(π,0)$ and a $(0,π)$ spin-density wave. In this state the spins on different sublattices appear uncorrelated. Hole doping away from the completely full case rapidly destroys the long-range anti-ferromagnetic correlations, in a manner reminiscent of the destruction of anti-ferromagnetism in the Hubbard model. In contrast to the Hubbard model, the doping does not shift the peak in the magnetic structure factor from the $(π,π)$ position. At dopings intermediate to the full and three-quarters full cases, only weak spin correlations exist.

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Stripes in a three-chain Hubbard ladder: a comparison of density-matrix renormalization group and constrained-path Monte Carlo results

Using both the density-matrix renormalization group method and the constrained-path quantum Monte Carlo method, we have studied the ground-state energies and the spin and hole densities of a $12 \times 3$ Hubbard model with open boundary conditions and 6 holes doped away from half-filling. Results obtained with these two methods agree well in the small and intermediate $U$ regimes. For $U/t \geq 6$ we find a ground-state with stripes.

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Real-Time Dynamics from Imaginary-Time Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations: Tests on Oscillator Chains

We used methods of Bayesian statistical inference and the principle of maximum entropy to analytically continue imaginary-time Green's function generated in quantum Monte Carlo simulations to obtain the real-time Green's functions. For test problems, we considered chains of harmonic and anharmonic oscillators whose properties we simulated by a hybrid path-integral quantum Monte Carlo method. From the imaginary-time displacement-displacement Green's function, we first obtained its spectral density. For harmonic oscillators, we demonstrated the peaks of this function were in the correct position and their area satisfied a sum rule. Additionally, as a function of wavenumber, the peak positions followed the correct dispersion relation. For a double-well oscillator, we demonstrated the peak location correctly predicted the tunnel splitting. Transforming the spectral densities to real-time Green's functions, we conclude that we can predict the real-time dynamics for length of times corresponding to 5 to 10 times the natural period of the model. The length of time was limited by an overbroadening of the peaks in the spectral density caused by the simulation algorithm.

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The effect of inelastic processes on tunneling

We study an electron that interacts with phonons or other linear or nonlinear excitations as it resonantly tunnels. The method we use is based on mapping a many-body problem in a large variational space exactly onto a one-body problem. The method is conceptually simpler than previous Green's function approaches, and allows the essentially exact numerical solution of much more general problems. We solve tunneling problems with transverse channels, multiple sites coupled to phonons, and multiple phonon degrees of freedom and excitations.

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Spin diffusion of the t-J model

The spin-diffusion constant of the 2D $t-J$ model is calculated for the first time using an analytical approach at high temperatures and a recently-developed numerical method based on the Lanczos technique combined with random sampling in the intermediate temperature regime. A simple relation, $σ= D_sχ$, between spin conductivity and spin diffusion is established and used to calculate the latter. In the high-temperature and low-doping limit the calculated diffusion constant agrees with known results for the Heisenberg model. At small hole doping, $D_s$ increases approximately linearly with doping, which leads us to an important conclusion that hopping processes enhance spin diffusion at high temperatures. At modest hole doping, $δ\sim 0.25$, diffusion exhibits a nonmonotonic temperature dependence, which indicates anomalous spin dynamics at small frequencies.

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Random Frustration in two-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet

The square lattice spin-1/2 antiferromagnet containing a dilute concentration, $δ$, of randomly placed ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor bonds is studied at low-temperature via non-linear $σ$-model techniques and by exact diagonalization. We generally find that long-range N\' eel order is destroyed above a critical strength in the defective ferromagnetic exchange coupling-constant given by $|K_c|/J\sim δ^{-1/2}$. We also observe large statistical fluctuations both in the spin-stiffness and in the antiferromagnetic structure-factor near this critical point, suggesting the onset of a spin-glass phase.

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Direct Calculation of Spin-Stiffness for Spin-1/2 Heisenberg Models

The spin-stiffness of frustrated spin-1/2 Heisenberg models in one and two dimensions is computed for the first time by exact diagonalizations on small clusters that implement spin-dependent twisted boundary conditions. Finite-size extrapolation to the thermodynamic limit yields a value of $0.14\pm 0.01$ for the spin-stiffness of the unfrustrated planar antiferromagnet. We also present a general discussion of the linear-response theory for spin-twists, which ultimately leads to the moment sum-rule.

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Composite operators for BCS Superconductor

The new form of the composite operator generalizing the Cooper pairs for a BCS superconductor is introduced. The approach is similar to the derivation of the composite operator of the odd - frequency superconductors. The examples of the $d_{x^2-y^2}-,~d_{xy}-$ and $p-$ wave composite operators for a 2D $t-J$ model are given.

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Even and odd-frequency pairing correlations in 1-D t-J-h model: a comparative study

An equal time version of odd-frequency pairing for a generalized $t-J$ model is introduced. It is shown that the composite operators describing binding of Cooper pairs with magnetization fluctuations naturally appear in this approach. The pairing correlations in both BCS and odd-frequency channels are investigated exactly in 1D systems with up to 16 sites. Our results indicate that at some range of parameters odd-frequency correlations become comparable, however smaller than BCS pairing correlations. It is speculated that the spin and density fluctuations in the frustrated model lead to the enhancement of the odd gap susceptibilities. 4 postscript figure files are attached at the bottom of the tex file.

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