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Norio Kawakami

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Spectral functions in itinerant electron systems with geometrical frustration

The Hubbard model with geometrical frustration is investigated in a metallic phase close to half-filling. We calculate the single particle spectral function for the triangular lattice within dynamical cluster approximation, which is further combined with non-crossing approximation and fluctuation exchange approximation to treat the resulting cluster Anderson model. It is shown that frustration due to non-local correlations suppresses short-range antiferromagnetic fluctuations and thereby assists the formation of heavy quasi-particles near half-filling.

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Magnetization process for a quasi-one-dimensional S=1 antiferromagnet

We investigate the magnetization process for a quasi-one-dimensional S=1 antiferromagnet with bond alternation. By combining the density matrix renormalization group method with the interchain mean-field theory, we discuss how the interchain coupling affects the magnetization curve. It is found that the width of the magnetization plateau is considerably reduced upon introducing the interchain coupling. We obtain the phase diagram in a magnetic field. The effect of single-ion anisotropy is also addressed.

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Frustration-induced phase transitions in the spin-S orthogonal-dimer chain

We investigate quantum phase transitions in the frustrated orthogonal-dimer chain with an arbitrary spin $S \geq 1/2$. When the ratio of the competing exchange couplings is varied, first-order phase transitions occur 2S times among distinct spin-gap phases. The introduction of single-ion anisotropy further enriches the phase diagram. The phase transitions described by the present model possess most of the essential properties inherent in frustrated quantum spin systems.

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Heavy Quasi-Particle in the Two-Orbital Hubbard Model

The two-orbital Hubbard model with the Hund coupling is investigated in a metallic phase close to the Mott insulator. We calculate the one-particle spectral function and the optical conductivity within dynamical mean field theory, for which the effective impurity problem is solved by using the non-crossing approximation. For a metallic system close to quarter filling, a heavy quasi-particle band is formed by the Hubbard interaction, the effective mass of which is not so sensitive to the orbital splitting and the Hund coupling. In contrast, a heavy quasi-particle band near half filling disappears in the presence of the orbital splitting, but is induced again by the introduction of the Hund coupling, resulting in a different type of heavy quasi-particles.

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Competing Spin-Gap Phases in a Frustrated Quantum Spin System in Two Dimensions

We investigate quantum phase transitions among the spin-gap phases and the magnetically ordered phases in a two-dimensional frustrated antiferromagnetic spin system, which interpolates several important models such as the orthogonal-dimer model as well as the model on the 1/5-depleted square lattice. By computing the ground state energy, the staggered susceptibility and the spin gap by means of the series expansion method, we determine the ground-state phase diagram and discuss the role of geometrical frustration. In particular, it is found that a RVB-type spin-gap phase proposed recently for the orthogonal-dimer system is adiabatically connected to the plaquette phase known for the 1/5-depleted square-lattice model.

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Magnetic Properties for the One-Dimensional Multicomponent Spin-Gap System

Magnetic properties for the one-dimensional multicomponent quantum spin system with the excitation gap are studied based on the integrable spin model introduced by Bariev {\it et al}. By exactly computing the magnetization, we show how the characteristic structure with plateaus and cusps appears in the magnetization process. To study low-energy dynamics of the system, we apply the finite-size scaling analysis to the excitation spectrum, and thereby evaluate the power-law exponent as well as the enhancement factor for the low-temperature NMR relaxation rate $1/T_1$. We discuss the critical properties of $1/T_1$ around plateaus and cusps in the magnetization curve.

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NMR Relaxation Rate for 1D Multicomponent Spin-Orbital Systems

The NMR relaxation rate $1/T_{1}$ is studied for one-dimensional multicomponent spin-orbital systems. By combining the bosonization techniques and the exact solution of the SU($n$) model, we evaluate the power-law exponent and the enhancement factor for $1/T_1$ at low temperatures. We discuss how the band splitting affects the relaxation rate, and find that $1/T_{1}$ may be enhanced around the critical value of the band splitting. The crossover behavior in $1/T_1$ around the critical point is discussed in terms of the low-frequency dynamical spin susceptibility. The effect of the hole-doping is also addressed.

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Frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a pyrochlore lattice

We investigate quantum phase transitions for the $s=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a pyrochlore lattice. By means of a series expansion starting from isolated tetrahedra, the ground-state phase diagram is determined. When the ratio of the two competing exchange couplings is varied, the first-order (second-order) quantum phase transition occurs between the two spin gap phases (the spin-gap and the antiferromagnetic phases). We also discuss some properties expected for the s=1 pyrochlore spin system.

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Correlation Effects on the Double Exchange Model in a Ferromagnetic Metallic Phase

The effect of the Hubbard interaction among conduction electrons on the double exchange model is investigated in a ferromagnetic metallic phase. Applying iterative perturbation theory to the Hubbard interaction within dynamical mean field theory, we calculate the one-particle spectral function and the optical conductivity, in which coherent-potential approximation is further used to treat the ferromagnetic Hund coupling between conduction electrons and localized spins. Identifying the decrease of the magnetization for the localized spin with the increase of the temperature, we discuss the temperature dependence of the one-particle spectrum and the optical conductivity. It is found that the interplay between the Hund coupling and the Hubbard interaction dramatically changes the spectral function, while it is somehow obscured in the optical conductivity.

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First-order quantum phase transition in the orthogonal-dimer spin chain

We investigate the low-energy properties of the orthogonal-dimer spin chain characterized by a frustrated dimer-plaquette structure. When the competing antiferromagnetic couplings are varied, the first-order quantum phase transition occurs between the dimer and the plaquette phases, which is accompanied by nontrivial features due to frustration: besides the discontinuity in the lowest excitation gap at the transition point, a sharp level-crossing occurs for the spectrum in the plaquette phase. We further reveal that the plateau in the magnetization curve at 1/4 of the full moment dramatically changes its character in the vicinity of the critical point. It is argued that the first-order phase transition in this system captures some essential properties found in the two-dimensional orthogonal-dimer model proposed for $\rm SrCu_2(BO_3)_2$.

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Quantum Phase Transitions in the Shastry-Sutherland Model for $\rm\bf SrCu_2 (BO_3)_2$

We investigate the quantum phase transitions in the frustrated antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model for $\rm SrCu_2(BO_3)_2$ by using the series expansion method. It is found that a novel spin-gap phase, which is adiabatically connected to the plaquette-singlet phase, exists between the dimer and the magnetically ordered phases known so far. When the ratio of the competing exchange couplings $α(=J'/J)$ is varied, this spin-gap phase exhibits the first- (second-) order quantum phase transition to the dimer (the magnetically ordered) phase at the critical point $α_{c1}=0.677(2)$ ($α_{c2}=0.86(1)$). Our results shed light on some controversial arguments about the nature of the quantum phase transitions in this model.

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Critical Properties of One-Dimensional Electron Systems with $1/r^α$-type Long-Range Interactions

We study the critical properties of one-dimensional electron systems with the $1/r^α$-type long-range interaction ($α\ge 1$). Using bosonization methods, we discuss how the 1D system exhibits a crossover from the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid to the Wigner crystal when $α\to 1$. In particular, a detailed analysis is given to the Fermi-edge singularity phenomena when a {\it mobile} core hole is created suddenly in the valence band. It is found that the effect due to the core-hole motion on the Fermi-edge singularity is gradually suppressed as the system approaches the Wigner crystal, and its critical behavior is dominated by the ordinary impurity forward-scattering inherent in a static hole.

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Excitation Spectrum for Quantum Spin Systems with Ladder, Plaquette and Mixed-Spin Structures

By using the series expansion techniques, we study the excitation spectrum for the two-dimensional quantum spin systems with ladder, plaquette and mixed-spin structures. We calculate the spin excitation gap and thus determine the phase boundary between the spin-gap phase and the magnetically ordered phase rather precisely. It is found that the phase diagram obtained improves fairly well the one previously obtained via the ground-state susceptibility.

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Mixed-spin cluster expansion for a quasi-one-dimensional Haldane system

We present a novel mixed-spin cluster expansion method for a quasi-one-dimensional Haldane system with bond alternation. By mapping the s=1 antiferromagnetic spin model on square and cubic lattices to the equivalent mixed-spin model, we study the competition among the Haldane, the dimer and the magnetically ordered phases. The mixed-spin cluster expansion proposed here allows us to directly deal with the Haldane phase, which may not be reached by standard series expansion methods. The phase diagram is determined rather precisely by making use of an additional symmetry property in the effective mixed-spin model introduced.

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Exact Drude weight for the one-dimensional Hubbard model at finite temperatures

The Drude weight for the one-dimensional Hubbard model is investigated at finite temperatures by using the Bethe ansatz solution. Evaluating finite-size corrections to the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations, we obtain the formula for the Drude weight as the response of the system to an external gauge potential. We perform low-temperature expansions of the Drude weight in the case of half-filling as well as away from half-filling, which clearly distinguish the Mott-insulating state from the metallic state.

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Effects of disorder on two coupled Hubbard chains at half-filling

We investigate the effects of quenched disorder on two chain Hubbard models at half-filling by using bosonization and renormalization group methods. It is found that the sufficiently strong forward scattering due to impurities and the random gauge field, which is generated by impurity backward scattering, destroy the charge gaps as well as the spin gaps. Random backward scattering due to impurities then drives the resulting massless phase to the Anderson localization phase. For intermediate strength of random forward scattering, however, the spin gaps still survive, and only one of the charge gaps is collapsed. In this parameter region, one of the charge degrees of freedom is in the Anderson localized state, while the other one is still in the massive state.

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Bosonization Approach to the One-Dimensional Kondo Lattice Model at Half Filling: Reexamination

Low-energy properties of the one-dimensional Kondo lattice model are investigated by using bosonization and renormalization group methods. The formation of the spin and charge excitation gaps at half-filling is discussed in detail both for antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic Kondo couplings. Also, the effect of the interaction between conduction electrons on the gap formation is studied both for the Kondo insulating phase and for the Haldane gap phase. It is found that while the repulsive interaction changes the dependence of the excitation gap on the Kondo exchange coupling, the attractive interaction can drive the Kondo (or Haldane) insulating phase to a completely different phase of massless metallic states.

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Magnetic and Critical Properties of Alternating Spin Chain with S=1/2,1 in Magnetic Fields

We study an integrable spin chain with an alternating array of spins S=1/2, 1 in external magnetic fields using the Bethe ansatz exact solution. The calculated magnetization possesses a cusp structure at a critical magnetic field H=H_{C}, at which the specific heat shows a divergence property. We also calculate finite-size corrections to the energy spectrum, and obtain the critical exponents of correlation functions with the use of conformal field theory (CFT). Low-energy properties of the model are described by two c=1 U(1) CFTs in H H_{C}.

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