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arXiv:1007.3334 · Physical Review Letters

Possible Exciton Bose Liquid in a Hard-Core Boson Ring Model

Tiamhock Tay, Olexei I. Motrunich

Published Oct 25, 2010• 23 citations
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Abstract

We present a quantum Monte Carlo study of a hard-core boson model with ring-only exchanges on a square lattice, where a K1 term acts on 1×1 plaquettes and a K2 term acts on 1×2 and 2×1 plaquettes. At half-filling, the phase diagram reveals charge density wave for small K2, valence bond solid for intermediate K2, and possibly for large K2 the novel exciton Bose liquid (EBL) phase first proposed by Paramekanti et al [Phys. Rev. B 66, 054526 (2002)10.1103/PhysRevB.66.054526]. Away from half-filling, the EBL phase is present already for intermediate K2 and remains stable for a range of densities below 1/2 before phase separation sets in at lower densities.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.105.187202

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