arXiv:1111.2009 · Physical Review B
Charge dynamics in half-filled Hubbard chains with finite on-site interaction
Rodrigo G. Pereira, Karlo Penc, Steven R. White, Pedro D Sacramento, J. M. P. Carmelo
Abstract
We study the charge dynamic structure factor of the one-dimensional Hubbard model with finite on-site repulsion $U$ at half-filling. Numerical results from the time-dependent density matrix renormalization group are analyzed by comparison with the exact spectrum of the model. The evolution of the line shape as a function of $U$ is explained in terms of a relative transfer of spectral weight between the two-holon continuum that dominates in the limit $U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$ and a subset of the two-holon-two-spinon continuum that reconstructs the electron-hole continuum in the limit $U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$. Power-law singularities along boundary lines of the spectrum are described by effective impurity models that are explicitly invariant under spin and $\ensuremath{\eta}$-spin $\text{SU}(2)$ rotations. The Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition is reflected in a discontinuous change of the exponents of edge singularities at $U=0$. The sharp feature observed in the spectrum for momenta near the zone boundary is attributed to a van Hove singularity that persists as a consequence of integrability.