We derive an effective spin Hamiltonian for the one-dimensional half-filled Alternating Hubbard model in the limit of strong on-site repulsion. We show that the effective Hamiltonian is a spin
S=1/2 Heisenberg chain with asymmetric next-nearest-neighbor (nnn) exchange.
Abstract We consider a half-filled system of spin-1/2 fermions on a triangular ladder with spin-dependent hopping in the presence of spin-dependent flux. Using the Schrieffer–Wolff transformation, we derive an effective spin Hamiltonian describing the infrared properties of the system in the limit of strong on-site repulsion. The expansion is performed up to the third order in the hopping amplitude over on-site interaction energy. It is shown that the low-energy spin excitations are described by an anisotropic XXZ Heisenberg model with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction and an unconventional three-spin (correlated exchange) term in the presence of an extended magnetic field. The latter couples not only to z -projection of the total spin on a triangular plaquette but also to the product of z -components of three spins located on vertices of the triangle. In the case of strong attractive interaction, the corresponding effective model is derived from the repulsive one using the one-spin-component particle-hole transformation. The effective Hamiltonian is given by the same XXZ Heisenberg model, as in the repulsive case, but in terms of pseudospin (charge) operators.
A repulsive Hubbard model with both spin-asymmetric hopping $({t}_{\ensuremath{\uparrow}}\ensuremath{\ne}{t}_{\ensuremath{\downarrow}})$ and a staggered potential (of strength $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}})$ is studied in one dimension. The model is a compound of the mass-imbalanced $({t}_{\ensuremath{\uparrow}}\ensuremath{\ne}{t}_{\ensuremath{\downarrow}},\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}=0)$ and ionic $({t}_{\ensuremath{\uparrow}}={t}_{\ensuremath{\downarrow}},\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}>0)$ Hubbard models, and may be realized by cold atoms in engineered optical lattices. We use mostly mean-field theory to determine the phases and phase transitions in the ground state for a half-filled band (one particle per site). We find that a period-two modulation of the particle (or charge) density and an alternating spin density coexist for arbitrary Hubbard interaction strength, $U\ensuremath{\ge}0$. The amplitude of the charge modulation is largest at
U=0, decreases with increasing
U and tends to zero for $U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$. The amplitude for spin alternation increases with
U and tends to saturation for $U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$. Charge order dominates below a value
Uc, whereas magnetic order dominates above. The mean-field Hamiltonian has two gap parameters, ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}}_{\ensuremath{\uparrow}}$ and ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}}_{\ensuremath{\downarrow}}$, which have to be determined self-consistently. For
U<Uc both parameters are positive, for
U>Uc they have different signs, and for
U=Uc one gap parameter jumps from a positive to a negative value. The weakly first-order phase transition at
Uc can be interpreted in terms of an avoided criticality (or metallicity). The system is reluctant to restore a symmetry that has been broken explicitly.
We investigate the ground state properties of the two-dimensional half-filled one band Hubbard model in the strong (large-
U) to intermediate coupling limit (i.e., away from the strict Heisenberg limit) using an effective spin-only low-energy theory that includes nearest-neighbor exchange, ring exchange, and all other spin interactions to order
t(t∕U)3. We show that the operator for the staggered magnetization, transformed for use in the effective theory, differs from that for the order parameter of the spin model by a renormalization factor accounting for the increased charge fluctuations as
t∕U is increased from the $t∕U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$ Heisenberg limit. These charge fluctuations lead to an increase of the quantum fluctuations over and above those for an
S=1∕2 antiferromagnet. The renormalization factor ensures that the zero temperature staggered moment for the Hubbard model is a monotonously decreasing function of
t∕U, despite the fact that the moment of the spin Hamiltonian, which depends on transverse spin fluctuations only, in an increasing function of
t∕U. We also comment on quantitative aspects of the
t∕U and
1∕S expansions.