arXiv:1512.04271 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Ground-state phase diagram of the repulsive fermionic t−t′ Hubbard model on the square lattice from weak coupling
Fedor Šimkovic, Xuan-Wen Liu, Youjin Deng, Evgeny Kozik
Abstract
We obtain a complete and numerically exact in the weak-coupling limit $(U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0)$ ground-state phase diagram of the repulsive fermionic Hubbard model on the square lattice for filling factors $0<n<2$ and next-nearest-neighbor hopping amplitudes $0\ensuremath{\le}{t}^{\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{\le}0.5$. Phases are distinguished by the symmetry and the number of nodes of the superfluid order parameter. The phase diagram is richer than may be expected and typically features states with a high---higher than that of the fundamental mode of the corresponding irreducible representation---number of nodes. The effective coupling strength in the Cooper channel $\ensuremath{\lambda}$, which determines the critical temperature ${T}_{c}$ of the superfluid transition, is calculated in the whole parameter space and regions with high values of $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ are identified. It is shown that besides the expected increase of $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ near the Van Hove singularity line, joining the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic points, another region with high values of $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ can be found at quarter filling and ${t}^{\ensuremath{'}}=0.5$ due to the presence of a line of nesting at ${t}^{\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{\ge}0.5$. The results can serve as benchmarks for controlled nonperturbative methods and guide the ongoing search for high-${T}_{c}$ superconductivity in the Hubbard model.