Exact results on ferromagnetism in correlated electron systems

Rainer Strack, D. Vollhardt

Rongming Wang

The authors investigated the frustration effect when next-nearest-electron hopping causes itinerant ferromagnetism in a one-dimensional Hubbard model.By using the exact diagonalization method and the density-matrix renormalization-group technique,it was shown that the next-nearest electron hopping term stabilizes the ferromagnetic state for a wide range of electron interactions U and electron concentrations n when the system is small.Furthermore,by calculating the local spin-spin correlation function,we found the ferromagnetic state becomes unstable as the length of the system increases.A further study showed that the ferromagnetic relationships of the system become weaker when the system's size increases.In addition,the system will transit to the anti-ferromagnetic correlation when the system reaches critical length.These observed results demonstrate on the one hand that an itinerant ferromagnetic phase exists in the electron-mixing area of small-sized material in the one-dimensional Hubbard model,and on the other hand,these observations should be helpful in understanding the origin of the itinerant ferromagnetism observed recently in some metallic and metallic oxide clusters.

Harumi Sakamoto, Ken Kubo, 坂本 晴美 +1 more

A. K. Rajagopal, John C. Kimball, Mahadev Banerjee

A discussion of the various properties of pair correlation functions of a magnetic electron gas is presented. The cusp conditions obeyed by the many-electron wave functions for a pair of electrons with parallel and antiparallel spins in close proximity are expressed as derivative conditions on the corresponding parallel-and antiparallel-spin pair correlation functions. In particular, it is shown that in a fully ferromagnetic gas the parallel spin correlations determine the correlation energy whereas in the paramagnetic case, this function is of less importance in comparison to the antiparallel-spin correlation function. In the high-momentum limit, it is found that the momentum distribution of electrons is dominated by antiparallel-spin correlations in the partially magnetic case whereas in the fully ferromagnetic case, it is dominated by parallel-spin correlations but is smaller by a factor of ${q}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$. A calculation of the parallel-spin correlation function for the ferromagnetic gas in perturbation theory is presented. A model for the exchange correlation energy of the system which takes into account the exact conditions given here is proposed. Corresponding results for the two-dimensional electron gas are also stated.

Tadahiro Miyao

Shun-Qing Shen

Theory of spin-reflection positivity developed in recent years is reviewed. This theory makes use of symmetries in an electron system and theory of matrix to investigate the ground state properties. Existences of anti- and ferromagnetic long-range orders in itinerant electron systems, and of off-diagonal long-range order are two successful applications of the theory. In this article, the author attempt to summarize exact results proved by utilizing this theory and related topics. First a general theory and basic theorems are introduced. Second, based on the band structures of conduction electrons, existences of a singlet state with strongly antiferromagnetic correlation, a state with both anti- and ferromagnetic long-range orders, and a fully saturated ferromagnetic state are proved. The theory is applied to several of the main theoretical models for strongly correlated electron systems, such as the Heisenberg model, the Hubbard model, the Anderson model, the single- and multichannel Kondo model, and the generalized Hubbard model, and a series of rigorous results are found in these models. Third, it is proved that off-diagonal long-range order and charge-density wave exist in the ground states of the attractive Hubbard model and the generalized Hubbard model. A relation between pseudospin symmetry and the uniform density theorem is introduced. Fourth, the theory is applied successfully to explain experimental observations of oscillatory interlayer magnetic coupling in ultrathin magnetic films. Finally several unsolved problems are discussed. All results introduced in this article are mathematically exact.