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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Ground states of the spinless Falicov-Kimball model in the strong-coupling limit

Pavol Farkašovský, Ivan Batko

Published Sep 20, 1993• 8 citations
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The authors have studied energetic and structural ground-state properties of the one-dimensional Falicov-Kimball model in the strong-coupling limit. Using standard perturbation theory they recover some results already obtained (the phase segregation at large interactions) and present some new results concerning the ground state, e.,g., the analytic expression for the boundary, below which the segregated configuration cannot be the ground state, and the phase diagram of the model calculated for special periodic (aperiodic) configurations of ions and for the case when the ion concentration goes to zero.

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/5/38/009

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The two-state spinless Falicov-Kimball model on a one-dimensional lattice is studied by means of well-controlled numerical procedures. Restricted phase diagrams in the grand-canonical ensemble and at zero temperature are constructed. The evolution of these phase diagrams, as the interaction parameter U is varied, along with the band structures corresponding to configurations of localized particles (ions) and densities of mobile particles (electrons), is monitored. The changes observed enable us to draw conclusions for the complete phase diagram and to make a qualitative plot of such a diagram.