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Journal of Mathematical Physics

Ground states and low-temperature phases of itinerant electrons interacting with classical fields: A review of rigorous results

Nicolas Macris, Joel L. Lebowitz

Published Apr 1, 1997• 5 citations
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Abstract

We review, from a unified point of view, a general class of models of itinerant electrons interacting with classical fields. Applications to the static Holstein, Kondo, and Hubbard models are discussed. The ground state structure of the classical field is investigated when the electron band is half-filled. Some of the results are also valid when there is a Hubbard interaction between spin up and spin down electrons. It is found that the ground states are either homogeneous or period two Néel configurations, depending on the geometry of the lattice and on the magnetic fluxes present in the system. In the specific models, Néel configurations correspond to Peierls, magnetic or superconducting instabilities of the homogeneous state. The effect of small thermal and quantum fluctuations of the classical fields are reviewed in the context of the Holstein model. Many of the results described here originate from the work of Elliott Lieb and collaborators.

DOI
10.1063/1.531923

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The Hubbard model has been widely used to describe magnetism due to itinerant electrons. However, except for the one-dimensional case, no exact solution of the model exists. We have studied the two-dimensional Hubbard model on a square lattice using a Monte Carlo simulation technique. Simulations were performed on lattices of up to 8×8 in spatial size. We will discuss results for thermodynamic properties and correlation functions as a function of temperature and interaction strength. For the half-filled band case, our results indicate that the system exhibits long-range antiferromagnetic order in the ground state for any nonzero interaction, although substantially reduced from the classical Néel state due to both charge and spin fluctuations. For the non-half-filled band case, our results suggest that no long-range magnetic order exists. We also don’t find any indication of short-ranged ferromagnetic correlations in the parameter range studied. We have also studied the predictions of various approximate treatments for this model, particularly the static approximation and the coherent potential approximation (CPA). By comparison with the Monte Carlo results, we discuss the validity of these schemes. Finally, we discuss the effect of changing the band structure on the magnetic properties of the system.
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