The density-functional theory for the half-filled extended Hubbard model in one and two dimensions has been studied within the self-interaction-corrected (SIC) local-spin-density (LSD) approximation. The SIC to the total energy is expressed in terms of the Wannier functions which have the most optimal degree of localization. The system at ground state can have spin-density wave (SDW) or charge-density wave (CDW) ordering depending on the relative strength of the on-site repulsion and the nearest-neighbor repulsion. Like the Hartree-Fock approximation, the SIC-LSD scheme predicts a first-order transition between CDW and SDW. However, in the SDW, the nearest-neighbor repulsion V near the transition point tends to increase the band gap for small U and decrease the band gap for large U, with a crossover around $U\ensuremath{\approx}4$ in one dimension, which corresponds to the tricritical point predicted by other theories. The ground-state energies are better described in SIC-LSD than in the Hartree-Fock approximation.
We reexamine the ground-state phase diagram of the one-dimensional half-filled Hubbard model with on-site and nearest-neighbor repulsive interactions. We calculate second-order corrections to coupling constants in the weak-coupling renormalization-group approach ( g-ology) to show that the bond-charge-density-wave (BCDW) phase exists for weak couplings in between the charge-density-wave (CDW) and spin-density-wave (SDW) phases. We find that the umklapp scattering of parallel-spin electrons destabilizes the BCDW state and gives rise to a bicritical point where the CDW-BCDW and SDW-BCDW continuous-transition lines merge into the CDW-SDW first-order transition line.
We consider a generalized Hubbard model with on-site interaction U, nearest-neighbor repulsion V, and nearest-neighbor hopping for spin \ensuremath{\sigma}, which depends on the sum of particles ${\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}\ensuremath{-}|\mathrm{A}\mathrm{m}}$ with opposite spin in the two sites involved. The hopping matrix elements are denoted by
tAA,
tAB,
tBB for ${\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}\ensuremath{-}|\mathrm{A}\mathrm{m}}$=0,1,2, respectively. For 0
tABtAA=
tBB, we have determined the regions of parameters for which the ground-state (GS) of the one-dimensional system is a charge-density wave (CDW), a spin-density wave (SDW), or a metal (M), using Hartree-Fock, exact diagonalization of finite chains and quantum Monte Carlo. The results agree qualitatively with the exactly solvable limit of
tAB=0. For 0
tABtAA=
tBB, the GS is a M for sufficiently low values of U and V. In contrast, when
tAA+
tBB-
2tAB=0, our results suggest that the GS is either a CDW or a SDW, with the boundary between them lying near the line U=2V.
A one-dimensional model of interacting electrons with on-site U, nearest- neighbor V, and pair-hopping interaction W is studied at half-filling using the continuum limit field theory approach. The ground state phase diagram is obtained for a wide range of coupling constants. In addition to the insulating spin-density wave (SDW) and charge-density wave (CDW) phases for large U and V, respectively, we identify a bond-charge-density-wave (BCDW) phase W < 0, \U - 2V\ < \2W\ and a bond-spin-density-wave (BSDW) for W > 0, \U - 2V\ < W. The possibility of bond-located ordering results from the site-off-diagonal nature of the pair-hopping term and is a special feature of the half-filled band case. The BCDW phase corresponding to an enhanced Peierls instability in the system. The BdSDW is an unconventional insulating magnetic phase, characterized by a gapless spin excitation spectrum and a staggered magnetization located on bonds between sites. The general ground state phase diagram including insulating, metallic, and superconducting phases is discussed. A transition to the eta(pi) -superconducting phase at \U - 2V\ much less than 2t less than or equal to W is briefly discussed.
The phase transition between charge- and spin-density-wave (CDW, SDW) phases is studied in the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model at half-filling. We discuss whether the transition can be described by the Gaussian and the spin-gap transitions under charge-spin separation, or by a direct CDW-SDW transition. We determine these phase boundaries by level crossings of excitation spectra which are identified according to discrete symmetries of wave functions. We conclude that the Gaussian and the spin-gap transitions take place separately from weak- to intermediate-coupling region. This means that the third phase exists between the CDW and the SDW states. Our results are also consistent with those of the strong-coupling perturbative expansion and of the direct evaluation of order parameters.
The recently introduced concept of exact mean-field theories is applied to the extended simplified Hubbard model, which is a one-band extended Hubbard model (including nearest-neighbor interaction) where only the \ensuremath{\downarrow} electrons can hop. An exact mean-field Hamiltonian is derived for the model on a Bethe lattice in the limit of a large coordination number (Z\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}). The mean-field Hamiltonian is used to calculate the Green functions and the free energy at half-filling. This exact solution is analyzed analytically at small and large values of the on-site (U) and nearest-neighbor (V) interaction strengths. One finds that a phase transition occurs at sufficiently low temperatures for all U,V>0. The low-temperature phase is a charge-density wave for V>1/2U and a spin-density wave for V1/2U. Special attention is paid to (i) the critical temperature as a function of U and V, (ii) the order parameter as a function of temperature, and (iii) the density of states. The density of states shows that the low-temperature phase is an insulator for all U,V provided that V/U\ensuremath{\ne}1/2, while the high-temperature phase is a paramagnetic metal for all V if U2, and a paramagnetic insulator if U>2. Many detailed results are given.