The validity of the strong-coupling expansion of the two-dimensional Hubbard model is questioned. We present evidence of disagreement between the strong-coupling expansion and the exact solution of the Hubbard model on small lattices.
The repulsive Hubbard model has been immensely useful in understanding strongly correlated electron systems and serves as the paradigmatic model of the field. Despite its simplicity, it exhibits a strikingly rich phenomenology reminiscent of that observed in quantum materials. Nevertheless, much of its phase diagram remains controversial. Here, we review a subset of what is known about the Hubbard model based on exact results or controlled approximate solutions in various limits, for which there is a suitable small parameter. Our primary focus is on the ground state properties of the system on various lattices in two spatial dimensions, although both lower and higher dimensions are discussed as well. Finally, we highlight some of the important outstanding open questions.
The repulsive Hubbard model has been immensely useful in understanding strongly correlated electron systems, and serves as the paradigmatic model of the field. Despite its simplicity, it exhibits a strikingly rich phenomenology which is reminiscent of that observed in quantum materials. Nevertheless, much of its phase diagram remains controversial. Here, we review a subset of what is known about the Hubbard model, based on exact results or controlled approximate solutions in various limits, for which there is a suitable small parameter. Our primary focus is on the ground state properties of the system on various lattices in two spatial dimensions, although both lower and higher dimensions are discussed as well. Finally, we highlight some of the important outstanding open questions.
The ``string'' structure of one-dimensional Hubbard model eigenstates is studied numerically and is used to suggest the validity of thermodynamic Bethe-ansatz equations (TBAE). We furthermore solve TBAE in a strong-coupling expansion series form and obtain the thermodynamic potential which agrees with the known high-temperature expansion series. We also calculate various thermodynamic quantities using our solution and provide some additional features of the strongly correlated one-dimensional Hubbard model.
A new analytical method is proposed for solving the Hubbard model in d-dimensions. The method permits, in principle, the study of the Hubbard model at any temperature and any band filling. The accuracy of the method is tested against known Bethe ansatz results of Lieb and Wu (1968), and against known weak- and strong-coupling expansion results. The one-dimensional path integral solution obtained for the ground-state (half-filled band case) is in excellent qualitative agreement with Bethe ansatz results for all couplings and exactly reproduces weak- and strong-coupling expansion results.