Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Phase diagram of the extended Hubbard model at weak coupling
P. G. J. van Dongen
Abstract
The Hubbard model including nearest neighbor interaction is studied at T=0 on a d-dimensional hypercubic lattice (d\ensuremath{\gg}1) close to half filling. For the model in d=\ensuremath{\infty} we derive the exact result that the ground state at weak coupling is phase separated. Results for lower dimensions are then derived in a 1/d expansion. To obtain these results we first consider possible second order transitions. One then finds that the broken-symmetry phase near half filling is incommensurate. However, the corresponding ground state has negative compressibility and is hence thermodynamically unstable. A Maxwell construction is used to construct the actual phase separated ground state, which consists of homogeneous lower-density and antiferromagnetic or charge density wave higher-density regions. It is shown that both the doping level below which phase separation occurs and the order parameter differ from the corresponding Hartree results by a renormalization factor q of order unity. This renormalization factor q is calculated systematically up to O(1/d) in a 1/d expansion and turns out to be identical to the renormalization factor previously calculated for the low-temperature thermodynamics at half filling. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.