Finite-Temperature Phase Diagram of Hard-Core Bosons in Two Dimensions
Guido Schmid, Synge Todo, Matthias Troyer +1 more
We determine the finite-temperature phase diagram of the square lattice hard-core boson Hubbard model with nearest neighbor repulsion using quantum Monte Carlo simulations. This model is equivalent to an anisotropic spin-1/2 XXZ model in a magnetic field. We present the rich phase diagram with a first order transition between a solid and superfluid phase, instead of a previously conjectured supersolid and a tricritical end point to phase separation. Unusual reentrant behavior with ordering upon increasing the temperature is found, similar to the Pomeranchuk effect in 3He.
arXiv:cond-mat/0110024•Physical Review Letters•Apr 9, 2002•155 citations