Localization and antiferromagnetic order of correlated lattice fermions in the presence of spin-dependent disorder
Jan Skolimowski, D. Vollhardt, Krzysztof Byczuk
Abstract
The interplay between disorder acting only on particles with a given spin projection (spin-dependent disorder) and antiferromagnetic long-range order is explored. To this end the magnetic ground state phase diagram of the Hubbard model at half-filling is computed within dynamical mean-field theory combined with the geometric average over disorder, a method sensitive to Anderson localization. Four distinct phases are identified: a paramagnetic metal, an antiferromagnetic insulator, and two types of spin-selective localized phases. The phase diagram may be tested experimentally using cold fermions in optical lattices subject to spin-dependent random potentials.