White-Scalapino-like stripes in a mean-field Hubbard model
Cristian Kusko, R.S. Markiewicz
In stripe phases, a ``hidden order'' can exist as an order parameter on the charged stripes. A simple example arises in an unrestricted Hartree-Fock calculation of the Hubbard model, where a (metastable) solution is found which closely resembles the stripe phase of White and Scalapino. By comparison with uniform mean-field solutions, it is demonstrated that this phase develops from phase separation, and the order on the charged stripes is identified. The interface surface tension becomes negative for sufficiently narrow stripes, at which point the stripes begin to meander, gradually crossing from vertical to diagonal with decreasing doping.
arXiv:cond-mat/0102440•Physical review. B, Condensed matter•Dec 28, 2001•2 citations