We investigate the ground state properties of the two-dimensional half-filled one band Hubbard model in the strong (large-
U) to intermediate coupling limit (i.e., away from the strict Heisenberg limit) using an effective spin-only low-energy theory that includes nearest-neighbor exchange, ring exchange, and all other spin interactions to order
t(t∕U)3. We show that the operator for the staggered magnetization, transformed for use in the effective theory, differs from that for the order parameter of the spin model by a renormalization factor accounting for the increased charge fluctuations as
t∕U is increased from the $t∕U\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$ Heisenberg limit. These charge fluctuations lead to an increase of the quantum fluctuations over and above those for an
S=1∕2 antiferromagnet. The renormalization factor ensures that the zero temperature staggered moment for the Hubbard model is a monotonously decreasing function of
t∕U, despite the fact that the moment of the spin Hamiltonian, which depends on transverse spin fluctuations only, in an increasing function of
t∕U. We also comment on quantitative aspects of the
t∕U and
1∕S expansions.
A recently proposed projection operator technique based on the introduction of cumulants is used to investigate the ground-state energy of the Hubbard model at half filling on a square lattice in two dimensions, in the antiferromagnetic phase. Our results in the intermediate and large regime of the ratio U/t are below those of variational Monte Carlo calculations, which set an upper bound for the energy. By including the most dominant spin-fluctuation processes, the present calculation also obeys the correct infinite U/t limit, where the Hubbard model at half filling reduces to the Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The relation of our approach to recent coupled-cluster calculations for the Hubbard model is also discussed. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
The T = 0 spin stiffness ρ s and the transverse susceptibility χ ⊥ of the square lattice half-filled Hubbard model are calculated as a function of the Hubbard parameter ratio U / t by series expansions around the Ising limit. We find that the calculated spin stiffness, transverse susceptibility, and sublattice magnetization for the Hubbard model smoothly approach the Heisenberg values for large U / t . The results are compared for different U / t with RPA and other numerical studies. The uniform susceptibility data indicate a crossover around U / t ≈ 4 between weak-coupling (spin density wave) behavior at small U and strong-coupling (Heisenberg) behavior at large U .