International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES)
Metallization of Mott Insulators through Percolation in Partially Filled Impurity Hubbard Model
Hisatoshi Yokoyama, Ryo Sato, Kenji Kobayashi, Tsutomu Watanabe, Masao Ogata
Abstract
An impurity Hubbard model with strong correlation on a square lattice with diagonal hopping is studied for an antiferromagnetic state, using a variational Monte Carlo method.If the impurity potential is repulsive with moderate strength and the density of impurity sites is equal to or larger than the doping rate in a partially filled band, the state becomes insulating.When the impurity density is increased, an insulator-to-metal transition takes place through a mechanism of percolation.