The SDW-CDW Phase Transition in the One Dimensional Extended Hubbard Model
Norikazu Tomita, Atsushi Ikawa, Hideo Fukutome
We study the SDW-CDW phase transition in the one dimensional extended Hubbard model at a half-filling. A scaling analysis using the resonating Hartree-Fock method with the numbers of electrons from 8 to 20 strongly suggests that the ground state is many-fold degenerate( 1 A 1 + , 1 B 1 + , 3 A 2 - , and 3 B 2 - states) in the SDW region while it is doubly degenerate( 1 A 1 + and 1 B 2 - states) in the CDW region. Only the 1 A 1 + state makes a continuous phase transition from the SDW state to the CDW one. The 1 B 1 + , 3 A 2 - , and 3 B 2 - states cross the 1 B 2 - state around the phase boundary. We show that the continuous phase transition in the 1 A 1 + state is brought about by defects connecting the SDW-CDW domains called halfons. The correlation structures of these states are shown to clarify the origin of the degeneracies of the ground states.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan•Jan 15, 1996•22 citations