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arXiv:cond-mat/0111043 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Exact analytic results for the Gutzwiller wave function with finite magnetization

Marcus Kollar, D. Vollhardt

Published Apr 12, 2002• 18 citations
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Abstract

We present analytic results for ground-state properties of Hubbard-type models in terms of the Gutzwiller variational wave function with nonzero values of the magnetization m. In dimension $D=1$ approximation-free evaluations are made possible by appropriate canonical transformations and an analysis of umklapp processes. We calculate the double occupation and the momentum distribution, as well as its discontinuity at the Fermi surface, for arbitrary values of the interaction parameter g, density n, and magnetization m. These quantities determine the expectation value of the one-dimensional Hubbard Hamiltonian for any symmetric, monotonically increasing dispersion ${\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{k}.$ In particular for nearest-neighbor hopping and densities away from half filling the Gutzwiller wave function is found to predict ferromagnetic behavior for sufficiently large interaction U.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.65.155121

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We present analytic results for ground-state properties of Hubbard-type models in terms of the Gutzwiller variational wave function with nonzero values of the magnetization m. In dimension D=1D=1D=1 approximation-free evaluations are made possible by appropriate canonical transformations and an analysis of umklapp processes. We calculate the double occupation and the momentum distribution, as well as its discontinuity at the Fermi surface, for arbitrary values of the interaction parameter g, density n, and magnetization m. These quantities determine the expectation value of the one-dimensional Hubbard Hamiltonian for any symmetric, monotonically increasing dispersion \ensuremathϵk.{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}_{k}.\ensuremathϵk​. In particular for nearest-neighbor hopping and densities away from half filling the Gutzwiller wave function is found to predict ferromagnetic behavior for sufficiently large interaction U.
A new analytic approach to the evaluation of ground-state properties of Hubbard-type models in terms of the Gutzwiller variational wave function is presented. It is based on the observation that expectation values in terms of this wave function may be expressed by sums over different lattice sites. This makes the application of Wick's theorem and the resulting contractions extremely simple, since the latter involve only anticommuting numbers as in a Grassmann algebra. Expressions for the momentum distribution ${n}_{\mathrm{k}\ensuremath{\sigma}}$ and the Hubbard interaction in terms of a power series in a particular correlation parameter are derived which are valid for all dimensions. An explicit diagrammatic evaluation of the coefficients is described. In one dimension these coefficients may be determined to all orders which yields an approximation-free calculation of nk{n}_{\mathrm{k}}nk​ and ground-state energy E for arbitrary density n and interaction strength U. In the case of a half-filled band and large U, hitherto unexpected nonanalyticities are found. The results allow for the first approximation-free assessment of the properties of the Gutzwiller wave function. It is shown that the well-known Gutzwiller approximation may be derived diagrammatically, too. The approximation is seen to yield the exact results for expectation values in terms of this wave function in the limit of infinite dimensionality.
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We make use of a recently developed diagrammatic theory to calculate correlation functions for interacting fermions of Hubbard-type models in terms of the Gutzwiller wave function. Of the eleven nontrivial correlation functions involving the spin, density, empty and doubly occupied sites, and local Cooper pairs, four are shown to be independent. They are expressed as a power series in a suitably chosen correlation parameter, whose terms are represented diagrammatically. In one dimension these terms may be evaluated to arbitrary order by employing symmetry relations. This allows for an analytic, approximation-free calculation of the correlation functions for arbitrary momentum, particle density, and interaction strength. In the atomic limit the momentum-dependent spin-correlation function shows an antiferromagnetic divergence at half filling in all dimensions. In one dimension the behavior is in very good agreement with all exact analytic and numerical results for the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain. Hole-hole correlations also compare very well with exact results. However, correlations between holes and doubly occupied sites appear insufficient. Superconducting correlations involving on-site, singlet Cooper pairs are suppressed. The results allow for an analytic evaluation of the ground-state energy of a large class of extended Hubbard models in terms of the Gutzwiller wave function. Thus they provide exact upper bounds for their ground-state energies.
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The properties of the Gutzwiller variational wave function, which is frequently used to study ground-state properties of correlated fermions with a short-range interaction, are investigated by use of a new, analytically tractable approach. As a first application several ground-state quantities are evaluated exactly in dimensionality d=1 for arbitrary band-filling and interaction strengths. The results allow for the first approximation-free assessment of the wave function. The method itself is applicable to arbitrary space dimensions.