arXiv:cond-mat/0507494 · Physical Review B
One-band Hubbard model with hopping asymmetry and the effective theory at finite U : Phase diagram and metal-insulator transition
Yu-Chuan Wen, Yue Yu
Abstract
We study the one-band Hubbard model at half filling with hopping asymmetry and its effective model at finite but large $U$ up to the second order of ${t}_{\text{mix}}∕U$. Two variational wave functions, the resonating valence bond (RVB) wave function and antiferromagnetic (AF) RVB coexisted wave function, are studied by variational Monte Carlo method on $L\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}L$ square lattices up to $L=12$. Based on these two wave functions, the phase diagrams for both models are presented. For the Hubbard model, we find that there is a metal-insulator transition when the hopping parameter ${t}_{\text{mix}}$ which changes the local double occupant vanishes while only a metal-insulator crossover is explored for any finite ${t}_{\text{mix}}$. For the effective model in which the perturbation expansion is up to the second order of ${t}_{\text{mix}}∕U$, a clear metal-insulator transition can be identified for both variational wave functions and the phase diagram can be drawn accordingly. In both models, we find that the systems are dominated by AF-RVB wave function when $U$ is large while the RVB wave function is favored when $U$ is small.