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arXiv:cond-mat/0510116 · Physical Review B

Exact results for spatial decay of correlations in low-dimensional insulators

Janusz Jędrzejewski, Taras Krokhmalskii

Published Dec 29, 2005• 3 citations
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Abstract

We study decay rates of one-body reduced density matrices in insulators, described by a tight-binding model, where not only an external potential but also hoppings are spatially modulated. We determine analytically the power in the power law and the correlation length in $D=1$ case and in several lattice directions in $D=2$ case. Unlike the uniform hopping case, in the $D=1$ system and in some directions of the $D=2$ system the correlation length is not determined uniquely by the gap. Moreover, a crossover from $D=2$ decay rates to $D=1$ ones is investigated.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.72.233106

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We consider tight-binding electrons on a square lattice, with an anisotropic hopping intensity, and in a periodic external potential. Breaking of the translational symmetry of the system results in two bands, separated by a gap of width proportional to the unique energy parameter of the model. The off-diagonal matrix elements of the one-body reduced density matrix are exactly expressed by product of Euler's Γ-functions and Appell function. Their large-distance (σ) decay rate is derived to be of the form σ −1 exp (−σ/ξ). A control of the crossover from 2D to 1D system is achieved. In comparison with the isotropic case, the correlation length ξ varies with the gap in a strikingly different manner. In particular, it remains nonzero as the gap vanishes, in all the directions except the direction of stronger hopping intensity.
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Analytical results for the asymptotic spatial decay of the density matrix $\ensuremath{\rho}(\mathbf{r},{\mathbf{r}}^{\ensuremath{'}})$ in the tight-binding model of the two-dimensional metal are presented. In various dimensions D, it is found analytically and numerically that the density matrix decays with distance according to the power law $\ensuremath{\rho}(\mathbf{r},{\mathbf{r}}^{\ensuremath{'}})\ensuremath{\propto}|\mathbf{r}\ensuremath{-}{\mathbf{r}}^{\ensuremath{'}}{|}^{\ensuremath{-}(D+1)/2}.$
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