arXiv:cond-mat/9712324 · International Journal of Modern Physics B
The Influence of Long-Range Hopping on Ferromagnetism in the Hubbard Model
Pavol Farkašovský
Abstract
The phase diagram of the Hubbard model in an external magnetic field is examined by extrapolation of small-cluster exact-diagonalization calculations. Using a general expression for the hopping matrix elements (tij ~ q|i-j|) the influence of long-range hopping (band asymmetry) on ferromagnetism in this model is studied. It is found that the long-range hopping (nonzero q) stabilizes ferromagnetism in an external magnetic field for n > 1. In the opposite limit n≤1 the fully polarized ferromagnetic state is generally suppressed with increasing q. The critical value of magnetic field h below which the ferromagnetic state becomes unstable is calculated numerically.