Delocalization effect of the Hubbard repulsion in two dimensions and exact terms

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Abstract

The physical reasons explaining the delocalization effect of the Hubbard repulsion U leading in 2D to an insulator to metal transition are analyzed. The study is made in exact terms by deducing exact ground states and ground state expectation values of interest based on a positive semidefinite operator technique [1]. First it is shown that always when this effect is observed, U acts on the background of a macroscopic degeneracy present in a multiband type of system. After this step I demonstrate that acting in such conditions, by strongly diminishing the double occupancy, U spreads out the contributions in the ground state wave function, hence strongly increases the one-particle localization length, and consequently extends the one-particle behavior producing conditions for a delocalization effect [2]. \\[3pt] References: [1] Z. Gulacsi, D. Vollhardt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91,186401(2003); Z. Gulacsi, A. Kampf, D. Vollhardt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99,026404(2007). [2] Z. Gulacsi, Phys. Rev. B77,245113(2008).

*Research supported by contract OTKA-T-48782 of Hungarian Scientific Research Funds, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Authors

  • Zsolt Gulacsi

    • University of Debrecen, Department of Theoretical Physics