Finite-size effects in Luther-Emery phases of Holstein and Hubbard models

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العنوان: Finite-size effects in Luther-Emery phases of Holstein and Hubbard models
المؤلفون: Greitemann, J., Hesselmann, S., Wessel, S., Assaad, F. F., Hohenadler, M.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 92, 245132 (2015)
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
الوصف: The one-dimensional Holstein model and its generalizations have been studied extensively to understand the effects of electron-phonon interaction. The half-filled case is of particular interest, as it describes a transition from a metallic phase with a spin gap due to attractive backscattering to a Peierls insulator with charge-density-wave (CDW) order. Our quantum Monte Carlo results support the existence of a metallic phase with dominant power-law charge correlations, as described by the Luther-Emery fixed point. We demonstrate that for Holstein and also for purely fermionic models the spin gap significantly complicates finite-size numerical studies, and explains inconsistent previous results for Luttinger parameters and phase boundaries. On the other hand, no such complications arise in spinless models. The correct low-energy theory of the spinful Holstein model is argued to be that of singlet bipolarons with a repulsive, mutual interaction. This picture naturally explains the existence of a metallic phase, but also implies that gapless Luttinger liquid theory is not applicable.
Comment: 17 pages, 18 figures, final version
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.245132
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.07454
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1510.07454
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.245132