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The influence of correlated hopping on the ground‐state properties of the two‐dimensional Falicov–Kimball model
Author(s) -
Čenčariková Hana,
Farkašovský Pavol
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200540075
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , extrapolation , coulomb , ground state , variable range hopping , phase diagram , physics , hubbard model , valence (chemistry) , electron , phase (matter) , quantum mechanics , superconductivity , mathematics , thermal conduction , mathematical analysis
The extrapolation of finite cluster calculations is used to study effects of correlated hopping on the ground‐state properties of the two‐dimensional Falicov–Kimball model (FKM). It is shown that the ground‐state phase diagram as well as the picture of valence transitions found for the conventional FKM (without correlated hopping) are strongly changed when the correlated hopping term is added. In particular, it is found that non‐zero values of correlated hopping stabilize a new type of spatial charge ordering, the axial stripes, for a wide range of model parameters. This result indicates that the competition between the kinetic energy, the on‐site Coulomb energy and the correlated hopping term can be an alternative mechanism leading to stripe formation in the strongly correlated electron systems. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)