Segregation in the Falicov-Kimball model

DOI10.1007/S002200200632zbMATH Open1004.82009arXivmath-ph/0107003OpenAlexW3104150496WikidataQ62458673 ScholiaQ62458673MaRDI QIDQ1849490FDOQ1849490

Authors: J. K. Freericks, E. H. Lieb, D. Ueltschi 

Publication date: 1 December 2002

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Falicov-Kimball model is a simple quantum lattice model that describes light and heavy electrons interacting with an on-site repulsion; alternatively, it is a model of itinerant electrons and fixed nuclei. It can be seen as a simplification of the Hubbard model; by neglecting the kinetic (hopping) energy of the spin up particles, one gets the Falicov-Kimball model. We show that away from half-filling, i.e. if the sum of the densities of both kinds of particles differs from 1, the particles segregate at zero temperature and for large enough repulsion. In the language of the Hubbard model, this means creating two regions with a positive and a negative magnetization. Our key mathematical results are lower and upper bounds for the sum of the lowest eigenvalues of the discrete Laplace operator in an arbitrary domain, with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The lower bound consists of a bulk term, independent of the shape of the domain, and of a term proportional to the boundary. Therefore, one lowers the kinetic energy of the itinerant particles by choosing a domain with a small boundary. For the Falicov-Kimball model, this corresponds to having a single `compact' domain that has no heavy particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0107003

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zbMATH Keywords

Hubbard modelFalicov-Kimball modelquantum lattice model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20)

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