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TT 15: Correlated Electrons: Metal-Insulator Transition 2
TT 15.10: Talk
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 12:15–12:30, HSZ 301
Quantum Monte Carlo study of the half-filled Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice — •Zi Yang Meng1, Thomas C. Lang2, Stefan Wessel1, Fakher F. Assaad2, and Alejandro Muramatsu1 — 1Institut für Theoretische Physik III, Universität Stuttgart, Germany — 2Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg, Germany
Using projective (T=0) quantum Monte Carlo we investigate the ground-state properties of the half-filled Hubbard model on a honeycomb lattice. Our results confirm previous numerical findings[1] that antiferromagnetic long-range order sets in above a value of U/t≈ 4.5. However, examining the quasiparticle gap and the spin gap, we obtain preliminary indications, that the Mott-transition from the semi-metal to an insulator occurs at a value of U/t≈ 3.5. A separation of two phase transitions allows for the possibility of an intermediate phase between the semi-metal and the antiferromagnetic insulator – a scenario, that has been discussed in recent theoretical studies[2,3]. Further numerical work, aiming at testing such propoals is in progress.
[1] S. Sorella and E. Tosatti, Europhys. Lett. 19, 699 (1992).
[2] M. Hermele, Phys. Rev. B 76, 035125 (2007).
[3] B. Uchoa and A. H. C. Neto, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 146801 (2007).