The Extended Hubbard Model: Theory, Simulations, and Applications

The Hubbard model is one of the most widely studied many-body models for interacting electrons in solids. Here we present a study of the Extended Hubbard model, which provides a more realistic description of real materials by including some longer-range Coulomb interactions. We discuss the derivation of the model, numerical methods for many-body systems, the ground state of the one-dimensional model, and an application of the model to organic charge-transfer solids. Our discussion of numerical methods includes details of using the Constrained Path Monte Carlo procedure to treat extended interactions and possible extension of the method for imaginary times. The chapter on the one-dimensional model focuses on the region V>U, where previous work had suggested the possibility of superconductivity. Our results show that instead phase separation is prevalent in that parameter regime. The second application is to model the organic charge-transfer salts, which are intermediate between one and two dimensions. Here we find a coexistence of charge and spin ordering that helps to explain the results of recent experiments on these materials.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Clay, Rudolf Torsten

Contributors dc:contributor

• David K. Campbell

• Physics, Condensed Matter

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9952993

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80674