Influence of spin and charge fluctuations on spectra of the two-dimensional Hubbard model

TL;DR

This study investigates how spin and charge fluctuations affect the spectral properties of the two-dimensional Hubbard model using a strong coupling diagram technique, revealing transitions between metallic, insulating, and magnetic states.

Contribution

It introduces a self-consistent approach summing ladder diagrams to analyze the influence of fluctuations on spectra across various interaction strengths and temperatures.

Findings

System exhibits antiferromagnetic order at T≈0.2t for all U.

No evidence of charge ordering observed.

Transition from strong to weak correlations traced from U≈6t to U≈3t.

Abstract

The influence of spin and charge fluctuations on spectra of the two-dimensional fermionic Hubbard model is considered using the strong coupling diagram technique. Infinite sequences of diagrams containing ladder inserts, which describe the interaction of electrons with these fluctuations, are summed, and obtained equations are self-consistently solved for the ranges of Hubbard repulsions $2t\leq U\leq 10t$, temperatures $0.2t\lesssim T\lesssim t$ and electron concentrations $0.7\lesssim\bar{n}\leq1$ with $t$ the intersite hopping constant. For all considered $U$ the system exhibits a transition to the long-range antiferromagnetic order at $T_{\rm AF}\approx 0.2t$. At the same time no indication of charge ordering is observed. Obtained solutions agree satisfactorily with results of other approaches and obey moments sum rules. In the considered region of the $U$-$T$ plane, the curve separating metallic solutions passes from $U\approx6t$ at the highest temperatures to $U=2t$ at $T\approx T_{\rm AF}$ for half-filling. If only short-range fluctuations are allowed for the remaining part of this region is occupied by insulating solutions. Taking into account long-range fluctuations leads to strengthening of maxima tails, which transform a part of insulating solutions into bad-metal states. For low $T$, obtained results allow us to trace the gradual transition from the regime of strong correlations with the pronounced four-band structure and well-defined Mott gap for $U\gtrsim6t$ to the Slater regime of weak correlations with the spectral intensity having a dip along the boundary of the magnetic Brillouin zone due to an antiferromagnetic ordering for $U\lesssim3t$. For $T\approx T_{\rm AF}$ and $U\gtrsim 7t$ doping leads to the occurrence of a pseudogap near the Fermi level, which is a consequence of the splitting out of a narrow band from a Hubbard subband.