Absence of superconductivity in the two-dimensional Hubbard model

TL;DR

This study uses the ladder approximation of the strong coupling diagram technique to investigate the potential for superconductivity in the two-dimensional Hubbard model, finding no evidence of a transition in the strong-coupling regime.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis showing the absence of superconductivity in the 2D Hubbard model at strong coupling using Eliashberg equations and the ladder approximation.

Findings

Eigenvalues of the Eliashberg equation remain below unity.

No upward trend in eigenvalues with decreasing temperature.

Superconductivity is absent in the considered regime.

Abstract

The possibility of the superconducting transition in the two-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model is studied using the ladder approximation of the strong coupling diagram technique. The $t$-$U$ and $t$-$t'$-$t''$-$U$ models are considered in the regime of strong correlations, for the on-site Coulomb repulsion $U=8t$, in the range of temperatures $0.02t\lesssim T\lesssim 0.3t$. To avoid the influence of the phase separation and size effects the calculations are performed in an infinite crystal, in the part of the phase diagram without inhomogeneities, for the electron concentration $\bar{n} =0.92$. Solutions of the Eliashberg equation for singlet and triplet pairing, which are transformed according to one-dimensional representations of the lattice point group $D_4$, are considered. For both models and all considered symmetries, eigenvalues of the Eliashberg equation are less than unity and demonstrate no upward trend with decreasing temperature. This result points to the absence of superconductivity in the Hubbard model in the strong-coupling regime. We discuss the reason for the small eigenvalue of the Eliashberg equation in the case of the singlet $d_{x^2-y^2}$ pairing.