Quantum phase transitions and collapse of the Mott gap in the $d=1+\epsilon$ dimensional half-filled Hubbard model

TL;DR

This paper investigates how quantum phase transitions and the collapse of the Mott gap occur in a half-filled Hubbard model in dimensions slightly above one, revealing a transition at finite Coulomb repulsion using renormalization-group analysis.

Contribution

It introduces a novel RG analysis for the Hubbard model in $d=1+ ext{epsilon}$ dimensions, showing a finite-U quantum phase transition and incorporating effects of randomness.

Findings

Quantum phase transition from metal to Mott insulator at finite U for $ ext{epsilon}>0$

Infrared singularity smearing in particle-hole loops for $ ext{epsilon}>0$

Effects of randomness on the phase transition discussed

Abstract

We study the low-energy asymptotics of the half-filled Hubbard model with a circular Fermi surface in $d=1+\epsilon$ continuous dimensions, based on the one-loop renormalization-group (RG) method. Peculiarity of the $d=1+\epsilon$ dimensions is incorporated through the mathematica structure of the elementary particle-partcile (PP) and particle-hole (PH) loops: infrared logarithmic singularity of the PH loop is smeared for $\epsilon>0$. The RG flows indicate that a quantum phase transition (QPT) from a metallic phase to the Mott insulator phase occurs at a finite on-site Coulomb repulsion $U$ for $\epsilon>0$. We also discuss effects of randomness.