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Numerical Studies of the two-leg Hubbard ladder
The Hubbard model on a two-leg ladder structure has been studied by a
combination of series expansions at T=0 and the density-matrix renormalization
group. We report results for the ground state energy and spin-gap
at half-filling, as well as dispersion curves for one and two-hole
excitations. For small both and show a dramatic drop near
, which becomes more gradual for larger . This
represents a crossover from a "band insulator" phase to a strongly correlated
spin liquid. The lowest-lying two-hole state rapidly becomes strongly bound as
increases, indicating the possibility that phase separation may
occur. The various features are collected in a "phase diagram" for the model.Comment: 10 figures, revte
The J1-J2 model: First order phase transition versus deconfinement of spinons
We revisit the phase transition from the N\'eel ordered to a valence bond
solid (VBS) state in the two-dimensional antiferromagnetic Heisenberg
model. In the first part we address the question whether or not this transition
could be an example of a second order phase transition due to a deconfinement
of spinons. We give arguments based on series expansion and spin-wave theory
that this is not the case and the transition is most likely first order. The
method proposed here to detect first order phase transitions seems to be very
sensitive and might be useful in other models as well. In the second part we
analyze possible VBS patterns in the magnetically disordered phase based on
numerical data for different susceptibilities, obtained in the ordered phase,
which test the breaking of lattice symmetries. We conclude that a columnar
dimerization pattern is the most likely candidate.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, small changes, references adde
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