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A complete devil's staircase in the Falicov-Kimball model

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We consider the neutral, one-dimensional Falicov-Kimball model at zero temperature in the limit of a large electron--ion attractive potential, U. By calculating the general n-ion interaction terms to leading order in 1/U we argue that the ground-state of the model exhibits the behavior of a complete devil's staircase.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9612137,
  title  = {A complete devil's staircase in the Falicov-Kimball model},
  author = {C. Micheletti and A. B. Harris and J. M. Yeomans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9612137},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, RevTeX, 3 Postscript figures

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