Interaction-Driven Ferrimagnetic Stripes in the Extended Hubbard Model
Abstract
Long-range interactions can qualitatively reorganize correlated-electron ground states. In the square-lattice Hubbard model, on-site repulsion produces antiferromagnetic spin and charge stripes upon doping. We show that including a nearest-neighbor repulsion can dramatically alter this behavior. Using auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo and density matrix renormalization group methods, we find that, above a critical ratio (), the system develops a modulated ferrimagnetic order intertwined with checkerboard charge-density-wave. Inside the ferrimagnetic domains, spin density alternates between positive (or negative) and nearly zero values. When the total spin is fixed to zero, positive and negative domains alternate in space; when spins are unconstrained, a ferrimagnetic state emerges with finite magnetization. Including a next-nearest-neighbor hopping changes the modulation wavelength but leaves the order robust. Our results demonstrate that even short-range nonlocal interactions can stabilize qualitatively new magnetic textures, with implications for cuprate materials and programmable quantum simulators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.12309,
title = {Interaction-Driven Ferrimagnetic Stripes in the Extended Hubbard Model},
author = {Chunhan Feng and Miguel A. Morales and Shiwei Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.12309},
year = {2026}
}