Numerical observation of $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ Nagaoka ferromagnetism
Abstract
We provide numerical evidence of the Nagaoka's theorem in the Fermi-Hubbard model on various cluster geometries, such as the square, the honeycomb and the triangular lattices. In particular, by diagonalizing several finite-size clusters, we show that for one hole away from filling , the itinerant ferromagnetism arises for (the positive on-site interaction) larger than (the value at the transition), which strongly depends on the coordination number and on , the number of degenerate orbitals, that we vary from to in our simulations. We prove that is a non decreasing function of . In addition, we find that the lattice dependency is rooted in the kinetic energy of the hole. We find that large coordination numbers lower the value of . Complementary, we explore the effect of long-range hopping on the appearance of itinerant ferromagnetism and demonstrate that it acts as an increased coordination number, protecting the ferromagnetic phase at small . Finally, both the effects of the presence of some additional holes and of the finite size of the clusters are briefly discussed.
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@article{arxiv.2403.11588,
title = {Numerical observation of $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ Nagaoka ferromagnetism},
author = {Thomas Botzung and Pierre Nataf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.11588},
year = {2024}
}
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14 pages, 9 figures