Persistent current and Drude weight for the one-dimensional Hubbard model from current lattice density functional theory
Abstract
The Bethe-Ansatz local density approximation (LDA) to lattice density functional theory (LDFT) for the one-dimensional repulsive Hubbard model is extended to current-LDFT (CLDFT). The transport properties of mesoscopic Hubbard rings threaded by a magnetic flux are then systematically investigated by this scheme. In particular we present calculations of ground state energies, persistent currents and Drude weights for both a repulsive homogeneous and a single impurity Hubbard model. Our results for the ground state energies in the metallic phase compares favorably well with those obtained with numerically accurate many-body techniques. Also the dependence of the persistent currents on the Coulomb and the impurity interaction strength, and on the ring size are all well captured by LDA-CLDFT. Our study demonstrates that CLDFT is a powerful tool for studying one-dimensional correlated electron systems with high accuracy and low computational costs.
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@article{arxiv.1012.5908,
title = {Persistent current and Drude weight for the one-dimensional Hubbard model from current lattice density functional theory},
author = {A. Akande and S. Sanvito},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.5908},
year = {2010}
}