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Phase transitions and spectral properties of the ionic Hubbard model in one dimension

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2011-11-07 v1

Abstract

The ionic Hubbard model is investigated at half filling at zero temperature. We apply the cellular dynamical mean-field theory to the one-dimensional ionic Hubbard model to compute local quantities such as double occupancy and staggered charge density. Both quantities provide general transition behavior of the model from a band insulating phase to a Mott insulating phase. The renormalized band gap is introduced as an efficient order parameter for the transition from a band insulator. We also present the spectral properties of the ionic Hubbard model, which exhibit characteristic features for both weak and strong interactions.

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@article{arxiv.1111.1119,
  title  = {Phase transitions and spectral properties of the ionic Hubbard model in one dimension},
  author = {Ara Go and Gun Sang Jeon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.1119},
  year   = {2011}
}

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8 pages, 8 figures