English

Susy atomic model

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present the simplest model to which one can apply the supersymmetric Hubbard operators recently introduced. For the atomic model, H=EdX00H=-E_d X_{00}, where X00=0><0X_{00} = |0><0| is a Hubbard operator and EdE_d is the energy of the localized spin level, we show how one can develop exact solutions for the entropy and heat capacity as a function of temperature. With this gold standard we are able to develop a controlled approximation scheme to field theoretically treat the susy approximation at the level of mean field + gaussian corrections and test its accuracy against the widely used slave boson and slave fermion approximations. We find that in addition to slave boson and slave fermion solutions, a new class of solutions exists in the physical case Q = 1, N = 2 which can be properly treated by neither previously existing approach. The phase diagram generated by the mean field saddle-point bears a superficial resemblance to the V-shaped phase diagram common to systems close to a quantum critical point and may provide a natural starting point for investigations of strongly correlated models capturing this physics.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0207111,
  title  = {Susy atomic model},
  author = {J. Hopkinson and P. Coleman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0207111},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure, To be presented at the Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Conference, Krakow 2002