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Faithfully simulating the dynamics of open quantum systems requires efficiently addressing the challenge of an infinite Hilbert space. Inspired by the shifted boson operator technique used in ground-state studies of the spin-boson model…
The half filled Hubbard model is studied in the pair approximation of the Cluster Variation Method. The use of the $SO(4)$ symmetry of the model makes possible to give a complete analytical characterization of the ground state, by means of…
We study the ground state phase diagram of the extended Hubbard model in a half-filled 5/7 skewed ladder, which is topologically equivalent to a \{112\} grain boundary in graphene and related systems. Using the mean-field method, we…
Rydberg tweezer arrays provide a platform for realizing spin-1/2 Hamiltonians with long-range tunneling that decays as a power law with distance. We numerically investigate the effects of positional disorder and dimerization on the…
We reanalyze the Hubbard-I approximation by showing that it is equivalent to an effective Hamiltonian describing Fermionic charge fluctuations, which can be solved by Bogoliubov transformation. As the most important correction in the limit…
Paramagnetic solutions of the ionic Hubbard model at half-filling in dimensions $D>2$ indicate that the band and the Mott insulator phases are separated by a metallic phase. We present zero-temperature dynamical mean-field theory solutions,…
Strong correlation effects, which are often associated to the approach to a Mott insulating state, in some cases may be observed even far from half-filling. This typically happens whenever the inter-site Coulomb repulsion induces a tendency…
We study the doping evolution of spin excitations in a 1D Hubbard model and its downfolded spin Hamiltonians, by using exact diagonalization combined with cluster perturbation theory. In all models, we observe hardening (softening) of spin…
The spin-1/2 Heisenberg model is formulated in terms of a mean-field approximation (MFA) by using the matrix forms of spin operators $\hat{S}_x,\hat{S}_y$ and $\hat{S}_z$ in three-dimensions. The considered Hamiltonian consists of bilinear…
Nonlinear response of a Mott insulator to external electric field, corresponding to dielectric breakdown phenomenon, is studied within of a one-dimensional half-filled Hubbard model. It is shown that in the limit of nearly spin polarized…
Motivated by recent advances in fabricating artificial lattices in semiconductors and their promise for quantum simulation of topological materials, we study the one-dimensional dimerized Fermi-Hubbard model. We show how the topological…
In our earlier work [M. Hafez, {\em et al.}, Phys. Lett. A {\bf 373} (2009) 4479] we employed the flow equation method to obtain a classic effective model from a quantum mechanical parent Hamiltonian called, the ionic Hubbard model (IHM).…
We derive a "Wannier-Hubbard" model consisting of an array of overlapping atomic orbitals interacting via a local Coulomb interaction. Transforming to an orthogonal Wannier basis set, the resulting Hamiltonian displays long range hopping…
We study the thermodynamics of the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model at half-filling using a density-matrix renormalization group method applied to transfer matrices. We show that the various phase transitions in this system can be…
We describe a new microscopic approach for analyzing interacting electron systems with local moments or, in principle, any local order parameter. We specialize attention to the doped Mott insulator phase of the Hubbard model, where standard…
Close to half filling and in the limit of strong interactions the Hubbard model leads a spin Hamiltonian. In its original isotropic form this is the Heisenberg model with antiferromagnetic coupling $J$. On a square lattice there is no…
The mean field type approach based on the self-consistent consideration of an effective field created by electron transfer is developed for a description of thermodynamics of the Hubbard type models with an infinitely large on-site…
The widespread use of the noninteracting ground state as the initial state for the digital quantum simulation of the Fermi-Hubbard model is largely due to the scarcity of alternative easy-to-prepare approximations to the exact ground state…
The Heisenberg antiferromagnet, which arises from the large $U$ Hubbard model, is investigated on the $C_{60}$ molecule and other fullerenes. The connectivity of $C_{60}$ leads to an exotic classical ground state with nontrivial topology.…
The two-dimensional extended Hubbard model that includes a nearest- neighbor Heisenberg interaction is studied using a mean-field theory where quasiparticles are defined by an U(8) group of canonical transformations. The theory is a…