Costa Natanael C, Seki Kazuhiro, Sorella Sandro
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Cx.P. 68.528, 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil.
Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Mar 12;126(10):107205. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.107205.
Despite being relevant to better understand the properties of honeycomblike systems, as graphene-based compounds, the electron-phonon interaction is commonly disregarded in theoretical approaches. That is, the effects of phonon fields on interacting Dirac electrons is an open issue, in particular when investigating long-range ordering. Thus, here we perform unbiased quantum Monte Carlo simulations to examine the Hubbard-Holstein model (HHM) in the half-filled honeycomb lattice. By performing careful finite-size scaling analysis, we identify semimetal-to-insulator quantum critical points, and determine the behavior of the antiferromagnetic and charge-density wave phase transitions. We have, therefore, established the ground state phase diagram of the HHM for intermediate interaction strength, determining its behavior for different phonon frequencies. Our findings provide quantitative and qualitative descriptions of the model at intermediate coupling strengths, and may shed light on the emergence of many-body properties in honeycomblike systems.
尽管电子 - 声子相互作用对于更好地理解类蜂窝系统(如基于石墨烯的化合物)的性质至关重要,但在理论方法中通常被忽略。也就是说,声子场对相互作用的狄拉克电子的影响是一个尚未解决的问题,特别是在研究长程有序时。因此,在这里我们进行无偏量子蒙特卡罗模拟,以研究半填充蜂窝晶格中的哈伯德 - 霍尔斯坦模型(HHM)。通过进行仔细的有限尺寸标度分析,我们确定了半金属到绝缘体的量子临界点,并确定了反铁磁和电荷密度波相变的行为。因此,我们建立了中间相互作用强度下HHM的基态相图,确定了其在不同声子频率下的行为。我们的研究结果提供了中间耦合强度下该模型的定量和定性描述,并可能为类蜂窝系统中多体性质的出现提供线索。