We introduce an efficient way to improve the accuracy of projected wave functions, widely used to study the two-dimensional Hubbard model. Taking the clue from the backflow contribution, whose relevance has been emphasized for various interacting systems on the continuum, we consider many-body correlations to construct a suitable approximation for the ground state at intermediate and strong couplings. In particular, we study the phase diagram of the frustrated t-t(') Hubbard model on the square lattice and show that, thanks to backflow correlations, an insulating and nonmagnetic phase can be stabilized at strong coupling and sufficiently large frustrating ratio t(')/t.

Role of backflow correlations for the nonmagnetic phase of the t-t' Hubbard model

Becca, Federico;
2008-01-01

Abstract

We introduce an efficient way to improve the accuracy of projected wave functions, widely used to study the two-dimensional Hubbard model. Taking the clue from the backflow contribution, whose relevance has been emphasized for various interacting systems on the continuum, we consider many-body correlations to construct a suitable approximation for the ground state at intermediate and strong couplings. In particular, we study the phase diagram of the frustrated t-t(') Hubbard model on the square lattice and show that, thanks to backflow correlations, an insulating and nonmagnetic phase can be stabilized at strong coupling and sufficiently large frustrating ratio t(')/t.
2008
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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.041101
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