2D Falicov-Kimball Model in the Perturbative Regime at Finite Temperatures

Abstract

Finite-temperature properties of the Falicov–Kimball model in two approximations were studied in the perturbative regime, i.e. for t/U ? 1, where t = 1 is the hopping constant and U = 10 denotes the Coulomb interaction strength. In our study, we determined the phase diagram of the model in the second order of the perturbation theory, where it reduces to the antiferromagnetic Ising model in the emergent magnetic field. In the fourth order, where our model constitutes the Ising model with more complicated frustrated antiferromagnetic interactions, the phase diagram was established. The Monte Carlo method was employed to investigate the phase transition lines. The existence of stripe ordering at finite temperatures is proved.