Renormalization Group Approach to the One–Dimensional 1/4–Filled Hubbard Model with Alternating on–Site Interactions

Abstract

The one-dimensional Hubbard model with different on-site interactions is investigated by renormalization group technique. In the case of a 1/4-filled band the dynamical nonequivalence of sites leads to the appearance of Umklapp processes in the system, and to the dynamical generation of a gap in the charge excitation spectrum for Ua≠Ub, Ua>0 or Ub>0. The ground-state phase diagram is obtained in the limit of second order renormalization. Depending on the sign and relative values of the bare coupling constants, there is a gap in the spin or charge excitation spectrum, and the model system tends to superconducting or antiferromagnetic order at T=0, with doubled period. The role of interaction between particles on nearest and next-nearest neighbor sites is also considered.