Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations

Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations is investigated. The correlation functions, the mean values of pseudospin and particle number, as well as the thermodynamic potential are calculated. The calculation is performed by a diagrammatic method in the mean field approxim...

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spelling irk-123456789-1199132017-06-11T03:03:46Z Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations Stasyuk, I.V. Shvaika, A.M. Tabunshchyk, K.V. Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations is investigated. The correlation functions, the mean values of pseudospin and particle number, as well as the thermodynamic potential are calculated. The calculation is performed by a diagrammatic method in the mean field approximation. Single-particle Green functions are taken in the Hubbard-I approximation. The numerical research shows that an interaction between the electron and pseudospin subsystems leads in the µ = const regime to the possibility of the first order phase transition at the temperature change with the jump of the pseudospin mean value 〈Sz〉 and reconstruction of the electron spectrum. In the regime n = const, an instability with respect to phase separation in the electron subsystem can take place for certain values of the model parameters. В роботі досліджується термодинаміка псевдоспін-електронної моделі при відсутності кореляцій. Розраховані часові кореляційні функції, середні значення операторів псевдоспіну і кількості частинок та термодинамічний потенціал. Разрахунок проведений діаграмним методом у наближенні середнього поля. Одночастинкові функції Гріна взяті у наближенні Хаббард-I. Чисельне дослідження демонструє, що взаємодія електронів з псевдоспінами в режимі µ = const приводить до можливості фазового переходу першого роду при зміні температури із стрибком середнього значення псевдоспіна〈Sz〉 і перебудовою електронного спектру. В режимі n = const при певних значеннях параметрів має місце нестабільність щодо фазового розшарування в електронній підситемі. 1999 Article Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations / I.V. Stasyuk, A.M. Shvaika, K.V. Tabunshchyk // Condensed Matter Physics. — 1999. — Т. 2, № 1(17). — С. 109-132. — Бібліогр.: 18 назв. — англ. 1607-324X DOI:10.5488/CMP.2.1.109 PACS: 71.10.Fd, 71.38.+i, 77.80.Bh, 63.20.Ry http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/119913 en Condensed Matter Physics Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України
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description Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations is investigated. The correlation functions, the mean values of pseudospin and particle number, as well as the thermodynamic potential are calculated. The calculation is performed by a diagrammatic method in the mean field approximation. Single-particle Green functions are taken in the Hubbard-I approximation. The numerical research shows that an interaction between the electron and pseudospin subsystems leads in the µ = const regime to the possibility of the first order phase transition at the temperature change with the jump of the pseudospin mean value 〈Sz〉 and reconstruction of the electron spectrum. In the regime n = const, an instability with respect to phase separation in the electron subsystem can take place for certain values of the model parameters.
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fulltext Condensed Matter Physics, 1999, Vol. 2, No. 1(17), p. 109–132 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin- electron model without correlations I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii Str., 290011 Lviv, Ukraine Received February 1, 1999 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations is investigated. The correlation functions, the mean values of pseudospin and particle number, as well as the thermodynamic potential are calculated. The calculation is performed by a diagrammatic method in the mean field approximation. Single-particle Green functions are taken in the Hubbard-I approximation. The numerical research shows that an interaction between the electron and pseudospin subsystems leads in the µ = const regime to the possibility of the first order phase transition at the temperature change with the jump of the pseudospin mean value 〈Sz〉 and reconstruction of the electron spectrum. In the regime n = const, an instability with respect to phase separation in the electron subsystem can take place for certain values of the model parameters. Key words: pseudospin-electron model, local anharmonism, Hubbard-I approximation, phase separation, phase transition PACS: 71.10.Fd, 71.38.+i, 77.80.Bh, 63.20.Ry 1. Introduction The model considering an interaction of electrons with a local anharmonic mode of lattice vibrations has been used in the recent years in the theory of high-tempe- rature superconducting crystals. Particularly, such a property is characteristic of the vibrations of the so-called apex oxygen ions OIV along the c-axis direction of the layered compounds of the YBa2Cu3O7-type structure [1–3]. An important role of the apex oxygen and its anharmonic vibrations in the phase transition into the superconducting state has already been mentioned [4,5] and a possible connection between the superconductivity and lattice instability of the ferroelectric type in high-Tc superconducting compounds has been discussed [6,7]. In the case of a local double-well potential, the vibrational degrees of freedom can be presented by pseudospin variables. The Hamiltonian of the derived in this way pseudospin- c© I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk 109 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk electron model has the following form [8]: H = ∑ i Hi + ∑ ijσ tijb + iσbjσ, (1.1) and includes, besides the terms describing electron transfer (∼ tij), the electron correlation (U-term), interaction with the anharmonic mode (g-term), the energy of the tunnelling splitting (Ω-term) and the energy of the anharmonic potential asymmetry (h-term) in the single-site part Hi = Uni↑ni↓ + E0(ni↑ + ni↓) + g(ni↑ + ni↓)S z i − ΩSx i − hSz i . (1.2) Here, E0 gives the origin for energies of the electron states at the lattice site (E0 = −µ). In this paper, our aim is to obtain expressions for the correlation functions which determine dielectric susceptibility and the mean values of pseudospin and particle number operators, as well as the thermodynamic potential in the case of Ω = 0 and the absence of the Hubbard correlation U = 0. We perform the numerical calculations and investigate the mean values of pseu- dospin and particle number operators with the change of asymmetry parameter h (T=const) or temperature T (h=const) for the cases of a fixed chemical potential value (regime µ=const) and a constant mean particle number (regime n=const). An analysis of the thermodynamic properties of the pseudospin-electron model in the case of absence of the electron correlation is also made. 2. Hamiltonian and initial relations We shall write the Hamiltonian of the model and the operators which corre- spond to physical quantities in the second quantized form using operators of the electron creation (annihilation) at a site with a certain pseudospin orientation aσi = bσi( 1 2 + Sz i ), a+σi = b+σi( 1 2 + Sz i ), ãσi = bσi( 1 2 − Sz i ), ã+σi = b+σi( 1 2 − Sz i ). (2.1) Then, we obtain the following expression for the initial Hamiltonian: H = ∑ i {ε(ni↑ + ni↓) + ε̃(ñi↑ + ñi↓)− hSz i } = H0 +Hint (2.2) + ∑ ijσ tij(a + iσajσ + a+iσãjσ + ã+iσajσ + ã+iσãjσ), (2.3) where ε = E0 + g/2, ε̃ = E0 − g/2 (2.4) 110 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations are energies of the single-site states; H0 is a single-site (diagonal) term, Hint is a hopping term. The introduced operators satisfy the following commutation rules: {ã+iσ, ãjσ′} = δijδσσ′( 1 2 − Sz i ), {ã+iσ, ajσ′} = 0, {a+iσ, ajσ′} = δijδσσ′( 1 2 + Sz i ), {a+iσ, ãjσ′} = 0. (2.5) In order to calculate the pseudospin mean values we shall use the standard repre- sentation of the statistical operator in the form e−βH = e−βH0 σ̂(β), (2.6) σ̂(β) = Tτ exp    − β ∫ 0 Hint(τ)dτ    , (2.7) which gives the following expressions for 〈Sz l 〉: 〈Sz l 〉 = 1 〈σ̂(β)〉0 〈Sz l σ̂(β)〉0 = 〈Sz l σ̂(β)〉 c 0. (2.8) Here, the operators are given in the interaction representation A(τ) = eτH0Ae−τH0 , (2.9) the averaging 〈. . .〉0 is performed over statistical distribution with the Hamiltonian H0, and the symbol 〈. . .〉c0 denotes separation of connected diagrams. 3. Perturbation theory for pseudospin mean values and a dia- gram technique Expansion of the exponent in (2.7) in powers of Hint (2.2) leads, after substi- tution in equation (2.8), to an expression that has the form of the sum of infinite series with terms containing the averages of the T -products of the electron creation (annihilation) operators (2.1). The evaluation of such averages can be made using the Wick theorem. In our case this theorem has some differences from the standard formulation. Namely, each pairing of operators (2.1) contains operator factors, i.e. ✛ ai(τ ′)a+o (τ)= ğ(τ ′ − τ)δioP + i , ✛ ãi(τ ′)ã+o (τ)= g̃(τ ′ − τ)δioP − i , (3.1) ✲ a+o (τ)ai(τ ′)= −ğ(τ ′ − τ)δioP + i , ✲ ã+o (τ)ãi(τ ′)= −g̃(τ ′ − τ)δioP − i . Finally, this gives the possibility to express the result in terms of the products of nonperturbed Green functions ğio(τ − τ ′) = 〈Tτai(τ)a + o (τ ′)〉0 〈{aia+o }〉0 = eε(τ ′−τ)δoi { (1 + e−βε)−1 , τ > τ ′ , −(1 + eβε)−1 , τ ′ > τ , (3.2) 111 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk g̃io(τ − τ ′) = 〈Tτ ãi(τ)ã + o (τ ′)〉0 〈{ãiã+o }〉0 = eε̃(τ ′−τ)δoi { (1 + e−βε̃)−1 , τ > τ ′ , −(1 + eβε̃)−1 , τ ′ > τ , g̃io(τ − τ ′) = g̃(τ − τ ′)δio, ğio(τ − τ ′) = ğ(τ − τ ′)δio, and averages of a certain number of the projection operators P+ i = 1 2 + Sz i , P− i = 1 2 − Sz i . (3.3) Let us demonstrate this procedure for one of the terms which appear in the fourth order of the perturbation theory for 〈Sz l 〉: β ∫ 0 dτ1 β ∫ 0 dτ2 β ∫ 0 dτ3 β ∫ 0 dτ4 ∑ iji1j1 ∑ i2j2i3j3 tijti1j1ti2j2ti3j3 (3.4) ×〈TτS z l a + i (τ1)aj(τ1)ã + i1 (τ2)aj1(τ2)a + i2 (τ3)ãj2(τ3)a + i3 (τ4)aj3(τ4)〉0. The stepwise pairing of a certain operator with the other ones gives the possi- bility to reduce expression (3.4) to the sum of the averages of a smaller number of operators 〈TτS z l a + i (τ1)aj(τ1)ã + i1 (τ2)aj1(τ2)a + i2 (τ3)ãj2(τ3)a + i3 (τ4)aj3(τ4)〉0 = 〈TτS z l ✲ a+i (τ1)aj(τ1)ã + i1 (τ2)aj1(τ2)a + i2 (τ3)ãj2(τ3)a + i3 (τ4)aj3(τ4) 〉0 +〈TτS z l ✲ a+i (τ1)aj(τ1)ã + i1 (τ2)aj1(τ2) a + i2 (τ3)ãj2(τ3)a + i3 (τ4)aj3(τ4)〉0 = −ğij3(τ1 − τ4)〈TτS z l P + j3 aj(τ1)ã + i1 (τ2)aj1(τ2)a + i2 (τ3)ãj2(τ3)a + i3 (τ4)〉0 (3.5) − ğij1(τ1 − τ2)〈TτS z l P + j1 aj(τ1)ã + i1 (τ2)a + i2 (τ3)ãj2(τ3)a + i3 (τ4)aj2(τ3)〉0. The successive application of the pairing procedure for (3.5) leads, finally, to −ğij1(τ1−τ2)g̃i1j2(τ2−τ3)ği3j(τ4−τ1)ği2j1(τ3−τ2)〈TτS z l P + j P+ j1 P− j2 P+ j3 〉0 −ğij3(τ1−τ4)g̃i1j2(τ2−τ3)ği2j(τ3−τ1)ği3j1(τ4−τ2)〈TτS z l P + j P+ j1 P− j2 P+ j3 〉0 (3.6) +ğij3(τ1−τ4)g̃i1j2(τ2−τ3)ği2j1(τ3−τ2)ği3j(τ4−τ1)〈TτS z l P + j P+ j1 P− j2 P+ j3 〉0. We introduce the diagrammatic notations − Sz l ; 1 1′ − t11′ ; 1 1′ − (ğ11′P + 1 + g̃11′P − 1 ) and diagrams ; 2× 112 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations which correspond to expression (3.6). Expansion of (3.6) in semi-invariants leads to multiplication of diagrams (semi- invariants are represented by ovals surrounding the corresponding vertices with diagonal operators and contain the δ-symbol on site indexes). For example, 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 6. ; ; ; ; ; . We shall omit diagrams of types 2, 3, 5, i.e. the types including semi-invariants of a higher than the first order in the loop (this means that chain fragments form single- electron Green functions in the Hubbard-I approximation) and also connection of two loops by more than one semi-invariant (this approximation means that a self- consistent field is taken into account in the zero approximation). Let us proceed to the momentum-frequency representation in the expressions for the Green functions determined on a finite interval 0<τ<β when they can be expanded in the Fourier series with discrete frequencies ğ(τ) = 1 β ∑ n eiωnτ ğ(ωn), g̃(τ) = 1 β ∑ n eiωnτ g̃(ωn), (3.7) ğ(ωn) = − 1 iωn − ε , g̃(ωn) = − 1 iωn − ε̃ , ωn = 2n+ 1 β π. The characteristic feature of the already presented diagrams and the diagrams corresponding to other orders of the perturbation theory is the presence of chain fragments. The simplest series of chain diagrams is + ++= . . . , (3.8) where = g(ωn) = 〈P+〉 iωn − ε + 〈P−〉 iωn − ε̃ (3.9) and corresponds to the Hubbard-I approximation for a single-electron Green func- tion. The expression = Gk(ωn) = 1 g−1(ωn)− tk (3.10) 113 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk in the momentum-frequency representation corresponds to the sum of graphs (3.8). The poles of function Gk(ωn) determine the spectrum of the single-electron exci- tations εI,II(tk) = 1 2 (2E0 + tk)± 1 2 √ g2 + 4tk〈Sz〉g + t2k . (3.11) Behaviour of the electron bands as a function of the coupling constant is pre- sented in figure 1. One can see that there always exists a gap in the spectrum. The widths of subbands depends on the mean value of the pseudospin and in the case of strong coupling (g ≫ W ) the subbands’ halfwidth is equal to W (1 2 ± 〈Sz〉) (W is the halfwidth of the initial electron band). 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 εε g Figure 1. Electron bands boundaries (W = 0.4, 〈Sz〉 = 0.2). Let us now return to the problem of summation of the diagram series for the mean value 〈Sz l 〉 taking into account the above mentioned arguments. The diagram series has the form 〈Sz l 〉 = = - + _1 2! - - _1 3! + ... . (3.12) The analytical expressions for the loop has the following form = 2 N ∑ n,k t2k g−1(ωn)− tk ( P+ i iωn − ε + P− i iωn − ε̃ ) = β(α1P + i + α2P − i ), (3.13) 114 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations where we used the notations α1 = 2 Nβ ∑ n,k t2k (g−1(ωn)− tk) 1 (iωn − ε) , α2 = 2 Nβ ∑ n,k t2k (g−1(ωn)− tk) 1 (iωn − ε̃) . Using decomposition into simple fractions and summation over frequency we obtain α1= 2 N ∑ k tk [ A1n(εI(tk))+B1n(εII(tk)) ] , α2= 2 N ∑ k tk [ A2n(εI(tk))+B2n(εII(tk)) ] , where A1 = εI(tk)− ε̃ εI(tk)− εII(tk) , B1 = εII(tk)− ε̃ εII(tk)− εI(tk) , A2 = εI(tk)− ε εI(tk)− εII(tk) , B2 = εII(tk)− ε εII(tk)− εI(tk) , and n(ε) = 1 1 + eβε is a Fermi distribution. The equation for 〈Sz l 〉 can be presented in the form 〈Sz l 〉 = 〈Sz l 〉0 − 〈Sz l β(α1P + l + α2P − l )〉c0 + 1 2! 〈Sz l β 2(α1P + l + α2P − l )2〉c0 − . . . = 〈Sz l e −β(α1P + l +α2P − l )〉c0. (3.14) Let us introduce HMF = ∑ i HMF i , where HMF i = Hi 0 + α1P + i + α2P − i . Then, the analytical equation for 〈Sz l 〉 can be expressed in the form 〈Sz l 〉 = 〈Sz l 〉MF = Sp(Sz l e −βHMF) Sp(e−βHMF) = 1 2 tanh { β 2 (h+ α2 − α1) + ln 1 + e−βε 1 + e−βε̃ } . (3.15) The difference α2 − α1 corresponds to an internal effective self-consistent field acting on the pseudospin α2 − α1 = 2 N ∑ k tk ε− ε̃ εI(tk)− εII(tk) [ n(εII(tk))− n(εI(tk)) ] . (3.16) 115 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk 4. The mean value of the particle number The diagram series for the mean value 〈ni〉 (using the perturbation theory, the Wick theorem and expansion in semi-invariants) can be presented in the form 〈ni〉 = = - + _1 2! - ,Σ++ ... α α α - _1 3! . (4.1) where α = 〈P α〉 iωn − εα , α = 1 iωn − εα , = n̂i, P α = (P+;P−), εα = (ε; ε̃) and the last term appears due to the pairing of the electron creation (annihilation) operators with the operator of the particle number. An analytical expression for (4.1) can be obtained starting from formulae (3.9), (3.10): 〈ni〉 = 〈ni〉MF + 2 Nβ ∑ n,k,α t2k (g−1(ωn)− tk) 〈P α〉 (iωn − εα)2 . (4.2) Using decomposition into simple fractions and summation over frequency we can present the mean value 〈ni〉 in the form: 〈ni〉 = 2 N ∑ k [ n(εI(tk)) + n(εII(tk)) ] − 2〈P+〉n(ε̃)− 2〈P−〉n(ε). (4.3) 5. Thermodynamic potential In order to calculate the thermodynamic potential let us introduce parameter λ ∈ [0, 1] in the initial Hamiltonian Hλ = H0 + λHint, (5.1) such that H → H0 for λ = 0 and H → H0 +Hint for λ = 1. Hence, Zλ = Sp(e−βHλ) = Sp(e−βH0σ̂λ(β)) = Z0〈σ̂λ(β)〉0, where σ̂λ(β) = Tτ exp    −λ β ∫ 0 Hint(τ)dτ    , 116 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations and Ωλ = − 1 β lnZ0 − 1 β ln〈σ̂λ(β)〉0, (5.2) ∆Ωλ = Ωλ − Ω0 = − 1 β ln〈σ̂λ(β)〉0. Here Ω0 is a thermodynamic potential calculated with the single-site (diagonal) part of the initial Hamiltonian. Therefore, ∆Ω = 1 ∫ 0 dλ ( dΩλ dλ ) . (5.3) For value dΩλ/dλ, we can immediately write the diagram series in the next form: β dΩλ dλ = + + ...+ , (5.4) where tλ , and also -= - + 1 2 _ ! .+ . . .- 1 3 ! _ Expression (5.3) can be presented in the form (using the diagram series (5.4)): ∆Ω = 2 Nβ ∑ n,k 1 ∫ 0 λt2kg 2 λ(ωn) 1 1− λtkgλ(ωn) dλ = − 2 Nβ ∑ n,k ln(1− tkg(ωn))− 2 Nβ ∑ n,k 1 ∫ 0 λtk dgλ(ωn) dλ 1− λtkgλ(ωn) dλ. (5.5) 117 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk The first term in expression (5.5) may be written in a diagram form as + ...1 2 _ 1 4 _+1 3 _+ . (5.6) Series (5.6) describes an electron gas whose energy spectrum is defined by the total pseudospin field. This series is in conformity with the so-called one-loop approximation. The second term in expression (5.5) can be integrated to the following diagram series 1 3!−−12! + − − ... − , (5.7) and appears due to the presence of a pseudospin subsystem. Finally, the diagram series for β∆Ω can be written as a sum of expressions (5.6) and (5.7), and the corresponding analytical expression is the following: ∆Ω = − 2 Nβ ∑ k ln (cosh β 2 εI(tk))(cosh β 2 εII(tk)) (cosh β 2 ε)(cosh β 2 ε̃) − 1 β ln cosh { β 2 (h+ α2 − α1) + ln 1 + e−βε 1 + e−βε̃ } + 1 β ln cosh { β 2 h+ ln 1 + e−βε 1 + e−βε̃ } + 〈Sz〉(α2 − α1). (5.8) Here, decomposition in simple fractions and summation over frequency were done. Then, since the thermodynamic potential is a function of the argument 〈Sz〉, let us check the consistency of approximations made for 〈Sz〉, 〈n〉 and thermodynamic potential Ω. For this purpose let us derive the mean values 〈Sz〉 and 〈n〉 from the expression for the grand thermodynamic potential dΩ d(−µ) = 2 N ∑ k [ n(εI(tk)) + n(εII(tk)) ] − 2〈P+〉n(ε̃)− 2〈P−〉n(ε), dΩ d(−h) = 1 2 tanh { β 2 (h+ α2 − α1) + ln 1 + e−βε 1 + e−βε̃ } . 118 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations We thus obtain dΩ d(−µ) = 〈n〉, dΩ d(−h) = 〈Sz〉. Therefore, the calculation of the mean values of the pseudospin and particle num- ber operators as well as the thermodynamic potential is performed in the same approximation which corresponds to the mean field one. 6. Pseudospin, electron and mixed correlators In this section our aim is to calculate the correlators Kss lm(τ − τ ′) = 〈T S̃z l (τ)S̃ z m(τ ′)〉c, Ksn lm(τ − τ ′) = 〈T S̃z l (τ)ñm(τ ′)〉c, Knn lm (τ − τ ′) = 〈T ñl(τ)ñm(τ ′)〉c, constructed of the operators given in the Heisenberg representation with an imag- inary time argument. Let us present a diagram series for the correlation function (in the momentum- frequency representation) within a self-consistent scheme in the framework of the generalized random phase approximation (GRPA) (which was applied in [9,10] where the magnetic susceptibility of the ordinary Hubbard model and t−J model was considered). In our case (the absence of the Hubbard correlation) this approx- imation is reduced, because the so-called ladder diagrams [11] with antiparallel lines disappear. We would like to remind that we have omitted diagrams including semi-inva- riants of a higher than the first order in the loop and also connection of two loops by more than one semi-invariant. 〈SzSz〉q = = − Σ β α α , β βα , (6.1) where we define α α α=( ), − ++ = = Γα(k, ωn); P α = (P+, P−); α = (0, 1); εα = (ε, ε̃); α α= P = S z .; 119 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk Here, the first term in equation (6.1) takes into account a direct influence of the internal effective self-consistent field on pseudospins and is given by −= + − 1 2!− − + . . .1 3!− . (6.2) Series (6.2) means a second-order semi-invariant renormalized due to the “single- tail” parts, and is thus calculated by HMF. The second term in equation (6.1) describes an interaction between pseudospins which is mediated by electrons (the energy of the electron spectrum is defined by the total pseudospin field). We introduce the shortened notations Π α,β q = β β α α . (6.3) Solution of equation (6.1) can be written in the analytical form 〈SzSz〉q = 1/4− 〈Sz〉2 1 + ∑ α,β (−1)α+β Π α,β q (1 4 − 〈Sz〉2) , (6.4) where Π α,β q = 2 N ∑ n,k tktk+qΓ α(k, ωn)Γ β(k + q, ωn), (6.5) Γα(k, ωn) = 1 (iωn − εα) 1 (1− tkg(ωn)) . (6.6) Decomposition of function Γα(k, ωn) into simple fractions and the subsequent eval- uation of the sum over frequency leads to the next expression: ∑ α,β (−1)α+β Π α,β q = 2β N ∑ k tktk+q(ε− ε̃)2 [εI(tk)− εII(tk)][εI(tk+q)− εII(tk+q)] × { n[εI(tk)]− n[εI(tk+q)] εI(tk)− εI(tk+q) + n[εII(tk)]− n[εII(tk+q)] εII(tk)− εII(tk+q) − n[εI(tk)]− n[εII(tk+q)] εI(tk)− εII(tk+q) − n[εII(tk)]− n[εI(tk+q)] εII(tk)− εI(tk+q) } . (6.7) 120 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations After substitution (6.7) in equation (6.4) we finally obtain an expression for 〈SzSz〉q. This formula for the uniform case (q = 0) can be rewritten as 〈SzSz〉q=0= (1/4− 〈Sz〉2) (6.8) × { 1− ( 4β N ∑ k t2k (ε− ε̃)2 [εI(tk)− εII(tk)]3 {n[εI(tk)]− n[εII(tk)]} + β2 2N ∑ k t2k(ε− ε̃)2 [εI(tk)− εII(tk)]2 { 1 cosh2 βεI(tk) 2 + 1 cosh2 βεII(tk) 2 }) ( 1 4 − 〈Sz〉2) }−1 . Expression (6.8) can be obtained from the derivative d〈Sz〉/d(βh). This means that the mean values of the pseudospin and pseudospin correlators are derived in the same approximation. For a mixed correlator the diagram series has the form 〈Szn〉q = I II + ,. (6.9) where I = = − Σ α α α , β β β , (6.10) II = ΣΣ α , β β α α α α β = + , . .. (6.11) α α α=( ), − ++ = = P αΓα(k, ωn). Solution of equation (6.10) can be written in the analytical form I = 2(n(ε)− n(ε̃))〈SzSz〉q. (6.12) Here we start from formula (6.4) and from the next relation: 〈Szn〉MF − 〈Sz〉〈n〉 1 4 − 〈Sz〉2 = 2(n(ε)− n(ε̃)). (6.13) 121 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk The second term in diagram series (6.9) can be presented as II = 2 N 〈SzSz〉q ∑ k tk(ε− ε̃) εI(tk)− εII(tk) × [ n[εI(tk)]− n[εI(tk+q)] εI(tk)− εI(tk+q) + n[εI(tk)]− n[εII(tk+q)] εI(tk)− εII(tk+q) − n[εII(tk)]− n[εI(tk+q)] εII(tk)− εI(tk+q) − n[εII(tk)]− n[εII(tk+q)] εII(tk)− εII(tk+q) ] . (6.14) Let us introduce the shortened notations for expression (6.14) II = 〈SzSz〉q[⊕]q. (6.15) In this way we obtain 〈Szn〉q = 2 [ n(ε)− n(ε̃) ] 〈SzSz〉q + 〈SzSz〉q[⊕]q. (6.16) From our diagram series we can see: correlators containing the pseudospin variable Sz are different from zero only in a static case. This is due to the fact that operator Sz commutes with the Hamiltonian, being an integral of motion. For an electron correlator our diagram series has the form: 〈nn〉q,ω = + + + I II III IV + + V , . . . . . . (6.17) and only the last term is not equal to zero for non-zero frequencies. Let us consider series (6.17) term by term. The first term in series (6.17) may be written as I = = − Σ α α α , β β β . (6.18) After simple transformation we can obtain the next relation: 〈nn〉MF − 〈n〉2 − 1 2 ( 〈P+〉 cosh2 βε 2 + 〈P−〉 cosh2 βε̃ 2 ) = (〈nSz〉MF − 〈n〉〈Sz〉)2 〈P+〉〈P−〉 . (6.19) This relation makes it possible to write immediately a simple analytical expression for series (6.18) I = { [2(n(ε)− n(ε̃))]2〈SzSz〉q + 1 2 ( 〈P+〉 cosh2 βε 2 + 〈P−〉 cosh2 βε̃ 2 ) } δ(ω). (6.20) 122 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations Analytical expressions for the II-term can be obtained starting from formulae (6.11)–(6.15) II = { 2[n(ε)− n(ε̃)]〈SzSz〉q[⊕]q } δ(ω). (6.21) Using expression (6.16) we can unite (6.21) and (6.20) I + II = { 2(n(ε)− n(ε̃))〈Szn〉q + 1 2 ( 〈P+〉 cosh2 βε 2 + 〈P−〉 cosh2 βε̃ 2 ) } δ(ω). (6.22) The diagram series for the fourth term in (6.17) has the form = Σα α α α α βΣ α , β + .. . . Σα α α + Σ α , β β α β . . and can be written as IV =. .= [⊕]q〈S zSz〉q[⊕]qδ(ω). (6.23) Using formula (6.16) once more we unite the III-term and the IV -term III + IV = 〈nSz〉q[⊕]qδ(ω). (6.24) The last term can be presented in the form α β βα Σ α , β α α α Σ α −−2= . .. . . . . (6.25) Let us write down the final formula for an electron correlator for the uniform (q = 0) and static (ω = 0) case 〈nn〉 = 2(n(ε)− n(ε̃))〈Szn〉q=0 + 1 2 ( 〈P+〉 cosh2 βε 2 + 〈P−〉 cosh2 βε̃ 2 ) (6.26) + β 2N ∑ k tk(ε− ε̃) εI(tk)− εII(tk) { 1 cosh2 βεII(tk) 2 − 1 cosh2 βεI(tk) 2 } 〈Szn〉q=0 + 1 2N ∑ k { 1 cosh2 βεII(tk) 2 + 1 cosh2 βεI(tk) 2 } − 1 2 { 1 cosh2 βε 2 + 1 cosh2 βε̃ 2 } . The same result can be obtained from the derivative d〈n〉/(dβµ). Thus, all our quantities: the mean values of the pseudospin and particle number operators, the thermodynamic potential as well as correlation functions are derived within the framework of one approximation which corresponds to the mean field approxima- tion. 123 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk 7. Numerical research in the µ = const regime In the investigation of equilibrium conditions we shall separate two regimes: µ=const and n=const. For the first regime the equilibrium is defined by the min- imum of the thermodynamic potential: ( ∂Ω ∂〈Sz〉 ) T,µ,h = 0. The µ=const regime corresponds to the case when charge redistribution be- tween the conducting sheets CuO2 and other structural elements (charge reser- voir, e.g., nonstoichiometric in oxygen CuO chains in YBaCuO-type structures) is allowed. The dependencies of the order parameter 〈Sz〉 on field h and temperature T at the constant value of the chemical potential are determined by equation (3.15). All the integrals in (3.15) can be calculated analytically at zero temperature (below, all the calculations will be performed for the rectangular density of states, but we would like to note that the similar behaviour can be obtained in the case of the semi-elliptic density of states). We shall present all our results for the case of zero temperature as well as for the case of non-zero temperature. a) -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 n=0 n=0 0<n<2 0<n<2 S z =-1/2 S z =+1/2 n=2 n=2 h µµ b) -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 h µµ n=0 0<n<2 0<n<2 n=0 n=2 n=2 S z =+1/2 S z =-1/2 Figure 2. Phase diagram µ - h. Dotted and thin solid lines surround regions with Sz = ±1 2 , respectively. Thick solid line indicate the first order phase transition points. a) the case of zero temperature; b) T = 0.002 (W = 0.2; g = 1) . The phase diagrams µ-h which indicate stability regions for states with 〈Sz〉 = ±1 2 are shown in figure 2 for g ≫ W . One can see two regions of the µ and h values where the states with 〈Sz〉 = 1 2 and 〈Sz〉 = −1 2 are both stable. In the vicinity of these regions the phase transitions of the first order with the change of the longitudinal field h and/or chemical potential µ take place and they are shown by thick lines on phase diagrams in figure 2. The field dependencies of 〈Sz〉 and Ω near the phase transition point are pre- sented in figures 3, 4. Their behaviour in the cases of T = 0 and T 6= 0 with 124 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 h S z 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 h S z Figure 3. Field dependency of 〈Sz〉 (W = 0.2, µ = −0.4, g = 1.0) for µ=const regime; T = 0.01 and T = 0. the change of the chemical potential is similar: S-like for the mean value of the pseudospin and a fish tail form for the thermodynamic potential. In the µ=const regime, the chemical potential can appear in the electron bands or out of them with the change of field h (dashed line in figure 5), and in the vicinity of the phase transition point this results in a rapid change of electron concentration (dotted lines in figure 6) due to a charge transfer from/to the reservoir (CuO planes). The widths of the electron subbands depend on the mean value of the pseudospin which results in the presented above behaviours. The phase transition point is presented by a crossing point on the dependence Ω(h) (figure 4). At the same time this value is determined according to the Maxwell rule from the plot of function Sz(h). 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 -0.14 -0.13 -0.12 -0.11 -0.10 ΩΩ h 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 -0.14 -0.13 -0.12 -0.11 -0.10 ΩΩ h Figure 4. Field dependency of thermodynamic potential (W = 0.2, µ = −0.4, g = 1.0); T = 0.01 and T = 0. 125 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 -0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 εε µµ h 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 -0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 εε µµ h Figure 5. Field dependency of electron bands boundaries (W = 0.2, µ = −0.4, g = 1.0); T = 0.01 and T = 0. 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 n h 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 n h Figure 6. Field dependency of electron concentration (W = 0.2, µ = − 0.4, g = 1.0); T = 0.01 and T = 0. 126 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations With the temperature increase the region of phase coexistence narrows, and the corresponding phase diagram Tc-h is shown in figure 7a. The tilt of the coexistence curve testifies to the possibility of the first order phase transition at a change of temperature with a jump of the pseudospin mean value. (The phase diagram Tc-µ has a similar form). The existence of the shifted and tilted coexistence curve as the result of the local pseudospin-electron interaction was obtained for the first time in [12] for a pseudospin-electron model with a direct interaction between pseudospins. The analysis of the thermodynamic potential behaviour with the temperature increase (figure 7b) shows that the lowest value of Ω(T ) corresponds to the jump of the mean value of the pseudospin (dotted lines in figure 8) from the branch which corresponds to the low temperature phase to that of the hight temperature phase. The analysis of the 〈SzSz〉 behaviour with the temperature decrease shows that the high temperature phase is stable up to zero temperature. This means that the vertical line on the Tc-h phase diagram only once crosses the boundary of the phase stability. In figures the case when the chemical potential is placed in the lower subband is presented. There is no specific behaviour when the chemical potential is placed out of the bands. And if the chemical potential is placed in the upper subband our results transform according to the internal symmetry of the Hamiltonian: µ → −µ, h → 2g − h, n → 2− n, Sz → −Sz. (7.1) a) 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.000 0.005 0.010 0.015 0.020 0.025 h T W=0.15 W=0.2 b) -0.14 -0.13 -0.12 -0.11 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03ΤΤ ΩΩ Figure 7. a) phase diagram Tc-h (g = 1, µ = −0.4); b) temperature dependence of the thermodynamic potential (W = 0.2, h = 0.22, µ = −0.4, g = 1). 8. Numerical research in the n = const regime In the regime of a fixed value of electron concentration the first order phase transition with a jump of the pseudospin mean value accompanied by a change of electron concentration transforms into a phase separation. 127 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk The dependence of the mean value of the particle number (or electron concen- tration) on the chemical potential is one of the factors determining thermodynam- ically stable states of the system. One can see the regions with dµ/dn 6 0 where states with a homogenous distribution of particles are unstable, which corresponds to the phase separation into the regions with different electron concentrations and pseudospin mean values (figures 9 and 10). In the n=const regime the equilibrium condition is determined by the minimum of free energy F = Ω + µN . In the phase separated region the free energy as a function of n deflects up (figure 10) and concentrations of the separated phases are determined by the tangent line touch points (these points are also the points of binodal lines which are determined according to the Maxwell rule from the function µ(n), see figure 9). The resulting phase diagram T -n is shown in figure 11. 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 S z T 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 -0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 S z S z T Figure 8. Dependence of the mean value of the pseudospin and the pseudospin- pseudospin correlation function on temperature (W = 0.2, h = 0.22, µ = − 0.4, g = 1). 9. Conclusions Investigation of a pseudospin-electron model in the case of electron correlation absence was performed in the mean field approximation using the Hubbard-I ap- proximation for the calculation of a single-particle Green function. We presented the analytical consideration of our model and all the quantities were obtained within the framework of one self-consistent approximation. As the result of numerical investigations we have obtained: 1) there is always a gap in the electron spectrum (with a change of the mean value of the pseudospin a reconstruction of the electron spectrum takes place); 2) the possibility of the first order phase transition with a change of the lon- gitudinal field h (as a consequence of this the S-like behaviour of the mean value 128 Thermodynamics of a pseudospin-electron model without correlations 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 h=0.3 h=0.2 h=0.1 h=0.0 n µµ -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 h=0.3 h=0.2 h=0.1 h=0.0 S z µµ Figure 9. Dependence of the chemical potential µ on the electron concentration n and the pseudospin mean value 〈Sz〉 for different h values (g = 1, W = 0.2, T = 0.01). 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 -0.46 -0.44 -0.42 -0.40 T=0.0 T=0.01 T=0.017 µµ n 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 -0.008 -0.004 0.000 0.004 0.008 ∆F T=0.0 T=0.01 T=0.017 n Figure 10. Dependence of the chemical potential µ on the electron concentration n and deviation of the free energy from linear dependence for different T values (g = 1, W = 0.2, h = 0.2). 129 I.V.Stasyuk, A.M.Shvaika, K.V.Tabunshchyk 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 0.000 0.005 0.010 0.015 0.020 n T Figure 11. Phase diagram T -n (g = 1, W = 0.2 h = 0.2) for a phase separated state. Solid line indicates binodal points, dashed line indicates spinodal points. of the pseudospin with a jump in the phase transition point (which corresponds to the inflected point on the dependence Ω(h)) is obtained and at this point the concentration rapidly redistributes between the conducting sheets CuO2 and the charge reservoir (CuO planes) in YBaCuO-type structures); 3) the phase coexistence curve is tilted from the vertical line, therefore, there exists a possibility of the first order phase transition with the temperature change; 4) the high temperature phase is stable in the whole region of temperatures (figure 8); 5) in the regime n=const we have the regions with dµ/dn < 0, which corre- sponds to phase separation with the appearance of regions with different electron concentrations and different orientations of pseudospins. 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Чисельне дослідження демонструє, що взаємодія електронів з псевдоспінами в режимі µ = const приво- дить до можливості фазового переходу першого роду при зміні тем- ператури із стрибком середнього значення псевдоспіна 〈Sz〉 і пере- будовою електронного спектру. В режимі n = const при певних зна- ченнях параметрів має місце нестабільність щодо фазового розша- рування в електронній підситемі. Ключові слова: псевдоспін-електронна модель, локальний ангармонізм, наближення Хаббард-I, фазове розшарування, фазовий перехід PACS: 71.10.Fd, 71.38.+i, 77.80.Bh, 63.20.Ry 132