Delocalization effects and charge reorganizations induced by repulsive interactions in strongly disordered chains

Details Delocalization effects and charge reorganizations induced by repulsive interactions in strongly disordered chains Delocalization effects and charge reorganizations induced by repulsive interactions in strongly disordered chains

2000-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011335v1

Eur. Phys. J. B 19, 139-156 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

18 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. B

Scientific paper

10.1007/s100510170359

We study the delocalization effect of a short-range repulsive interaction on the ground state of a finite density of spinless fermions in strongly disordered one dimensional lattices. The density matrix renormalization group method is used to explore the charge density and the sensitivity of the ground state energy with respect to the boundary condition (the persistent current) for a wide range of parameters (carrier density, interaction and disorder). Analytical approaches are developed and allow to understand some mechanisms and limiting conditions. For weak interaction strength, one has a Fermi glass of Anderson localized states, while in the opposite limit of strong interaction, one has a correlated array of charges (Mott insulator). In the two cases, the system is strongly insulating and the ground state energy is essentially invariant under a twist of the boundary conditions. Reducing the interaction strength from large to intermediate values, the quantum melting of the solid array gives rise to a more homogeneous distribution of charges, and the ground state energy changes when the boundary conditions are twisted. In individual chains, this melting occurs by abrupt steps located at sample-dependent values of the interaction where an (avoided) level crossing between the ground state and the first excitation can be observed. Important charge reorganizations take place at the avoided crossings and the persistent currents are strongly enhanced around the corresponding interaction value. These large delocalization effects become smeared and reduced after ensemble averaging. They mainly characterize half filling and strong disorder, but they persist away of this optimal condition.

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