BCS and Attractive Hubbard Model Comparative Study

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2003-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0305367v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Latex, 11 pages 19 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.064511

We extend previous studies of the BCS canonical approach for the attractive Hubbard model. A derivation of the BCS formulation is presented for both the Hubbard and a simpler reduced Hamiltonian. Using direct diagonalization, exact one and two dimensional solutions for both Hamiltonians are compared to BCS variational calculations. Approximate and exact ground state energies and energy gaps are computed for different electron number systems as well as correlation observables not previously predicted. Reproducing published one dimensional findings, the BCS is an excellent approximation for the Hubbard ground state energy but not energy gap, a finding that remains true in two dimensions. Propagators and correlators are found more sensitive to wavefunctions and appreciable differences are computed with the Hubbard model exhibiting a weaker degree of superconductivity than the BCS. However for the reduced Hamiltonian model the BCS is an excellent approximation for all observables in both one and two dimensions.

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