Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2005-05-30
Phys. Rev. B 72, 085131 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
7 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.085131
We present Density Matrix Renormalization Group calculations of the ground-state properties of quarter-filled ladders including static electron-lattice coupling. Isolated ladders and two coupled ladders are considered, with model parameters obtained from band-structure calculations for $\alpha^\prime$-NaV$_2$O$_5$. The relevant Holstein coupling to the lattice causes static out-of-plane lattice distortions, which appear concurrently with a charge-ordered state and which exhibit the same zigzag pattern observed in experiments. The inclusion of electron-lattice coupling drastically reduces the critical nearest-neighbor Coulomb repulsion $V_c$ needed to obtain the charge-ordered state. No spin gap is present in the ordered phase. The charge ordering is driven by the Coulomb repulsion and the electron-lattice interaction. With electron-lattice interaction, coupling two ladders has virtually no effect on $V_c$ or on the characteristics of the charge-ordered phase. At $V=0.46\eV$, a value consistent with previous estimates, the lattice distortion, charge gap, charge order parameter, and the effective spin coupling are in good agreement with experimental data for NaV$_2$O_5$.
Edegger Bernhard
Evertz Hans Gerd
Noack Reinhard M.
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