EFFECT OF DIMENSIONALITY ON THE GROUND STATE PROPERTIES OF THE EXTENDED HUBBARD MODEL USING THE HIGHLY SIMPLIFIED CORRELATED VARIATIONAL APPROACH

Authors

  • Francis Aungwa Physics Department, Nigeria Defense Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria Author
  • Jude O. Omoriwhovo Physics Department, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria Author
  • Paul E. Akpowaide Physics Department, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria Author
  • Famous A. Akpojotor Physics Department, Denis Osadebey University, Asaba, Nigeria Author
  • Godwin J. Ibeh Physics Department, Nigeria Defense Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria Author
  • Godfrey E. Akpojotor Physics Department, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60787/jnamp.vol73no.741

Keywords:

Extended Hubbard model, highly simplified correlated variational approach, dimensionality effect, singlet-triplet energy gap

Abstract

The extended Hubbard model (EHM) captures essential interactions (U, V, J) in strongly correlated electron systems, yet unified variational studies of spatial dimensionality effects remain sparse. Using the Highly Simplified Correlated Variational Approach (HSCVA), we investigate 24-site setups in 1D, 2D and 3D lattice with preserved coordination numbers z = 2, 4, 6. We compute the singlettriplet energy gap ( ) and critical exchange coupling (Jc) across U and  V. The V = 0 singlet-triplet transition is universal across dimensions. For repulsive V/2t, the gap becomes negative ( ), signaling triplet ground-state stability with saturation values scaling by coordination number: -4.20 (1D), -8.00 (2D) and -15.99 (3D). Critical coupling Jc exhibits linear antisymmetric scaling in 1D and 2D, while 3D systems show non-linear growth for U > 0. These results provide quantitative benchmarks for dimensional crossovers in correlated systems.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Imada, M., Fujimori, A., &Tokura, Y. (1998). Metal-insulator transitions. Rev. Mod. Phys., 70(4), 1039.

Dagotto, E. (1994). Correlated electrons in high-temperature superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys., 66(3),

Lee, P. A., Nagaosa, N., & Wen, X. G. (2006). Doping a Mott insulator: Physics of high-temperature

superconductivity. Rev. Mod. Phys., 78(1), 17-85.

Khomskii, D. I. (2014). Transition metal compounds. Cambridge University Press.

Hubbard, J. (1963). Electron correlations in narrow energy bands. Proc. R. Soc. London A, 276(1365),

-257.

Gutzwiller, M. C. (1963). Effect of correlation on the ferromagnetism of transition metals. Phys. Rev.

Lett., 10(5), 159.

Kanamori, J. (1963). Electron correlation and ferromagnetism of transition metals. Prog. Theor. Phys.,

(3), 275-289.

Anderson, P. W. (1987). The resonating valence bond state in La2CuO4 and superconductivity. Science,

(4793), 1196-1198.

Scalapino, D. J. (2012). A common thread: The pairing interaction for unconventional

superconductors. Rev. Mod. Phys., 84(4), 1383-1417.

Liu, W. Y., Zhai, H., Peng, R., Gu, Z. C., & Chan, G. K. L. (2025). Accurate simulation of the Hubbard

model with finite fermionic projected entangled pair states. Phys. Rev. Lett., 134(25), 256502.

Akpojotor, G. E. (2014). Many electrons highly simplified correlated variational approach to Mott

insulator state at half-filling. J. Nig. Assoc. Math. Phys., 26, 137-146. See also Akpojotor, G., Echenim,

M. W., & Akpojotor, F. (2018). A simple computational tool to investigate strongly correlated system.

In APS March Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2018, pp. E44-007).

Chen, Q., & Mei, W. N. (1996). Correlated variational approach for two-electron systems. Phys. Rev.

B, 54(19), 13873-13880.

Akpojotor, G. E. (2008) The statistical equivalents of the t-U and t-t'-U models (Part II: Participants’

Contributions) in Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Correlated Systems XII: Twelfth Training

Course held at Vietri sul Mare, Italy (edited by A. Avella and F. Mancini), AIP Con. Proc. 1014, 251

-259.

Enaibe, E. A., Akpojotor, G. E., Aghemenloh, E., Fiase, J. O., &Idiodi, J. O. (2004). On strongly

correlated N-electron systems. J. Nig. Assoc. Math. Phys., 8, 337-340.

Akpojotor Godfrey E. and. Akpojotor Famous A (2009) A highly simplified correlated variational

study of the singlet-triplet transition in quantum dots embedded in kagome lattice. Proceedings of the

Joint Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic

Physicists (Washington DC, USA) American Institute of Physics (AIP) Con. Proc. 1040, 54-59.

Akpojotor, G. E. (2008). Possible propagation of the Zhang-Rice singlet as a probable Cooper channel

in the CuO2 planes. Phys. Lett. A, 372(46), 6992-6995.

Micnas, R., Ranninger, J., &Robaszkiewicz, S. (1990). Superconductivity in narrow-band systems

with local nonretarded attractive interactions. Rev. Mod. Phys., 62(1), 113.

Gebhard, F. (2000). Metal-insulator transitions. In The Mott Metal-Insulator Transition: Models and

Methods (pp. 1-48). Springer.

Xiao, B., Hébert, F., Batrouni, G., & Scalettar, R. T. (2019). Competition between phase separation

and spin density wave or charge density wave order: Role of long-range interactions. Physical Review

B, 99(20), 205145.

Qu, D. W., Chen, B. B., Jiang, H. C., Wang, Y., & Li, W. (2022). Spin-triplet pairing induced by nearneighbor attraction in the extended Hubbard model for cuprate chain. Communications Physics, 5(1), 257.

Alekseev, A., & Kapcia, K. J. (2026). Charge-ordered states and the phase diagram of the extended

Hubbard model on the Bethe lattice. Physica A, 131520.

Song, Z., Seifert, U. F., Balents, L., & Jiang, H. C. (2025). Emergent magnetism and spin liquids in an

extended Hubbard description of moiré bilayers. arXiv:2505.06339.

Scalapino, D. J. (1993). dx2−y2 Pairing in the cuprates? J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 54(10), 1433-1437.

Aichhorn, M., Evertz, H. G., von der Linden, W., & Potthoff, M. (2004). Charge ordering in extended

Hubbard models: Variational cluster approach. Phys. Rev. B, 70(23), 235107.

Davoudi, B., & Tremblay, A. M. (2007). Non-perturbative treatment of charge and spin fluctuations

in the two-dimensional extended Hubbard model: Extended two-particle self-consistent

approach. Phys. Rev. B, 76(8), 085115.

Benthien, H., &Jeckelmann, E. (2007). Spin and charge dynamics of the one-dimensional extended

Hubbard model. Phys. Rev. B, 75(20), 205128.

Qin, M., Shi, H., & Zhang, S. (2016). Benchmark study of the two-dimensional Hubbard model with

auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo method. Phys. Rev. B, 94(8), 085103.

LeBlanc, J. P., Antipov, A. E., Becca, F., Bulik, I. W., Chan, G. K. L., Chung, C. M., & (Simons

Collaboration on the Many-Electron Problem). (2015). Solutions of the two-dimensional Hubbard

model: Benchmarks and results from a wide range of numerical algorithms. Phys. Rev. X, 5(4), 041041.

Giamarchi, T. (2004). Quantum physics in one dimension. Oxford University Press.

Essler, F. H., Frahm, H., Göhmann, F., Klümper, A., &Korepin, V. E. (2005). The one-dimensional

Hubbard model. Cambridge University Press.

Fradkin, E. (2013). Field theories of condensed matter physics. Cambridge University Press.

Proust, C., &Taillefer, L. (2019). The remarkable underlying ground states of cuprate

superconductors. Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 10(1), 409-429.

Ashcroft, N. W., & Mermin, N. D. (1976). Solid state physics. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Georges, A., Kotliar, G., Krauth, W., &Rozenberg, M. J. (1996). Dynamical mean-field theory of

strongly correlated fermion systems and the limit of infinite dimensions. Rev. Mod. Phys., 68(1), 13.

Kotliar, G., &Vollhardt, D. (2004). Strongly correlated materials: Insights from dynamical mean-field

theory. Phys. Today, 57(3), 53-59.

Chen, W. C., Wang, Y., & Chen, C. C. (2023). Superconducting phases of the square-lattice extended

Hubbard model. Physical Review B, 108(6), 064514.

Becca, F., & Sorella, S. (2017). Quantum Monte Carlo approaches for correlated systems. Cambridge

University Press.

Akpojotor, G., & Ehwerhemuepha, L. (2012). An overview of the Python African Computational

Science and Engineering Tour Project. Invited Talk at PyCon US 2012 held at Silicon Valley-Santa

Clara, California (USA) from March 7th-15th, 2012. Retrieved from http://pyvideo.org/video/738/25-an-overview-of-the-python-african-computation. See also Akpojotor, G. (2014). Overview of the

Python African Computational Science and Engineering Tour Project. 36th, 103.

Omoriwhovo, J. O., Agbajor, G. K., Akpolilie, A. L., & Akpojotor, G. (2022). Python AIM solver to

obtain vibrational energy spectra of diatomic molecules. Afr. J. Phys., 15, 15-31.

Oghenekome, O. J., &Asare, G. K. (2025). Integrating the asymptotic iteration method with machine

learning for predicting the vibrational energies of diatomic molecules. Phys. Sci. Int. J., 29(2), 12-

https://doi.org/10.9734/psij/2025/v29i2874

Tong, O., Cochrane, K. A., Yuan, B., Roussy, T., Berciu, M., & Burke, S. A. (2025). Extended

Hubbard Model realized in 2D clusters of molecular anions. arXiv:2509.05868.

Rozenberg, M. J., Kotliar, G., & Zhang, X. Y. (1994). Mott-Hubbard transition in infinite dimensions.

II. Phys. Rev. B, 49(15), 10181.

Alekseev, A., Cichy, A., &Kapcia, K. J. (2025). Particle-hole asymmetry and pinball liquid in a

triangular-lattice extended Hubbard model within the mean-field approximation. Phys. Rev. B,

(11), 115155.

Sachdev, S. (1999). Quantum phase transitions. Phys. World, 12(4), 33-38

Downloads

Published

2026-08-20

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

EFFECT OF DIMENSIONALITY ON THE GROUND STATE PROPERTIES OF THE EXTENDED HUBBARD MODEL USING THE HIGHLY SIMPLIFIED CORRELATED VARIATIONAL APPROACH. (2026). The Journals of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics, 73, 143-153. https://doi.org/10.60787/jnamp.vol73no.741

Share

Similar Articles

41-50 of 149

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.