Document Type

Article

Publication Date

May 2010

Publication Title

Physical Review B

Volume

81

Issue Number

20

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.201101

Keywords

Quantum, Two dimensional, Hubbard, Model, Temperature, Limit, Critical

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Physics

Abstract

We investigate the two-dimensional Hubbard model with next-nearest-neighbor hopping, t′, using the dynamical cluster approximation. We confirm the existence of a first-order phase-separation transition terminating at a second-order critical point at filling nc(t′) and temperature Tps(t′). We find that as t′ approaches zero, Tps(t′) vanishes and nc(t′) approaches the filling associated with the quantum critical point separating the Fermi liquid from the pseudogap phase. We propose that the quantum critical point under the superconducting dome is the zero-temperature limit of the line of second-order critical points.

Comments

This article originally appeared in Physical Review B, volume 81, issue 20, 2010, published by the American Physical Society. ©2010 American Physical Society. The article can also be found online at this link.
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