Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model –Metal Insulator Transition Studied by Monte Carlo Calculation–

Abstract

The Hubbard model on a square lattice in the ground state is investigated. Various aspects of Mott transition at half-filling are clarified from the quantum Monte Carlo study. Critical exponents of the transition for charge and spin correlations are estimated. For the doping concentration δ, the charge susceptibility is proportional to δ -1 indicating the divergence of charge mass for δ→0, while the spin susceptibility is always finite and not singular near δ=0. Several theoretical consequences of the above results are discussed. Incommensurate peak amplitude of spin correlation scales as (δ-δ c ) -1 with δ c <0.01 in disagreement with RPA results ln (δ-δ c ). The antiferromagnetic order at the half-filling also shows strong correlation character and is not sensitive to the shape of the fermi surface, while the incommensurate peak observed away from the half-filling is sensitively suppressed by the loss of partial nesting consistently with the weak coupling picture. Comparisons with experimental indications of high- T c oxides are made.