Staggered flux phase in a model of strongly correlated electrons.
We present numerical evidence for the existence of a staggered flux (SF) phase in the half-filled two-leg t-U-V-J ladder, with true long-range order in the countercirculating currents. The density-matrix renormalization-group finite-size scaling approach, generalized to describe complex-valued Hamil-tonians and wave functions, is employed. The SF phase exhibits robust currents at intermediate values of the interaction strength.
Marston
J B
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Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-184, USA.
Fjaerestad
J O
JO
Sudbø
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