title: Correlated fermions on a checkerboard lattice.
abstract: A model of strongly correlated spinless fermions on a checkerboard lattice is mapped onto a quantum fully packed loop model. We identify a large number of fluctuationless states specific to the fermionic case. We also show that for a class of fluctuating states the fermionic sign problem can be gauged away. This claim is supported by numerical evaluation of the low-lying states. Furthermore, we analyze excitations at the Rokhsar-Kivelson point of this model using the relation to the height model and the single-mode approximation.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, D-01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pollmann
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Betouras
authors.forename: Kirill
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shtengel
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fulde