Size-scaling behaviour of the electronic polarizability of one-dimensional interacting systems

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dc.contributorFísica de la Materia Condensadaes_ES
dc.contributorMateriales Avanzadoses_ES
dc.contributor.authorChiappe, Guillermo-
dc.contributor.authorLouis, Enrique-
dc.contributor.authorVergés Brotons, José Antonio-
dc.contributor.otherUniversidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física Aplicadaes_ES
dc.contributor.otherUniversidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Materialeses_ES
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-24T07:01:54Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-24T07:01:54Z-
dc.date.issued2018-04-06-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 2018, 30: 175603. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aab85des_ES
dc.identifier.issn0953-8984 (Print)-
dc.identifier.issn1361-648X (Online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10045/75008-
dc.description.abstractElectronic polarizability of finite chains is accurately calculated from the total energy variation of the system produced by small but finite static electric fields applied along the chain direction. Normalized polarizability, that is, polarizability divided by chain length, diverges as the second power of length for metallic systems but approaches a constant value for insulating systems. This behaviour provides a very convenient way to characterize the wave-function malleability of finite systems as it avoids the need of attaching infinite contacts to the chain ends. Hubbard model calculations at half filling show that the method works for a small U  =  1 interaction value that corresponds to a really small spectral gap of 0.005 (hopping t  =  −1 is assumed). Once successfully checked, the method has been applied to the long-range hopping model of Gebhard and Ruckenstein showing 1/r hopping decay (Gebhard and Ruckenstein 1992 Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 244; Gebhard et al 1994 Phys. Rev. B 49 10926). Metallicity for U values below the reported metal-insulator transition is obtained but the surprise comes for U values larger than the critical one (when a gap appears in the spectral density of states) because a steady increase of the normalized polarizability with size is obtained. This critical size-scaling behaviour can be understood as corresponding to a molecule which polarizability is unbounded. We have checked that a real transfer of charge from one chain end to the opposite occurs as a response to very small electric fields in spite of the existence of a large gap of the order of U for one-particle excitations. Finally, ab initio quantum chemistry calculations of realistic poly-acetylene chains prove that the occurrence of such critical behaviour in real systems is unlikely.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipFinancial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) (grants FIS2015-64222-C2-1-P and FIS2015-64222-C2-2-P) is gratefully acknowledged.es_ES
dc.languageenges_ES
dc.publisherIOP Publishinges_ES
dc.rights© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltdes_ES
dc.subjectPolarizabilityes_ES
dc.subjectMetal-insulator transitiones_ES
dc.subjectCharge gapes_ES
dc.subjectHubbard modeles_ES
dc.subjectLong-range hopping modeles_ES
dc.subjectPoly-acetylenees_ES
dc.subject.otherFísica Aplicadaes_ES
dc.subject.otherFísica de la Materia Condensadaes_ES
dc.titleSize-scaling behaviour of the electronic polarizability of one-dimensional interacting systemses_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.peerreviewedsies_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1361-648X/aab85d-
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/aab85des_ES
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dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//FIS2015-64222-C2-1-P-
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//FIS2015-64222-C2-2-P-
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