Low-temperature thermodynamics of one class of flat-band models

Derzhko, O; Richter, J; Honecker, A

Low-temperature thermodynamics of one class of flat-band models

Authors

Derzhko, O

Richter, J

Honecker, A

Description

We consider the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model and the repulsive Hubbard model for a class of frustrated lattices with a completely dispersionless (flat) lowest one-particle (either one-magnon or one-electron) band. We construct exact many-particle ground states for a wide range of particle densities, calculate their degeneracy, and, as a result, obtain closed-form expressions for the low-temperature thermodynamic quantities around a particular value of the magnetic field $h_{\rm{sat}}$ or the chemical potential $μ_0$. We confirm our analytic findings by numerical data for finite lattices.
4 pages including 3 PostScript files; to appear in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (proceedings of HFM2008)