Temperature-filling phase diagram of the two-dimensional Holstein model in the thermodynamic limit by self-consistent Migdal approximation

P. M. Dee, K. Nakatsukasa, Y. Wang, S. Johnston

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Abstract

We study the temperature-filling phase diagram of the single-band Holstein model in two dimensions using the self-consistent Migdal approximation, where both the electron and phonon self-energies are treated on an equal footing. By employing an efficient numerical algorithm utilizing fast Fourier transforms to evaluate momentum and Matsubara frequency summations, we determine the charge-density-wave (CDW) and superconducting transition temperatures in the thermodynamic limit using lattice sizes that are sufficient to eliminate significant finite-size effects present at lower temperatures. We obtain the temperature-filling phase diagrams for a range of coupling strengths and phonon frequencies for the model defined on a square lattice with and without next-nearest-neighbor hopping. We find the appearance of a superconducting dome with a critical temperature that decreases before reaching the qmax=(π,π) CDW phase boundary. For very low phonon frequencies, we also find an incommensurate CDW phase with the ordering vector qmax≈(π,π) appearing between the commensurate CDW and superconducting phases. Our numerical implementation can be easily extended to treat momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling, as well as dispersive phonon branches, and has been made available to the public.

Original languageEnglish
Article number024514
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume99
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 28 2019
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program funded by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research and Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Y.W. thanks A.-M. S. Tremblay for insightful discussions. Y.W. was supported by a Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship from Institut quantique and by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

FundersFunder number
Advanced Scientific Computing Research and Basic Energy Sciences
Institut quantique
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering
Canada First Research Excellence Fund

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