Energy Spectrum of a Doubly Orbitally Degenerate Model With Non-Equivalent Subbands

Abstract

In the present paper we investigate a doubly orbitally degenerate narrowband model with correlated hopping. The model peculiarity takes into account the matrix element of electron-electron interaction which describes intersite hoppings of electrons. In particular, this leads to the concentration dependence of the effective hopping integral. The cases of the strong and weak Hund's coupling are considered. By means of a generalized meanfield approximation the single-particle Green function and quasiparticle energy spectrum are calculated. Metal-insulator transition is studied in the model at different integer values of the electron concentration. Using the obtained energy spectrum we find criteria of metal-insulator transition. : 71.28.+d, 71.27.+a, 71.10.Fd, 71.30.+h Both theoretical analysis [1-3] and available experimental data [4] point out that the Hubbard model [5] should be generalized by taking into account orbital degeneration and correlated hopping. In the present paper we study a metal-insulator transition in the recently proposed [6] doubly orbitally degenerate narrow-band model with correlated hopping. The peculiarity of the model is the electron-hole asymmetry and the dependence of hopping integral on the average number of electrons per site, thus the model shows much better properties than, for example, the Hubbard model with doubly orbital degeneration. The model Hamiltonian is Key words: narrow energy bands, orbital degeneracy, metal-insulator transition, correlated hopping PACS