https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2011-20670-3
Regular Article
Thermodynamics studies of the two dimensional Falicov-Kimball model on a triangular lattice
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, Roorkee,
247667
Uttarakhand,
India
a e-mail: umeshyadav02@gmail.com
Received:
16
August
2011
Received in final form:
15
October
2011
Published online:
28
November
2011
Thermodynamic properties of the spinless Falicov-Kimball model are studied on a triangular lattice using numerical diagonalization technique with Monte-Carlo simulation algorithm. Discontinuous metal-insulator transition is observed at finite temperature. Unlike the case of square lattice, here we observe that the finite temperature effect is not able to smear out the discontinuous metal-insulator transition seen in the ground state. Calculation of specific heat (Cv) shows single and double peak structures for different values of parameters like on-site correlation strength (U), f-electron energy (Ef) and temperature.
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