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Acta Physica Slovaca 60, No.5, 497-612 (2010) (116 pages)
Cooperative Phenomena in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Pavol Farkašovský Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 04001 Košice, Slovakia Full text: ::pdf :: (Received 04 February 2011, accepted 14 February 2011) Abstract: In this review we present results of our theoretical study of cooperative phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems obtained within various generalizations of the Falicov-Kimball model. The primary goal of this study was to identify crucial in- teractions that lead to the stabilization of the specific cooperative phenomenon, and then try to elaborate its comprehensive microscopic description. The main atten- tion is devoted to a discussion of valence and metal-insulator transitions, formation of charge and spin ordering, electronic ferroelectricity, itinerant ferromagmetism and mechanisms leading to their stabilization. Among the major mechanisms we examine the eect of local and nonlocal Coulomb interaction between localized and itinerant electrons, local and nonlocal hybridization, long-range and correlated hopping of itinerant electrons and spin-dependent interaction between localized and itinerant electrons, both for zero and nonzero temperatures, as well as for doped and undoped systems. Finally, the relevance of resultant solutions for a description of rare-earth and transition-metal compounds is discussed. DOI: 10.2478/v10155-010-0005-z PACS: 75.10.Lp, 71.27.+a, 71.28.+d, 71.30.+h, 05.30.Fk Keywords: Valence transitions, Metal-insulator transitions, Charge and spin |
ISSN 1336-040X (online) ISSN 0323-0465 (printed) For authors: ActaStyle.cls |
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