Charge orderings in the atomic limit of the extended Hubbard model

The extended Hubbard model in the atomic limit (AL-EHM) on a square lattice with periodic boundary conditions is studied with use of the Monte Carlo (MC) method. Within the grand canonical ensemble the phase and order-order boundaries for charge orderings are obtained. The phase diagrams include three types of charge ordered phases and the nonordered phase. The system exhibits very rich structure and shows unusual multicritical behavior. In the limiting case of t<Subscript>ij</Subscript>=0, the EHM is equivalent to the pseudospin model with single-ion anisotropy <InlineEquation ID="Equ1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\frac{1}{2}U$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, exchange interaction W in an effective magnetic field <InlineEquation ID="Equ2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">${\left( \mu - \frac{1}{2}U - z_{0}W\right) }$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>. This classical spin model is analyzed using the MC method for the canonical ensemble. The phase diagram is compared with the known results for the Blume-Capel model. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006