Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Finite-Size Studies on the SO(5) Symmetry of the Hubbard Model

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Am Hubland, D-97074 Wuerzburg (Germany)
  2. Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
We present numerical evidence for the approximate SO(5) symmetry of the Hubbard model on a 10-site cluster. Various dynamic correlation functions involving the {pi} operators, the generators of the SO(5) algebra, are studied using exact diagonalization, and are found to possess sharp collective peaks. Our numerical results also lend support to the interpretation of the recent resonant neutron scattering peaks in the YBCO superconductors in terms of the Goldstone modes of the spontaneously broken SO(5) symmetry. Perturbations such as longer-ranged hoppings and interactions do not suppress the {pi} resonance in interesting parameter regimes. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
554398
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 79; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Pseudospin symmetry and new collective modes of the Hubbard model
Journal Article · Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review Letters; (USA) · OSTI ID:6720278

Quantum symmetries induced by phonons in the Hubbard model
Journal Article · Sun Mar 13 23:00:00 EST 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States) · OSTI ID:5013326

Evolution of the low-energy excitation spectrum from the pure Hubbard ladder to the SO(5) ladder: A numerical study
Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter · OSTI ID:641654