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Phase separation due to quantum mechanical correlations

J. K. Freericks, E. H. Lieb, D. Ueltschi

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0110251

Abstract

Can phase separation be induced by strong electron correlations? We present a theorem that affirmatively answers this question in the Falicov-Kimball model away from half-filling, for any dimension. In the ground state the itinerant electrons are spatially separated from the classical particles.

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