Half-filled Hubbard ring with alternating site potentials in a magnetic field

Abstract

We have studied a Hubbard ring with alternating site potentials for half filling in presence of a magnetic flux. Using a mean field approach we have calculated the conductivity of such a ring at low and high temperatures. The interplay of correlation, the polarizing field and the chemical modulation in the site potentials tune the conductivity in an interesting fashion. In presence of the modulation in the site energy an appreciable variation in the conductance is observed with the change in flux. Finite size effects are also identified and they are found to be quickly disappearing with increasing system size. Sharp changes in the magnetoconductance is found to disappear at higher temperatures.