Metal-insulator transition in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayer: accurate treatment of interaction
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| author | Yang, Yubo Morales, Miguel Zhang, Shiwei |
| author_facet | Yang, Yubo Morales, Miguel Zhang, Shiwei |
| contents | Transition metal dichalcogenide superlattices provide an exciting new platform for exploring and understanding a variety of phases of matter. The moiré continuum Hamiltonian, of two-dimensional jellium in a modulating potential, provides a fundamental model for such systems. Accurate computations with this model are essential for interpreting experimental observations and making predictions for future explorations. In this work, we combine two complementary quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods, phaseless auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo and fixed-phase diffusion Monte Carlo, to study the ground state of this Hamiltonian. We observe a metal-insulator transition between a paramagnetic and a $120^\circ$ Néel ordered state as the moiré potential depth and the interaction strength are varied. We find significant differences from existing results by Hartree-Fock and exact diagonalization studies. In addition, we benchmark density-functional theory, and suggest an optimal hybrid functional which best approximates our QMC results. |
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| spellingShingle | Metal-insulator transition in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayer: accurate treatment of interaction Yang, Yubo Morales, Miguel Zhang, Shiwei Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Transition metal dichalcogenide superlattices provide an exciting new platform for exploring and understanding a variety of phases of matter. The moiré continuum Hamiltonian, of two-dimensional jellium in a modulating potential, provides a fundamental model for such systems. Accurate computations with this model are essential for interpreting experimental observations and making predictions for future explorations. In this work, we combine two complementary quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods, phaseless auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo and fixed-phase diffusion Monte Carlo, to study the ground state of this Hamiltonian. We observe a metal-insulator transition between a paramagnetic and a $120^\circ$ Néel ordered state as the moiré potential depth and the interaction strength are varied. We find significant differences from existing results by Hartree-Fock and exact diagonalization studies. In addition, we benchmark density-functional theory, and suggest an optimal hybrid functional which best approximates our QMC results. |
| title | Metal-insulator transition in transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayer: accurate treatment of interaction |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14954 |