188 Ch. 4 Mott IIZ.

ansition and Nubbard Model

line
=@
1
f dl *
(4.61)

Near the bottom of the band c(k)/2ta (-4 + k 2 ) / 2 so

, the equipotentid lines
are nearly circular and

'(')
1
@ 12xk*dq 1
-= -@(€
2t-k 47rt
+ 4t) (4.62)

gives the characteristic step-function behaviour.

For E << t either - k, << A , and then

-c(k,,O)
1
2t
= -(COSk, + 1) M 1
--(T
2
- kz)2 , (4.63)

or k, << x , and then

(4.64)

Introducing the new variable k; = 7r - k,, in a small environment of ( A , 0)

€
c' = - M (Jc;)~- kg , (4.65)
t
so the equipotential lines are hyperbolae. Since k; = d m , we find

Furthermore,
IVkC'I =2 & T i i g .
Integrating for both branches

t
= [In (k, + dW)]f(')
* In - .
€
(4.66)

All in all, we found that for 1 ~ <(

1 t , the DOS is dominated by a logarithmic
singularity at the centre of the band

(4.67)