Many-variable variational Monte Carlo study of superconductivity in two-band Hubbard models with an incipient band

Abstract

We study superconductivity in two-band models where one of the bands does or does not intersect the Fermi level depending on the parameter values. Applying a many-variable variational Monte Carlo method for a Hubbard model on two-leg ladder and bilayer square lattices, we show that superconductivity can be enhanced in a parameter regime where the edge of one of the bands is near the Fermi energy, that is, when the band is incipient. The resemblance of the present results to those obtained by a weak-coupling method in a recent study suggests that, even in the large-U regime, the suppression of the near-zero-energy spin fluctuations and the development of finite-energy spin fluctuations are the key factors for the enhancement of superconductivity by an incipient band.