The "W=0" Pairing Mechanism from Repulsive Interactions in Symmetric 2d   Models
  In two-dimensional systems possessing a high degree of symmetry, the repulsive electron-electron interaction produces a pairing force; the mechanism would fail in the presence of strong distortions. We have studied this in the one-band and three-band Hubbard Model. From partially occupied orbitals one obtains pair eigenstates of the Hamiltonian with no on-site repulsion (the W=0 pairs). The concept of W=0 pairs allows to make qualitative and quantitative predictions about the behaviour of interacting many-body systems, a quite remarkable and unusual situation. Exact numerical solutions for clusters with ``magic'' hole numbers reveal attraction between the holes in W=0 pairs. The effect occurs in all fully symmetric clusters which are centered on a Cu site; then holes get paired in a wide, physically relevant parameter range and show superconducting quantization of the magnetic flux. A canonical transformation of the Hamiltonian, valid for clusters and for the full plane, leads to a Cooper-like equation for the W=0 pairs. We have evaluated the effective interaction and found that W=0 pairs are the bare quasiparticles which, once dressed, become two-hole bound states. We applied the above theory to the doped antiferromagnet, and found that the ground state at half filling is the singlet component of a determinantal state. We write down this determinant and the ground state wave function explicitly in terms of a many-body W=0 eigenstate. Our analytical results for the $4\times 4$ square lattice at half filling and with doped holes, compared to available numerical data, demonstrate that the method, besides providing intuitive grasp on pairing, also has quantitative predictive power. 
Michele Cini and Gianluca Stefanucci