Pomeranchuk Instability in Strongly Correlated Hubbard Model

In connection with the symmetry-breaking phenomena found in cuprate superconductors, the instability toward x-y and (x + y)-(xy) anisotropy (Pomeranchuk instability) is studied for a strongly correlated Hubbard model (U/t = 12) on a square lattice with the next-nearest-neighbor transfer t ′ , using a variational Monte Carlo method.By analyzing a normal (paramagnetic), d x 2 -y 2 -wave superconducting, and antiferromagnetic states for t ′ /t = 0, ±0.3 and 0 ≤ δ ≤ 0.3 (δ: doping rate), we argue that the possibility of Pomeranchuk instability is limited to the normal state with t ′ /t = 0 and 0.05 ≲ δ ≲ 0.20 in the x-y anisotropy.Band-renormalization effects (Fermi-surface changes), which are introduced to each state, play a crucial role for the argument.