Finite-temperature Properties of the Fermi-Hubbard Model on the Honeycomb Lattice

We study thermodynamic properties of the Fermi-Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice utilizing the numerical linked-cluster expansion, which is exact in the thermodynamic limit, and quantum Monte Carlo simulations. We obtain the equation of state, double occupancy, entropy and spin correlations for a wide range of temperatures, chemical potentials, and interaction strengths. Employing a local density approximation, we study properties of the system in the presence of a harmonic trapping potential and compare the efficiency of various adiabatic cooling schemes to those obtained for such model on the square lattice.