Ground-state and quenched-state properties of a one-dimensional interacting lattice gas in a random potential

We determine the zero-temperature properties of a one-dimensional lattice gas of particles that interact via a nearest neighbor exclusion potential and are subject to a random external field. The model is a special limiting case of the random field Ising chain. We calculate (1) the energy and density of the ground state as well as the local energy-density correlation and (2) the pair correlation function. The latter calculation gives access to all higher order correlations. The structure factor is shown to be a squared Lorentzian. We also compare the ground state to the quenched state obtained by sequentially filling the lowest available energy levels.