Charge gap and interchain correlation in quasi-one-dimensional dimerized organic conductors

We study the relation between the charge gap and the interchain one-body correlation function in quasi-one-dimensional dimerized organic conductors at quarter filling, by applying the density matrix renormalization group method to a three-chain extended Hubbard model. The charge gap increases with the degree of dimerization in the intrachain hopping integrals. When the charge gap is larger than the interchain hopping integral, the interchain hopping correlation is strongly suppressed, as observed in the (TMTTF)(2)X salts.