## Keeping number of particles fixed at edges

Discussing the best way to implement feature X
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### Keeping number of particles fixed at edges

I am currently trying to calculate the charge gap $$E_c = E^{0}(N+1) + E^{0}(N-1) - 2 E^{0}(N)$$ and the neutral gap $$E_n = E^{1}(N) - E^{0}(N)$$ of the extended Boson Hubbard model in one dimension. ($$E^{1}(N)$$ is the energy of the first excited state ,$$E^{0}(N)$$ is the energy of the ground state. N is the number of bosons). The Hamiltonian of the model is given as:

$$H=-t \sum_{i} \left (b_{i}^{\dagger} b_{i+1}+\text { H.c. }\right)+ \frac{U}{2} \sum_{i} n_{i} \left(n_{i}-1\right)+\sum_{ \langle i,j \rangle} V n_{i} n_{j}$$
In order to prevent the effect of edge states on the calculations of the gap, I need to fix the number of bosons on the leftmost site to 0 and the number of bosons on the rightmost site to be 2 throughout the dmrg calculation. I am confused as to how do I implement this. I am using open boundary conditions.
Johannes