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Second-order dual fermion approach to the Mott transition in the two-dimensional Hubbard model

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2018-10-09 v3

Abstract

We apply the dual fermion approach with a second-order approximation to the self-energy to the Mott transition in the two-dimensional Hubbard model. The approximation captures nonlocal dynamical short-range correlations as well as several features observed in studies using cluster dynamical mean-field theory. This includes a strong reduction of the critical interaction and inversion of the slope of the transition lines with respect to single-site dynamical mean-field theory. We show that these effects coincide with a much smaller momentum differentiation compared to cluster methods. We further discuss the role of the self-consistency condition and show that the approximation behaves as an asymptotic series at low temperature.

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@article{arxiv.1805.08572,
  title  = {Second-order dual fermion approach to the Mott transition in the two-dimensional Hubbard model},
  author = {Erik G. C. P. van Loon and Mikhail I. Katsnelson and Hartmut Hafermann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.08572},
  year   = {2018}
}

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11 pages, 12 figures