Subbath Cluster Dynamical Mean-Field Theory
Abstract
Cluster Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (CDMFT) with an Exact Diagonalization (ED) impurity solver faces exponential scaling limitations from the Hilbert space dimension. We introduce Subbath CDMFT (SB-CDMFT), an alternative to the conventional ED-CDMFT method in which the discrete bath is subdivided into separate subbaths, each coupled to the cluster with distinct hybridization functions. In this approach, only one subbath at a time is actively involved in ED, dramatically reducing the computational cost by replacing a single large impurity problem with multiple smaller separate ones. Our method successfully reproduces key physical properties including particle-hole symmetry and Mott physics, while allowing for an extended bath representation at a fraction of the typical computational cost.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.07931,
title = {Subbath Cluster Dynamical Mean-Field Theory},
author = {A. de Lagrave and D. Sénéchal and M. Charlebois},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.07931},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
10 pages, 12 figures