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We show that the Mott metal-insulator transition in the standard one-band Hubbard model can be understood as a topological phase transition. Our approach is inspired by the observation that the mid-gap pole in the self-energy of a Mott…
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A detailed comparison of QMC/DMFT results for the non-isotropic two-band Hubbard model by Liebsch [Phys. Rev. B 70, 165103 (2004)] and C. Knecht, N. Bluemer, and P. G. J. van Dongen [cond-mat/0505106 (submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.)] is…
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The temperature dependence and anisotropy of optical spectral weights associated with different multiplet transitions is determined by the spin and orbital correlations. To provide a systematic basis to exploit this close relationship…