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Title: Optical conductivity of the two-dimensional Hubbard model: Vertex corrections, emergent Galilean invariance, and the accuracy of the single-site dynamical mean field approximation

Abstract

We compute the frequency-dependent conductivity of the two-dimensional square lattice Hubbard model at zero temperature as a function of density to second order in the interaction strength, and compare the results to the predictions of single-site dynamical mean field theory computed at the same order. We find that despite the neglect of vertex corrections, the single-site dynamical mean field approximation produces semiquantitatively accurate results for most carrier concentrations, but fails qualitatively for the nearly empty or nearly filled band cases where the model exhibits an emergent Galilean invariance. The DMFT approximation also becomes qualitatively inaccurate very near half filling if nesting is important.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]
  1. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Flatiron Institute, New York, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1979809
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018426
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Physics; optical conductivity; 2-dimensional systems; dynamical mean field theory; Hubbard model

Citation Formats

Mu, Anqi, Sun, Zhiyuan, and Millis, Andrew J. Optical conductivity of the two-dimensional Hubbard model: Vertex corrections, emergent Galilean invariance, and the accuracy of the single-site dynamical mean field approximation. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.106.085142.
Mu, Anqi, Sun, Zhiyuan, & Millis, Andrew J. Optical conductivity of the two-dimensional Hubbard model: Vertex corrections, emergent Galilean invariance, and the accuracy of the single-site dynamical mean field approximation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.085142
Mu, Anqi, Sun, Zhiyuan, and Millis, Andrew J. Tue . "Optical conductivity of the two-dimensional Hubbard model: Vertex corrections, emergent Galilean invariance, and the accuracy of the single-site dynamical mean field approximation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.085142. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1979809.
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author = {Mu, Anqi and Sun, Zhiyuan and Millis, Andrew J.},
abstractNote = {We compute the frequency-dependent conductivity of the two-dimensional square lattice Hubbard model at zero temperature as a function of density to second order in the interaction strength, and compare the results to the predictions of single-site dynamical mean field theory computed at the same order. We find that despite the neglect of vertex corrections, the single-site dynamical mean field approximation produces semiquantitatively accurate results for most carrier concentrations, but fails qualitatively for the nearly empty or nearly filled band cases where the model exhibits an emergent Galilean invariance. The DMFT approximation also becomes qualitatively inaccurate very near half filling if nesting is important.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.106.085142},
journal = {Physical Review. B},
number = 8,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Tue Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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