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Accuracy of downfolding based on the constrained random-phase approximation

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: We study the reliability of the constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA) method for the calculation of low-energy effective Hamiltonians by considering multiorbital lattice models with one strongly correlated ``target'' band and two weakly correlated ``screening'' bands. The full multiorbital system and the effective model are solved within dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) in a consistent way. By comparing the quasiparticle weights for the correlated bands, we examine how accurately the effective model describes the low-energy properties of the multiband system. We show that the violation of the Pauli principle in the cRPA method leads to overscreening effects when the interorbital interaction is small. This problem can be overcome by using a variant of the cRPA method which restores the Pauli principle.

Source: Physical Review B

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.91.245156

Authors: Hiroshi Shinaoka, Matthias Troyer, Philipp Werner

Institutions: University of Fribourg, ETH Zurich

Language: English

Topic: Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, European Research Council

Awards: G2025742893, Quantum Monte Carlo impurity solvers for multi-orbital problems and frequency-dependent interactions