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Strongly correlated materials from
Dynamical Mean Field Perspective.
DMFT(SUNCA method)
two-band Hubbard model
Bethe lattice, U=4D
Thanks to: G.Kotliar, S. Savrasov, V. Oudovenko
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Overview
• Application of DMFT to real materials
(LDA+DMFT)
• Extensions of DMFT to clusters and its
application to models for high-Tc
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Dynamical Mean Field Theory
Basic idea of DMFT: reduce the quantum many body problem to a one site or a
cluster of sites, in a medium of non interacting electrons obeying a self consistency
condition.
Basic idea of Spectral density functional approach: instead of using functionals of
the density, use more sensitive functionals of the one electron spectral function.
[density of states for adding or removing particles in a solid, measured in
photoemission]
mapping
fermionic bath
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Coherence incoherence crossover in a model
Phase diagram of a Hubbard model with partial frustration at integer
filling. M. Rozenberg et.al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 105-108 (1995). .
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DFT and DMFT
Density functional theory
observable of interest is the electron density
Dynamical mean field theory:
observable of interest is the local Green's function
(on the lattice uniquely defined)
exact BK
functional
mapping
fermionic bath
DMFT
approximation
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Spectral density functional theory
Spectral density functional theory:
use local Green's function (spectral function)
instead of local density
observable of interest
is the "local"
Green's functions
LDA+DMFT: basic idea: sum-up all local diagrams for electrons in correlated orbitals
LDA+U corresponds to LDA+DMFT when impurity is solved in the Hartree Fock approximation
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LDA+DMFT Calculation
LDA
DMFT SCC *
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Impurity solver
local in localized LMTO base
Impurity problem (14x14):
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weakly correlated
strongly correlated metal
LDA bandwidth
Mott isolator
Coulomb interaction
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Overview
f5
L=5,S=5/2 J=5/2
f7
L=0,S=7/2 J=7/2
f1
L=3,S=1/2 J=5/2
f6
L=3,S=3 J=0
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Cerium
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Ce overview
 isostructural phase transition ends in a critical
point at (T=600K, P=2GPa)
 g (fcc) phase
[ magnetic moment
(Curie-Wiess law),
large volume,
stable high-T, low-p]
 a (fcc) phase
[ loss of magnetic
moment (Pauli-para),
smaller volume,
stable low-T, high-p]
with large
volume collapse
v/v  15
volumes exp.
28Å3
a
34.4Å3
g
LDA
24.7Å3
LDA+U
35.2Å3
•Transition is 1.order
•ends with CP very similar to gasliquid condesation of water
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LDA and LDA+U
ferromagnetic
volumes exp.
28Å3
a
34.4Å3
g
LDA
24.7Å3
LDA+U
35.2Å3
f DOS
total DOS
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LDA+DMFT alpha DOS
TK(exp)=1000-2000K
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LDA+DMFT gamma DOS
TK(exp)=60-80K
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Photoemission&experiment
Kondo volume colapse (J.W. Allen, R.M. Martin, 1982):
Fenomenological Landau approach:
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Optical conductivity
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K. Haule, V. Oudovenko, S. Y. Savrasov, and G. Kotliar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 036401 (2005)
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Americium
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Americium
Mott Transition?
"soft" phase
"hard" phase
J.-C. Griveau, J. Rebizant, G. H. Lander, and G.Kotliar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 097002 (2005)
A.Lindbaum*, S. Heathman, K. Litfin, and Y. Méresse,
Phys. Rev. B 63, 214101 (2001)
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Am within LDA+DMFT
S. Y. Savrasov, K. Haule, and G. Kotliar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 036404 (2006)
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Am within LDA+DMFT
very different "soft" localized phase from g Ce
not in local moment regime since J=0 (no entropy)
nf=6.2
Comparisson with experiment
nf=6
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*J. R. Naegele, L. Manes, J. C. Spirlet, and W. Müller
Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1834-1837 (1984)
"Hard" phase similar to a Ce,
Kondo physics due to hybridization, however,
nf still far from Kondo regime
Different from Sm!
from J=0 to J=7/2
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high Tc's
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Models of high Tc's
cluster in k space
cluster in real space
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Coherence scale and Tc
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optics
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power laws
Nature 425, 271-274 (2003)
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optics mass and plasma w
Basov, cond-mat/0509307
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SC density of states
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Kinetic and Exchange energy
cond-mat/0503073
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41meV resonance
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pseudoparticle insights
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Conclusions
• In many correlated f metals, single site
LDA+DMFT gives the zeroth order picture
• 2D models of high-Tc require cluster of
sites. Optimally doped regime can be well
described with smallest cluster 2x2.
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Partial DOS
4f
5d
6s
Z=0.33
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More complicated f systems
•Hunds coupling is important when more than one electron in the correlated (f) orbital
•Spin orbit coupling is very small in Ce, while it become important in heavier elements
The complicated atom embedded into fermionic
bath (with crystal fileds) is a serious chalange so solve!
Coulomb interaction is diagonal in the base of total LSJ -> LS base
while the SO coupling is diagonal in the j-base -> jj base
Eigenbase of the atom depends on the strength of the Hund's couling and
strength of the spin-orbit interaction
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Classical theories
Mott transition (B. Johansson, 1974):
Hubbard model
f electrons insulating
changes and causes Mott tr.
spd electrons pure spectators
Anderson (impurity) model
Kondo volume colapse (J.W. Allen, R.M. Martin, 1982): hybridization with spd electrons is crucial
(Lavagna, Lacroix and Cyrot, 1982)
changes → chnange of TK
f electrons in local moment regime
bath
either constant or
taken from LDA and rescaled
Fenomenological Landau approach:
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LDA+DMFT
ab initio calculation
bath for AIM
is self-consistently determined
contains tff and Vfd hopping
Kondo volume colapse model resembles DMFT picture:
Solution of the Anderson impurity model → Kondo physics
Difference: with DMFT the lattice problem is solved (and therefore Δ must selfconsistently determined) while in KVC Δ is calculated for a fictious impurity (and
needs to be rescaled to fit exp.)
In KVC scheme there is no feedback on spd bans, hence optics is not much
affected.
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An example
Atomic physics of selected Actinides
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