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Double Exchange model for nanoscopic clusters
We solve the double exchange model on nanoscopic clusters exactly, and
specifically consider a six-site benzene-like nanocluster. This simple model is
an ideal testbed for studying magnetism in nanoclusters and for validating
approximations such as the dynamical mean field theory (DMFT). Non-local
correlations arise between neighboring localized spins due to the Hund's rule
coupling, favoring a short-range magnetic order of ferro- or antiferromagnetic
type. For a geometry with more neighboring sites or a sufficiently strong
hybridization between leads and the nanocluster, these non-local correlations
are less relevant, and DMFT can be applied reliably.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, 1 tabl
Signature of antiferromagnetic long-range order in the optical spectrum of strongly correlated electron systems
We show how the onset of a non-Slater antiferromagnetic ordering in a
correlated material can be detected by optical spectroscopy. Using dynamical
mean-field theory we identify two distinctive features: The antiferromagnetic
ordering is associated with an enhanced spectral weight above the optical gap,
and well separated spin-polaron peaks emerge in the optical spectrum. Both
features are indeed observed in LaSrMnO_4 [G\"ossling et al., Phys. Rev. B 77,
035109 (2008)]Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
One-particle irreducible functional approach - a new route to diagrammatic extensions of DMFT
We present an approach which is based on the one-particle irreducible (1PI)
generating functional formalism and includes electronic correlations on all
length-scales beyond the local correlations of dynamical mean field theory
(DMFT). This formalism allows us to unify aspects of the dynamical vertex
approximation (D\GammaA) and the dual fermion (DF) scheme, yielding a
consistent formulation of non-local correlations at the one- and two-particle
level beyond DMFT within the functional integral formalism. In particular, the
considered approach includes one-particle reducible contributions from the
three- and more-particle vertices in the dual fermion approach, as well as some
diagrams not included in the ladder version of D\GammaA. To demonstrate the
applicability and physical content of the 1PI approach, we compare the
diagrammatics of 1PI, DF and D\GammaA, as well as the numerical results of
these approaches for the half-filled Hubbard model in two dimensions.Comment: 36 pages, 12 figures, updated versio
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