arXiv:1004.1322 · Physical Review B
Spectral weight of doping-induced states in the two-dimensional Hubbard model
A. Liebsch
Abstract
The spectral weight of states induced in the Mott gap via hole doping in the two-dimensional Hubbard model is studied within cluster dynamical mean-field theory combined with finite-temperature exact diagonalization. If the cutoff energy is chosen to lie just below the upper Hubbard band, the integrated weight per spin is shown to satisfy ${W}_{+}(\ensuremath{\delta})\ensuremath{\ge}\ensuremath{\delta}$ ($\ensuremath{\delta}$ denotes the total number of holes), in agreement with model predictions by Eskes et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1035 (1991)]. However, if the cutoff energy is chosen to lie in the range of the pseudogap, ${W}_{+}(\ensuremath{\delta})$ remains much smaller than $\ensuremath{\delta}$ and approximately saturates near $\ensuremath{\delta}\ensuremath{\approx}0.2,\dots{},0.3$. The analysis of recent x-ray absorption spectroscopy data therefore depends crucially on the appropriate definition of the integration window.