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arXiv:2606.27204

Finite temperature precursors of Mottness in the Fermi Hubbard model

S . M. Roy, Abhisek Samanta, Nandini Trivedi

Published Jun 25, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

We investigate finite-temperature precursors of Mottness in the repulsive Hubbard model above the spin-ordering temperature, using numerically exact determinant quantum Monte Carlo. We show that the finite-temperature crossover is accompanied by a pronounced suppression of charge fluctuations, despite the presence of a gapless single-particle spectra, demonstrating that Mottness first emerges via two-particle response in an anomalous metallic regime, before appearing in single-particle spectral functions. We further show that a gap formation in the density of states occurs through momentum-resolved redistribution of spectral weight across the Brillouin zone, that begins at the onset of anomalous metallic regime, rather than through gap formation in single-particle spectral functions at individual momenta. Upon doping, the anomalous-metallic regime generates transport and spectroscopic signatures characteristic of doped Mott insulators. This shows that the transport and spectroscopic anomalies of the doped Hubbard model do not require the presence of a fully formed Mott insulator at half-filling, but instead originate from the strong charge-response renormalization and spectral-weight redistribution that develop within the precursor anomalous metallic regime at half-filling.

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10.48550/arxiv.2606.27204

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