The self-energy of the hole-doped two-dimensional (2D) Hubbard model is calculated to second order in the interaction U and the ensuing renormalization of the spectral properties and of the Fermi surface is discussed. In uncorrelated systems the square-shaped Fermi surface separates the Fermi surface closed around the \ensuremath{\Gamma} point (with more holes than particles) from the Fermi surface closed around the Z point (with more particles than holes). In a correlated system a topological change from a Fermi surface centered around the \ensuremath{\Gamma} point to a Fermi surface closed around a Z point is induced, either by increasing the interaction or by diminishing the concentration of holes. The shape of the renormalized spectral function
Ap(\ensuremath{\omega}) is momentum dependent. Using
Ap(\ensuremath{\omega}) we evaluate dispersion of single-particle excitations. At low energies the band of quasiparticles with reduced bandwidth is clearly seen. At high energies and far away from the Fermi surface the spectra acquire an additional peak that describes excitations in the Hubbard band. The dispersion in Hubbard bands is weaker along the \ensuremath{\Gamma}-Z, than \ensuremath{\Gamma}-X or X-Z direction. The density of states of a correlated system, as given by the perturbation theory, remains logarithmically singular but the singular weight is reduced with respect to the uncorrelated one. In addition, the correlations transfer the spectral weight out of the low-energy region, where only a narrow Kondo-like structure seems to remain. The spectral properties of the 2D Hubbard model obtained by the truncated perturbation expansion resemble in many ways the recent experimental data on metallic cuprates.
Abstract One of the most challenging problems in solid state systems is the microscopic analysis of electronic correlations. A paramount minimal model that encodes correlation effects is the Hubbard Hamiltonian, which—regardless of its simplicity—is exactly solvable only in a few limiting cases and approximate many‐body methods are required for its solution. In this review, an overview on the non‐perturbative two‐particle self‐consistent method (TPSC), which was originally introduced to describe the electronic properties of the single‐band Hubbard model, is presented. A detailed derivation of the multi‐orbital generalization of TPSC is introduced here and particular features of the method on exemplary interacting models in comparison to dynamical mean‐field theory results are discussed.
We develop finite-temperature strong-coupling expansions for the
SU(N) Hubbard model in powers of $\ensuremath{\beta}t, w=exp(\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\beta}U)$ and $\frac{1}{\ensuremath{\beta}U}$ for arbitrary filling. The expansions are done in the grand canonical ensemble and are most useful at a density of one particle per site, where for
U larger than or of order of the bandwidth, the expansions converge over a wide temperature range ${t}^{2}/U\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}T\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}10U$. By taking the limit $w\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$, valid at temperatures much less than
U, the expansions turn into a high-temperature expansion for a dressed
SU(N) Heisenberg model that includes nearest-neighbor exchange, further neighbor exchanges, and ring exchanges known from the
T=0 perturbation theory of the SU(2) Hubbard model. Below a filling of one particle per site, the $w\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$ limit corresponds to an effective $t\text{\ensuremath{-}}J$ model. The onset of strong correlations can be identified by a plateaulike behavior in the entropy as a function of temperature. At small deviations from one particle per site, the expansions can be arranged in powers of a small parameter $\ensuremath{\delta}=1\ensuremath{-}n$, the deviation from one particle per site, where the leading $\ensuremath{\beta}t$-dependent terms correspond to holes sloshing around in a disordered
SU(N) background. We use these expansions to calculate the thermodynamic properties of the model at moderate and high temperatures over a wide parameter range.