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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

New approach to strongly correlated systems: 1N expansions without slave bosons

Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Stefan Schmitt-Rink

Published Oct 1, 1988• 62 citations
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Abstract

We introduce a new approach to strongly correlated systems, based on equations of motion for composite ("quasiparticle") operators. Conserving approximations to the appropriate Green's functions are generated through functional differentiation. For illustration, we apply this scheme to the infinite-$U$, single-band Hubbard model. The analogue of the Hartree-Fock approximation becomes exact in the limit of infinite spin degeneracy ($N$), while the random-phase approximation leads to the corresponding $\frac{1}{N}$ fluctuations.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.38.7188

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