A new approach to the calculation of spectra for strongly correlated systems
Theo A. Costi, Alex C. Hewson
Abstract
Abstract Direct diagonalization of a small cluster embedded within a larger system gives some information about the larger system but only over the largest energy scale. Such cluster calculations may help to identify peaks in XPS and other spectra in this energy range, but are of little direct use in giving information about the lower energy excitations and thermodynamic properties. For these lower energy excitations larger range correlations have to be taken into account. Whatever the computing resources, there is a rather sharp cut-off on the size of the cluster that can be diagonalized numerically. There are various possibilities for extending these to obtain results on smaller energy scales and larger clusters.