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Detecting phase transitions and crossovers in Hubbard models using the fidelity susceptibility

Huang, Li ; Wang, Yilin ; Wang, Lei ; Werner, Philipp

In: Physical Review B, 2016, vol. 94, no. 23, p. 235110

A generalized version of the fidelity susceptibility of single-band and multiorbital Hubbard models is systematically studied using single-site dynamical mean-field theory in combination with a hybridization expansion continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo impurity solver. We find that the fidelity susceptibility is extremely sensitive to changes in the state of the system. It can be used as a...

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Pressure-driven insulator-metal transition in cubic phase UO 2

Huang, Li ; Wang, Yilin ; Werner, Philipp

In: EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2017, vol. 119, no. 5, p. 57007

Understanding the electronic properties of actinide oxides under pressure poses a great challenge for experimental and theoretical studies. Here, we investigate the electronic structure of cubic phase uranium dioxide at different volumes using a combination of density functional theory and dynamical mean-field theory. The ab initio calculations predict an orbital-selective insulator-metal...

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Anisotropic Harper-Hofstadter-Mott model: Competition between condensation and magnetic fields

Hügel, Dario ; Strand, Hugo U. R. ; Werner, Philipp ; Pollet, Lode

In: Physical Review B, 2017, vol. 96, no. 5, p. 054431

We derive the reciprocal cluster mean-field method to study the strongly interacting bosonic Harper-Hofstadter-Mott model. The system exhibits a rich phase diagram featuring band insulating, striped superfluid, and supersolid phases. Furthermore, for finite hopping anisotropy, we observe gapless uncondensed liquid phases at integer fillings, which are analyzed by exact diagonalization. The...

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Bosonic self-energy functional theory

Hügel, Dario ; Werner, Philipp ; Pollet, Lode ; Strand, Hugo U. R.

In: Physical Review B, 2016, vol. 94, no. 19, p. 195119

We derive the self-energy functional theory for bosonic lattice systems with broken U(1) symmetry by parametrizing the bosonic Baym-Kadanoff effective action in terms of one- and two-point self-energies. The formalism goes beyond other approximate methods such as the pseudoparticle variational cluster approximation, the cluster composite boson mapping, and the Bogoliubov+U theory. It...

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Staggered ordered phases in the three-orbital Hubbard model

Ishigaki, Kosuke ; Nasu, Joji ; Koga, Akihisa ; Hoshino, Shintaro ; Werner, Philipp

In: Physical Review B, 2019, vol. 99, no. 8, p. 085131

We study ordered phases with broken translational symmetry in the half-filled three- orbital Hubbard model with antiferromagnetic Hund coupling by means of dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) and continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo simulations. The stability regions of the antiferro-orbital (AFO), antiferromagnetic (AFM), and charge density wave (CDW) states are determined by measuring the...

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Spontaneously orbital-selective superconductivity in a three-orbital Hubbard model

Ishigaki, Kosuke ; Nasu, Joji ; Koga, Akihisa ; Hoshino, Shintaro ; Werner, Philipp

In: Physical Review B, 2018, vol. 98, no. 23, p. 235120

We study a three-orbital Hubbard model with negative Hund's coupling in infinite dimensions, combining dynamical mean-field theory with continuous time quantum Monte Carlo simulations. This model, which is relevant for the description of alkali- doped fullerides, has previously been shown to exhibit a spontaneous orbital-selective Mott phase in the vicinity of the superconducting phase....

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Alleviating the sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo simulations of spin-orbit-coupled multiorbital Hubbard models

Kim, Aaram J. ; Werner, Philipp ; Valentí, Roser

In: Physical Review B, 2020, vol. 101, no. 4, p. 045108

We present a strategy to alleviate the sign problem in continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo (CTQMC) simulations of the dynamical-mean-field-theory (DMFT) equations for the spin-orbit-coupled multiorbital Hubbard model. We first identify the combinations of rotationally invariant Hund coupling terms present in the relativistic basis which lead to a severe sign problem. Exploiting the fact that...

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$\mathbf{J}$ freezing and Hund’s rules in spin-orbit-coupled multiorbital Hubbard models

Kim, Aaram J. ; Jeschke, Harald O. ; Werner, Philipp ; Valentí, Roser

In: Physical Review Letters, 2017, vol. 118, no. 8, p. 086401

We investigate the phase diagram of the spin-orbit-coupled three orbital Hubbard model at arbitrary filling by means of dynamical mean-field theory combined with the continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method. We find that the spin-freezing crossover occurring in the metallic phase of the nonrelativistic multiorbital Hubbard model can be generalized to a J-freezing crossover, with J=L+S, in...

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Superconductivity in the two-band Hubbard model

Koga, Akihisa ; Werner, Philipp

In: Physical Review B, 2015, vol. 91, no. 8, p. 085108

We study the two-band Hubbard model in infinite dimensions by solving the dynamical mean-field equations with a strong coupling continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method and show that an s-wave superconducting state can be stabilized in the repulsively interacting case. We discuss how this superconducting state competes with the metallic and paired Mott states. The effects of the Hund coupling...

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Rubidium superoxide: A p-electron Mott insulator

Kováčik, Roman ; Werner, Philipp ; Dymkowski, Krzysztof ; Ederer, Claude

In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2012, vol. 86, no. 7, p. 075130

Rubidium superoxide, RbO₂, is a rare example of a solid with partially filled electronic p states, which allows us to study the interplay of spin and orbital order and other effects of strong electronic correlations in a material that is quite different from the conventional d or f electron systems. Here we show, using a combination of density functional theory (DFT) and dynamical mean-field...