Dynamical Vertex Approximation for Nanoscopic Systems

作者:Valli A*; Sangiovanni G; Gunnarsson O; Toschi A; Held K
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2010, 104(24): 246402.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.246402

摘要

With an increasing complexity of nanoscopic systems and the modeling thereof, new theoretical tools are needed for a reliable calculation of complex systems with strong electronic correlations. To this end, we propose a new approach based on the recently introduced dynamical vertex approximation. We demonstrate its reliability already on the one-particle vertex (i. e., dynamical mean field theory) level by comparison with the exact solution. Modeling a quantum point contact with 110 atoms, we show that the contact becomes insulating already before entering the tunneling regime due to a local Mott-Hubbard transition occurring on the atoms which form the point contact.

  • 出版日期2010-6-16