quantum impurity problems (qip ) and numerical renormalization group (nrg): quick introduction
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Quantum impurity problems (QIP ) and numerical renormalization group (NRG): quick introduction. Rok Žitko Institute Jožef Stefan Ljubljana, Slovenia. June 2013 , SISSA, Trieste, Italy. Hubbard model on the B ethe lattice , AFM phase spin-polaron structure ( “ string-states ” ). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Quantum impurity problems (QIP) and numerical renormalization group (NRG):
quick introduction
Rok ŽitkoInstitute Jožef StefanLjubljana, Slovenia
June 2013, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
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Hubbard model on the Bethe lattice,
AFM phase
spin-polaron structure
(“string-states”)
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Dynamical mean-field theory
Hubbard model
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“Classical impurity” (potential scattering)
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“Quantum impurity” (exchange scattering)
This is the Kondo model!
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Nonperturbative behaviour
The perturbation theory fails for arbitrarily small J !
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Screening of the magnetic moment
Kondo effect!
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“infraredslavery”
T >> TK
S=0
“Asymptoticfreedom”
T << TK
Analogy: TK QCD
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FO: free orbital
LM: local moment
SC: strong coupling
Krishnamurthy, Wilkins, Wilson, PRB 21, 1003 (1980)
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Frota, Oliveira, PRB 33, 7871 (1986), Costi, Hewson, Zlatić, JPCM 6, 2519 (1994)
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Energy cascading
Scaling
Vicinity of a fixed point
Amplification and deamplification
Universal behaviourof different
systems
Relevant operators
Irrelevant operators
Renormalization group theory
RG explains the universality of critical phenomena in continuous phase transitions. K. G. Wilson, Nobel prize 1982.
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Renormalization group
1 k e V
1 0 0 m e v
1 eV
1 m e V?
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Cutoff renormalization
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2) Campo-Oliveira scheme1) Conventional scheme
Discretization schemes
Campo, Oliveira, PRB 72, 104432 (2005).
Chen, Jayaprakash, JPCM 7, L491 (1995); Ingersent, PRB 54, 11936 (1996); Bulla, Pruschke, Hewson, JPCM 9, 10463 (1997).
r(e) = density of states in the band
3) Scheme without artifactsR. Žitko, Th. Pruschke, PRB 79, 085106 (2009)R. Žitko, Comput. Phys. Comm. 180, 1271 (2009)
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Iterative diagonalization
Recursion relation:
1
1/ 2 † †1 1, , , 1,( )
N N
N N N N N N N
H T H
H H f f f f
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Energy-scale separation
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• Extremely fast (for single-orbital problems)• Arbitrarily low temperatures• Real-frequency spectral functions• Arbitrary local Hamiltonian / hybridization
function
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Dynamic quantities
( ) ( ) (0)C t T A t B
( ) ( ) (0)i tC e T A t B dt
We’re interested in correlators such as
or their Fourier transforms
,
1( )n m
n
E ER
En m n m
n
e eC m A n m B ne E E i
Spectral decomposition (Lehmann representation):
Frota, Oliveira, PRB 33, 7871 (1986); Sakai, Shimizu, Kasuya, JPSJ 58, 3666 (1989); Costi, Hewson, Zlatić, JPCM 6, 2519 (1994); Hofstetter, PRL 85, 1508 (2000).
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Patching
E
1,...,N
E
N+1
p
p1/2
p
p: patching parameter (in units of the energy
scale at N+1-th iteration)
Bulla, Costi, Vollhardt, PRB 64, 045103 (2001).
Alternatively: complete Fock space approach. Peters, Pruschke, Anders, PRB 74, 245114 (2006)Weichselbaum, von Delft, PRL 99, 076402 (2007).
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Broadening
E
E
hE = h |E|
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High-resolution spectral functions
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Dynamical mean-field theory
Hubbard model
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Hubbard model on the Bethe lattice,
PM phase
inner band-edge features
See also DMRG study,Karski, Raas, Uhrig,PRB 72, 113110 (2005).
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Tools: SNEG and NRG Ljubljana
Add-on package for the computer algebra system Mathematica for performing calculations involving non-commuting operators
Efficient general purpose numerical renormalization group code• flexible and adaptable• highly optimized (partially parallelized)• easy to use
Both are freely available under the GPL licence:
http://nrgljubljana.ijs.si/
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nrginit
nrgrun
various scripts
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Lectures plan• 1a. Introduction to QIP and NRG• 1b. Discretization, z-averaging, thermodynamics, flow diagrams
• 2a. Implementing NRG, handling second quantization expressions, parallelization issues
• 2b. Tutorial: getting the code to run, basic calculations
• 3a. Spectral function calculations, self-energy trick, DMNRG, patching, complex Fock space basis approaches
• 3b. Tutorial: themodynamics and flow diagrams for Kondo model and SIAM
• 4a. More on spectral functions: systematic errors, broadening issues• 4b. Tutorial: spectral function for SIAM, T matrix for Kondo model
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• 5a. Transport properties• 5b. Tutorial: Kondo peak splitting in magnetic field, transport properties,
conductance and thermopower in SIAM
• 6a. NRG as impurity solver in dynamical mean-field theory, self-consistency, Broyden mixing
• 6b. Tutorial: Hubbard model, MIT at half-filling, bad metal behavior
• 7a. Underscreening, overscreening, (singular,regular,non)-Fermi liquids• 7b. Tutorial: S=1 Kondo model, two-channel Kondo model
• Optional: phonons, impurities in superconductors, multi-impurity models
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Reference works
• Wilson, RMP 1975• Krishnamurthy, Wilkins, Wilson, 2xPRB 1980• Hofstetter, PRL 2000• Anders, Schiller, Peters, Pruschke,
Weichselbaum, von Delft, several papers, 2005-2008
• Bulla, Costi, Pruschke, RMP 2008