Electronic structure of correlated systems

Alexander Lichtenstein

I. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 9, 20355 Hamburg, Germany


Local spin density approximation to the density functional theory have been highly successful for electronic structure calculations and zero tempetarure magnetic properties of non-correlated systems. We discuss some failure of the LSDA-scheme for the spin, charge, and orbital effects in the bulk and surface of transition metal systems. Starting from general formulation of LDA+U approach with local Coulomb correlations for d- or f- ions the different ways to go beyond the mean-field approximation which includes in effects of the spin- and charge-fluctuations have been analyzed. Dynamical mean field theory which takes into account a frequency dependence of the self energy have been combine with the first-principle scheme. The calculated quasiparticle spectrum of magnetic transition metal systems shows an important correlation effects. Some problems of itinerant magnetism [1], electronic structure of transition metal oxides [2], dimensional crossover in quasi one-dimensional systems [3] and non-quasiparticle states in the half-metallic ferromagnets will be discussed [4].

References

[1] A. I. Lichtenstein, M. I. Katsnelson, and G. Kotliar, Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ {\bf 87}, 067205 (2001).
[2] A. I. Poteryaev, A. I. Lichtenstein, and G. Kotliar, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 93}, 086401 (2004).
[3]S. Biermann, A. Georges, A. Lichtenstein, and T. Giamarchi, Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ {\bf 87}, 276405 (2001).
[4] L. Chioncel, M.I. Katsnelson, R.A. de Groot, and A.I. Lichtenstein, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 68}, 144425 (2003).