Dynamical mean-field theory as a random loop problem

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2000 EDP Sciences
, , Citation H. Keiter and T. Leuders 2000 EPL 49 801 DOI 10.1209/epl/i2000-00222-0

0295-5075/49/6/801

Abstract

In dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) the Anderson lattice model is mapped onto the impurity model, with the density of states determined from a self-consistence condition (scc). The mapping is rigorous in infinite spatial dimensions d. It can be diagrammatically modelled as self-avoiding loops. While at finite d > 4 the number of mathematical self-avoiding loops is negligible compared to all random loops, to the mathematical scc at infinite d they contribute a fraction 1/e to all random loops. The limits of d and infinite loop length cannot be interchanged, thus making 1/d-corrections to the scc questionable. We find the analogous result for the DMFT loop. We also discuss numerical difficulties arising in the infinite-U limit of the Anderson lattice model, and analytically simulate them.

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10.1209/epl/i2000-00222-0