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Igor Krivenko

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Next-generation EDIpack: A Lanczos-based package for quantum impurity models featuring general broken-symmetry phases, flexible bath topologies and multi-platform interoperability

We present a next-generation version of EDIpack, a flexible, high-performance numerical library using Lanczos-based exact diagonalization to solve generic quantum impurity problems, such as those introduced in Dynamical Mean-Field Theory to describe extended strongly correlated materials. This new release efficiently solves impurity problems allowing for different broken-symmetry solutions, including superconductivity, featuring local spin-orbit coupling and/or electron-phonon coupling. It provides quick access to dynamical correlation functions on the entire complex frequency plane at zero and low-temperatures. The modular architecture of the software not only provides Fortran APIs but also includes bindings to C/C++, interfaces with Python and Julia or with TRIQS and w2dynamics research platforms, thus ensuring unprecedented level of inter-operability. The outlook includes further extensions to study quantum materials and cold atoms quantum simulators, as well as quantum information applications.

cond-mat.str-el

Embedded multi-boson exchange: A step beyond quantum cluster theories

We introduce a diagrammatic multi-scale approach to the Hubbard model based on the interaction-irreducible (multi-boson) vertex of a small cluster embedded in a self-consistent medium. The vertex captures short-ranged correlations up to the length scale of the cluster, while long-ranged correlations are recovered from a set of diagrammatic equations for the Hedin three-leg vertex. By virtue of the crossing symmetry, the Fierz decoupling ambiguity of the Hubbard interaction is resolved exactly. Our benchmarks for the half-filled Hubbard model on the square lattice are in very good agreement with numerically exact diagrammatic Monte Carlo simulations.

cond-mat.str-el

Inchworm quasi Monte Carlo for quantum impurities

The inchworm expansion is a promising approach to solving strongly correlated quantum impurity models due to its reduction of the sign problem in real and imaginary time. However, inchworm Monte Carlo is computationally expensive, converging as $1/\sqrt{N}$ where $N$ is the number of samples. We show that the imaginary time integration is amenable to quasi Monte Carlo, with enhanced $1/N$ convergence, by mapping the Sobol low-discrepancy sequence from the hypercube to the simplex with the so-called Root transform. This extends the applicability of the inchworm method to, e.g., multi-orbital Anderson impurity models with off-diagonal hybridization, relevant for materials simulation, where continuous time hybridization expansion Monte Carlo has a severe sign problem.

cond-mat.str-el

libcommute/pycommute: A quantum operator algebra domain-specific language and exact diagonalization toolkit

I present libcommute, a C++11/14/17 template library that implements a domain-specific language for easy manipulating of polynomial operators used in the quantum many-body theory, as well as a software development toolkit for exact diagonalization codes. The library is written with expressiveness, extensibility and performance in mind. It features simple syntax for commonly used abstractions and algorithms, is well documented and covered by unit tests. libcommute is supplemented with Python 3 bindings called pycommute. They are useful for solving small scale diagonalization problems, rapid prototyping and wrapping of high performance libcommute-based computational cores in Python.

physics.comp-ph

The Kondo Cloud in a 1D Nanowire

A recent experiment [Nature 579, 210--213 (2020)] probed the extent of the Kondo cloud in 1D by measuring the effect of electrostatic perturbations applied a distance $L$ away from the impurity on $T_K$. We study the Kondo cloud in a model proposed to describe this experimental setup, consisting of a single impurity Anderson model coupled to two semi-infinite 1D leads. In agreement with the experimental results, we find that $T_K$ is strongly affected by perturbations to the lead within the Kondo cloud. We obtain a complementary picture of the Kondo cloud in this system by observing how the Kondo state manifests itself in the local density of states of the leads, which may be observed experimentally via scanning tunneling microscopy. Our results support the existing experimental data and provide detailed predictions for future experiments seeking to characterize the Kondo cloud in this system.

cond-mat.str-el

Unconventional Hund Metal in a Weak Itinerant Ferromagnet

The physics of weak itinerant ferromagnets is challenging due to their small magnetic moments and the ambiguous role of local interactions governing their electronic properties, many of which violate Fermi liquid theory. While magnetic fluctuations play an important role in the materials' unusual electronic states, the nature of these fluctuations and the paradigms through which they arise remain debated. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to study magnetic fluctuations in the canonical weak itinerant ferromagnet MnSi. Data reveal that short-wavelength magnons continue to propagate until a mode crossing predicted for strongly interacting quasiparticles is reached, and the local susceptibility peaks at a coherence energy predicted for a correlated Hund metal by first-principles many-body theory. Scattering between electrons and orbital and spin fluctuations in MnSi can be understood at the local level to generate non-Fermi liquid character. These results provide crucial insight into the role of interorbital Hund's exchange within the broader class of enigmatic multiband itinerant, weak ferromagnets.

cond-mat.str-el

Dynamic Control of Nonequilibrium Metal-Insulator Transitions

We demonstrate a first order metal-insulator phase transition in the repulsive, fully frustrated, single-band Hubbard model as a function of the coupling to a fermion bath. Time dependent manipulation of the bath coupling allows switching between metallic and insulating states both across the phase transition and within the coexistence region. We propose a simple nanoelectronic device for experimentally realizing dynamic control of the bath coupling. Analysis of the device characteristics shows that it can act as a two-terminal memristor.

cond-mat.str-el

Dynamics of Kondo voltage splitting after a quantum quench

We analyze the time-dependent formation of the spectral function of an Anderson impurity model in the Kondo regime within a numerically exact real-time quantum Monte Carlo framework. At steady state, splitting of the Kondo peak occurs with nontrivial dependence on voltage and temperature, and with little effect on the location or intensity of high-energy features. Examining the transient development of the Kondo peak after a quench from an initially uncorrelated state reveals a two-stage process where the initial formation of a single central Kondo peak is followed by splitting. We analyze the time dependence of splitting in detail and demonstrate a strong dependence of its characteristic timescale on the voltage. We expect both the steady state and the transient phenomenon to be experimentally observable.

cond-mat.str-el

$\texttt{TRIQS}/\texttt{SOM}$: Implementation of the Stochastic Optimization Method for Analytic Continuation

We present the $\texttt{TRIQS}/\texttt{SOM}$ analytic continuation package, an efficient implementation of the Stochastic Optimization Method proposed by A. Mishchenko et al [Phys. Rev. B $\textbf{62}$, 6317 (2000)]. $\texttt{TRIQS}/\texttt{SOM}$ strives to provide a high quality open source (distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3) alternative to the more widely adopted Maximum Entropy continuation programs. It supports a variety of analytic continuation problems encountered in the field of computational condensed matter physics. Those problems can be formulated in terms of response functions of imaginary time, Matsubara frequencies or in the Legendre polynomial basis representation. The application is based on the $\texttt{TRIQS}$ C++/Python framework, which allows for easy interoperability with $\texttt{TRIQS}$-based quantum impurity solvers, electronic band structure codes and visualization tools. Similar to other $\texttt{TRIQS}$ packages, it comes with a convenient Python interface.

physics.comp-ph

Updated Core Libraries of the ALPS Project

The open source ALPS (Algorithms and Libraries for Physics Simulations) project provides a collection of physics libraries and applications, with a focus on simulations of lattice models and strongly correlated electron systems. The libraries provide a convenient set of well-documented and reusable components for developing condensed matter physics simulation codes, and the applications strive to make commonly used and proven computational algorithms available to a non-expert community. In this paper we present an update of the core ALPS libraries. We present in particular new Monte Carlo libraries and new Green's function libraries.

physics.comp-ph

Chebyshev polynomial representation of imaginary time response functions

Problems of finite-temperature quantum statistical mechanics can be formulated in terms of imaginary (Euclidean) -time Green's functions and self-energies. In the context of realistic Hamiltonians, the large energy scale of the Hamiltonian (as compared to temperature) necessitates a very precise representation of these functions. In this paper, we explore the representation of Green's functions and self-energies in terms of a series of Chebyshev polynomials. We show that many operations, including convolutions, Fourier transforms, and the solution of the Dyson equation, can straightforwardly be expressed in terms of the series expansion coefficients. We then compare the accuracy of the Chebyshev representation for realistic systems with the uniform-power grid representation, which is most commonly used in this context.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Quantum Monte Carlo solution of the dynamical mean field equations in real time

We present real-time inchworm quantum Monte Carlo results for single-site dynamical mean field theory on an infinite coordination number Bethe lattice. Our numerically exact results are obtained on the L-shaped Keldysh contour and, being evaluated in real-time, avoid the analytic continuation issues typically encountered in Monte Carlo calculations. Our results show that inchworm Monte Carlo methods have now reached a state where they can be used as dynamical mean field impurity solvers and the dynamical sign problem can be overcome. As non-equilibrium problems can be simulated at the same cost, we envisage the main use of these methods as dynamical mean field solvers for time-dependent problems far from equilibrium.

cond-mat.str-el

Quantum-Many-Body Intermetallics: Phase Stability of Fe$_3$Al and Small-Gap Formation in Fe$_2$VAl

Various intermetallic compounds harbor subtle electronic correlation effects. To elucidate this fact for the Fe-Al system, we perform a realistic many-body investigation based on the combination of density functional theory with dynamical mean-field theory in a charge self-consistent manner. A better characterization and understanding of the phase stability of bcc-based D0$_3$-Fe$_3$Al through an improved description of the correlated charge density and the magnetic-energy is achevied. Upon replacement of one Fe sublattice by V, the Heusler compound Fe$_2$VAl is realized, known to display bad-metal behavior and increased specific heat. We here document a charge-gap opening at low temperatures in line with previous experimental work. The gap structure does not match conventional band theory and is reminiscent of (pseudo)gap charateristics in correlated oxides.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Importance of effective dimensionality in manganese pnictides

In this paper we investigate the two manganese pnictides BaMn$_2$As$_2$ and LaMnAsO, using fully charge self-consistent density functional plus dynamical mean-field theory calculations. These systems have a nominally half-filled d shell, and as a consequence, electronic correlations are strong, placing these compounds at the verge of a metal-insulator transition. Although their crystal structure is composed of similar building blocks, our analysis shows that the two materials exhibit a very different effective dimensionality, LaMnAsO being a quasi-two-dimensional material in contrast to the much more three-dimensional BaMn$_2$As$_2$. We demonstrate that the experimentally observed differences in the Néel temperature, the band gap, and the optical properties of the manganese compounds under consideration can be traced back to exactly this effective dimensionality. Our calculations show excellent agreement with measured optical spectra.

cond-mat.str-el

TRIQS: A Toolbox for Research on Interacting Quantum Systems

We present the TRIQS library, a Toolbox for Research on Interacting Quantum Systems. It is an open-source, computational physics library providing a framework for the quick development of applications in the field of many-body quantum physics, and in particular, strongly-correlated electronic systems. It supplies components to develop codes in a modern, concise and efficient way: e.g. Green's function containers, a generic Monte Carlo class, and simple interfaces to HDF5. TRIQS is a C++/Python library that can be used from either language. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). State-of-the-art applications based on the library, such as modern quantum many-body solvers and interfaces between density-functional-theory codes and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) codes are distributed along with it.

cond-mat.str-el

TRIQS/CTHYB: A Continuous-Time Quantum Monte Carlo Hybridization Expansion Solver for Quantum Impurity Problems

We present TRIQS/CTHYB, a state-of-the art open-source implementation of the continuous-time hybridisation expansion quantum impurity solver of the TRIQS package. This code is mainly designed to be used with the TRIQS library in order to solve the self-consistent quantum impurity problem in a multi-orbital dynamical mean field theory approach to strongly-correlated electrons, in particular in the context of realistic calculations. It is implemented in C++ for efficiency and is provided with a high-level Python interface. The code is ships with a new partitioning algorithm that divides the local Hilbert space without any user knowledge of the symmetries and quantum numbers of the Hamiltonian. Furthermore, we implement higher-order configuration moves and show that such moves are necessary to ensure ergodicity of the Monte Carlo in common Hamiltonians even without symmetry-breaking.

cond-mat.str-el