Functional renormalization group without functional integrals: implementing Hilbert space projections for strongly correlated electrons via Hubbard X-operators
arXiv:2305.06928 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.108.115104
Abstract
Exact functional renormalization group (FRG) flow equations for quantum systems can be derived directly within an operator formalism without using functional integrals. This simple insight opens new possibilities for applying FRG methods to models for strongly correlated electrons with projected Hilbert spaces, such as quantum spin models, the - model, or the Hubbard model at infinite on-site repulsion. By representing these models in terms of Hubbard X-operators, we derive exact flow equations for the time-ordered correlation functions of the X-operators (X-FRG), which allow us to calculate the electronic correlation functions in the projected Hilbert space of these models. The Hubbard-I approximation for the single-particle Green function of the Hubbard model is recovered from a trivial truncation of the flow equations where the two-point vertex is approximated by its atomic limit. We use our approach to calculate the quasi-particle residue and damping in the ``hidden Fermi liquid'' state of the Hubbard model at infinite on-site repulsion where the Hamiltonian consists only of the projected kinetic energy.
27 pages, 4 figures
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