Towards a minimal description of dynamical correlation in metals

Abstract

Dynamical correlations and non-local contributions beyond static mean-field theories are of fundamental importance for describing the electronic structure of correlated metals. Their effects are usually described with many-body approaches and non-local dynamical self-energies. We suggest here a class of simple model self-energies that are a generalization of the static DFT + Hubbard approach. This formulation, for simplicity called DFT+U(ω)+V, provides an intuitive physical picture, a lightweight implementation, and displays very good agreement with experimental data.