Insulator-to-metal crossover induced by local spin fluctuations in strongly correlated systems

Abstract

We study the simplified Hubbard (SH) model in the presence of a transverse field in the infinite dimension limit. The relevant one-particle Green's functions of the model are obtained by means a perturbative treatment of the hopping and of the transverse field around the atomic limit. We consider an analytical solution for the impurity problem. It is shown that this solution is very accurate in describing the spectral properties of the heavy-particles of the SH for intermediate and strong values of the on-site Coulomb interaction $U$. We find that for large values of $U$ an insulator-metal transition takes place as a function of the transverse field. We analyze the metallic phase through the behavior of the density of states and of the optical conductivity and static resistivity. Our results for the latter quantity agree with what is observed in experiments on $B{i}_{2}S{r}_{2}Cu{O}_y$.

6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

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