Power-law spectra and asymptotic $\omega/T$ scaling in the orbital-selective Mott phase of a three-orbital Hubbard model
Quantum materials whose properties lie beyond the celebrated Landau Fermi-liquid paradigm have been observed for decades across diverse material platforms. Finding microscopic lattice models for metallic states that exhibit such peculiar behavior remains a major theoretical challenge, as these features often originate from strong quantum fluctuations in strongly interacting electron systems. Here we investigate a three-orbital Hubbard model at a high-symmetry point that hosts a transition from a metallic to an orbital-selective Mott (OSM) phase. Employing single-site dynamical mean-field theory combined with full-density-matrix numerical renormalization group, we chart the T <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> </mml:math> – U <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>U</mml:mi> </mml:math> phase diagram and obtain high-resolution real-frequency dynamics. In the OSM regime we find asymptotically scale-invariant (power-law) single-particle spectra and asymptotic \omega/T <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>ω</mml:mi> <mml:mi>/</mml:mi> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> scaling in both charge and spin channels, spanning several decades in frequency and temperature.
Authors
- Fabian Eickhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4305-9233)
Institutions
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SciPost Physics
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.20.2.050
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00