Metal-Insulator Transition described by Natural Orbital Functional Theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08397v2
• Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 09:36:31 GMT
• Title: Metal-Insulator Transition described by Natural Orbital Functional Theory
• Authors: Juan Felipe Huan Lew-Yee, Mario Piris,
• Abstract summary: Hydrogen-based systems offer a simple yet powerful model for investigating the metal-insulator transition (MIT)<n>We study finite hydrogen clusters with cubic geometries using Natural Orbital Functional Theory (NOFT)<n>Our results show NOFT captures the transition from insulating to metallic behavior as the interatomic distance decreases.
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• Abstract: The metal-insulator transition (MIT) is a fundamental phenomenon in condensed matter physics and a hallmark of strong electronic correlations. Hydrogen-based systems offer a simple yet powerful model for investigating the MIT, as their insulating behavior arises purely from electron-electron interactions. In this work, we study finite hydrogen clusters with cubic geometries using Natural Orbital Functional Theory (NOFT), a method capable of accurately describing correlated systems beyond mean-field approaches. We focus on two key signatures of the MIT: the fundamental energy gap and the harmonic average of the atomic one-particle reduced density matrix. Our results show that NOFT captures the transition from insulating to metallic behavior as the interatomic distance decreases. By extrapolating the energy gap to the thermodynamic limit, we estimate a critical distance rc ~ 1.2 Ang, in excellent agreement with quantum Monte Carlo benchmarks. These findings demonstrate the reliability of NOFT for describing strong correlation effects in large-scale models.

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