Many body perturbation theory; Electronic structure, excitons
Abstract :
[en] Coupling of excitations leads to intriguing effects on the spectra of materials. We propose a cumulant formulation for neutral electronic excitations which opens the way to describe effects such as double plasmon satellites or exciton-exciton coupling. Our approach starts from the GW+Bethe-Salpeter approximation to many-body perturbation theory which is based on a quasiparticle picture, and it adds coupling of excitations through a consistent inclusion of dynamically screened interactions. This requires one to consider scattering contributions that are usually neglected. The result is formulated in a way that highlights essential physics, that can be implemented as a postprocessing tool in first-principles codes, and that suggests which kind of materials and measurements should exhibit strong effects. This is illustrated using a model.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
CUDAZZO, Pier Luigi ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
Reining, Lucia; Ecole Polytechnique (France) > Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Correlation satellites in optical and loss spectra
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