Multiorbital cluster dynamical mean-field theory with an improved continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo algorithm

We implement a multi-orbital cluster dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT), by improving a sample-update algorithm in the continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method based on the interaction expansion. The proposed sampling scheme for the spin-flip and pair-hopping interactions in the two-orbital systems mitigates the sign problem, giving an efficient way to deal with these interactions. In particular, in the single-site DMFT, we see that the negative signs vanish. We apply the method to the two-dimensional two-orbital Hubbard model at half filling, where we take into account the short-range spatial correlation effects within a four-site cluster. We show that, compared to the single-site DMFT results, the critical interaction value for the metal-insulator transition decreases and that the effects of the spin-flip and pair-hopping terms are less significant in the parameter region we have studied. The present method provides a firm starting point for the study of inter-site correlations in multi-orbital systems. It also has a wide applicable scope in terms of realistic calculations in conjunction with density functional theory.

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