Three-body correlations on the antiferromagnetic state : An extension of local approximation

We propose an approximate version of the three-body scattering theory as an extension of local approximation. We solve the three-body problem by limiting the number of three-body states, instead of solving the Faddeev equation, in the calculation of the self-energy. Applying this simple extension to the antiferromagnetic state at half-filling in the two-dimensional Hubbard model, we demonstrate that it gives a reasonable spectral function for the single-particle Green's function in comparison with the results of the exact diagonalization for finite clusters and the quantum Monte Carlo method. We also show that it gives the ground state energy and the sublattice magnetization comparable to previous variational Monte Carlo results.