Efficient vertex parametrization for the constrained functional renormalization group for effective low-energy interactions in multiband systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces an efficient approximation method for calculating low-energy effective electron-electron interactions in multiband systems using a constrained functional renormalization group approach, capturing non-local screening effects beyond traditional methods.

Contribution

It presents a novel approximation combining channel decomposition, form-factor expansion, and the truncated-unity technique within cfRG to improve effective interaction calculations in multiband lattice systems.

Findings

cfRG captures non-local screening effects not seen in cRPA.

The method provides detailed insights into orbital-dependent interactions.

Application to a three-band model demonstrates improved accuracy.

Abstract

We describe an efficient approximation for the electron-electron interaction in the determination of the low-energy effective interaction in multiband lattice systems. By using ideas for channel decomposition, form-factor expansion and the truncated-unity technique we describe the interaction as arising from the non-local and orbital-dependent coupling of particle-hole and particle-particle bilinears formed by fields residing in the same one or two orbitals. This allows us to employ the constrained functional renormalization group (cfRG) with a suitable momentum and frequency discretization. The approach gives insights into the non-local screening of spin and charge interactions when bands away from the Fermi level are integrated out. Specifically, we compute the effective low-energy interactions in the low-energy target band of a three-band model with onsite and non-local bare interactions. We show that the cfRG adds important features to the effective target-band interaction that cannot be found using the constrained random phase approximation (cRPA).