Spectral properties of the attractive Hubbard model

Abstract:

We calculate the spectral functions, the band structure and the density of states of the 2D attractive Hubbard model in the intermediate coupling regime (i.e. the crossover regime between BCS theory and Bose-Einstein Condensation) using a grand canonical quantum Monte-Carlo approach and a maximum entropy procedure. The evolution of the spectral properties as a function of temperature is discussed. In particular, on lowering the temperature, we find a splitting of the single band present at high temperatures into several distinct branches, the number of which depends on the temperature.