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We analyze the normal phase of the attractive Hubbard model within dynamical mean-field theory. We present results for the pair-density, the spinsusceptibility, the specific heat, the momentum distribution, and for the quasiparticle weight. At weak coupling the low-temperature behavior of all quantities is consistent with Fermi liquid theory. At strong coupling all electrons are bound in pairs, which leads to a spin gap and removes fermionic quasiparticle excitations. The transition between the Fermi liquid phase and the pair phase takes place at a critical coupling of the order of the band-width and is generally discontinuous at sufficiently low temperature.
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Keller, M., Metzner, W. & Schollwöck, U. Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for the Normal Phase of the Attractive Hubbard Model. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 126, 961–977 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013850826313
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