Abstract
Within dynamical mean-field theory, we study the metal-insulator transition of a twofold orbitally degenerate Hubbard model as a function of a splitting of the degeneracy. The phase diagram in the plane exhibits two-band and one-band metals, as well as the Mott insulator. The correlated two-band metal is easily driven to the insulator state by a strikingly weak splitting of the order of the Kondo-peak width where is the metal quasiparticle weight. The possible relevance of this result to the insulator-metal transition in the orthorhombic expanded fulleride is discussed.
- Received 21 December 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.115107
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