Antiferromagnetism and the gap of a Mott insulator: Results from analytic continuation of the self-energy

Direct analytic continuation of the self-energy is used to determine the effect of antiferromagnetic ordering on the spectral function and optical conductivity of a Mott insulator. Comparison of several methods shows that the most robust estimation of the gap value is obtained by use of the real part of the continued self-energy in the quasiparticle equation within the single-site dynamical mean-field theory of the two-dimensional square lattice Hubbard model, where, for a U that is slightly greater than the Mott critical value, antiferromagnetism increases the gap by about 80%. RI Capone, Massimo/A-7762-2008; Wang, Xin/F-5509-2011; de' Medici, Luca/H-5071-2011; Gull, Emanuel/A-2362-2010