First-Principles T-Matrix Theory with Application to the 6 eV Satellite in Ni

• In photoemission spectra of strongly correlated systems one usually observes a satellite structure below the main peak. Description of such satellite structures in the commonly used GW approximation has been found to be insufficient. To account for these satellite structures that originate from short-range correlations, we have developed a T-matrix formalism for performing ab initio calculations on real systems. The method is applied to Ni and we obtain a satellite structure below the Fermi level as well as a reduced exchange splitting. We also found a new interesting satellite structure above the Fermi level, which can be ascribed to particle-particle scattering.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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