Characterizing the three-orbital Hubbard model with determinant quantum Monte Carlo

The authors systematically characterize the three-orbital Hubbard model using state-of-the-art determinant quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) simulations with parameters relevant to the cuprate high-temperature superconductors. The DQMC results agree well with those from cuprate experiments, such as photoemission, and enable the identification of orbital content in the bands. A comparison of DQMC results to those from exact diagonalization and cluster perturbation theory elucidates how these different numerical techniques complement one another to produce a more complete understanding of the model and the cuprates.