Phase separation in the particle-hole asymmetric Hubbard model

The paramagnetic phase diagram of the Hubbard model with nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor NNN hopping on the Bethe lattice is computed at half-filling and in the weakly doped regime using the self-energy functional approach for dynamical mean-field theory. NNN hopping breaks the particle-hole symmetry and leads to a strong asymmetry of the electron-doped and hole-doped regimes. Phase separation occurs at and near half-filling, and the critical temperature of the Mott transition is strongly suppressed.