Reply to ``Comment on `On the Luttinger theorem concerning number of particles in the ground states of systems of interacting fermions','' arXiv:0711.3093v1, by A. Rosch

Abstract

We reply to the Comment by Achim Rosch [1] (arXiv:0711.3093v1) who challenges our finding in Ref. [2] (arXiv:0711.0952v1) with regard to the validity of the Luttinger theorem in the cases of Mott insulating N-particle ground states (even) when the chemical potential used in applying this theorem coincides with the zero-temperature limit of the chemical potential satisfying the equation of state corresponding to N particles. Rosch further argues that the strong-coupling expression for the single-particle Green function presented in Ref. [3] (arXiv:cond-mat/0602656v2) and analyzed in Ref. [2] does not imply destruction of the Mott insulating state at half-filling as a result of an arbitrary weak hopping contribution that breaks particle-hole symmetry and therefore suggests that our conclusion in Ref. [2] to the contrary were incorrect. Here we show the shortcomings of Rosch's arguments.