Improvement on the GW$\Gamma$ Scheme for the Electron Self-Energy and Relevance of the $G_0W_0$ Approximation from this Perspective

Abstract

Based on an exact functional form derived for the three-point vertex function $\Gamma$, we propose a self-consistent calculation scheme for the electron self-energy with $\Gamma$ always satisfying the Ward identity. This scheme is basically equivalent to the one proposed in 2001, but it is improved in the aspects of computational costs and its applicability range; it can treat a low-density electron system with a dielectric catastrophe. If it is applied to semiconductors and insulators, we find that the obtained quasiparticle dispersion is virtually the same as that in the one-shot $GW$ approximation (or $G_0W_0$A), indicating that the $G_0W_0$A actually takes proper account of both vertex and high-order self-energy corrections in a mutually cancelling manner.