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The TMDCA is a variant of the [[dynamical mean field theory|dynamical mean field approximation]] (DMFA),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Georges |first1=Antoine |last2=Kotliar |first2=Gabriel |last3=Krauth |first3=Werner |last4=Rozenberg |first4=Marcelo J. |title=Dynamical Mean-Field Theory of Strongly Correlated Fermion Systems and the Limit of Infinite Dimensions |journal=Rev. Mod. Phys. |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=13–125 |year=1996|publisher=American Physical Society |doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.68.13 |bibcode=1996RvMP...68...13G |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.68.13}}</ref><ref name="Vollhardt">{{cite journal | author = D. Vollhardt | title = Dynamical mean-field theory for correlated electrons | journal = [[Annalen der Physik]] | volume = 524 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–19 | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1002/andp.201100250 | bibcode = 2012AnP...524....1V | doi-access = free }}</ref> built on the dynamical cluster approximation (DCA).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Maier |first1=Thomas |last2=Jarrell |first2=Mark |last3=Pruschke |first3=Thomas |last4=Hettler |first4=Matthias H. |title=Quantum cluster theories |journal=Rev. Mod. Phys. |volume=77 |pages=1027–1080 |year=2005 |issue=3 |doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.77.1027 |arxiv=cond-mat/0404055 |bibcode=2005RvMP...77.1027M |url=https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.77.1027 }}</ref> It is designed to more accurately handle the combined impacts of disorder and electron-electron interactions in strongly correlated systems. <ref name=":4">{{cite journal | last1=Ekuma | first1=C. E. | last2=Yang | first2=S.-X. | last3=Terletska | first3=H. | last4=Tam | first4=K.-M. | last5=Vidhyadhiraja | first5=N. S. | last6=Moreno | first6=J. | last7=Jarrell | first7=M. | year=2015 | title=Metal-insulator transition in a weakly interacting disordered electron system | journal=Phys. Rev. B | volume=92 | issue=20 | pages=201114(R) | doi=10.1103/PhysRevB.92.201114 | arxiv=1503.00025 | bibcode=2015PhRvB..92t1114E | url=https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.201114}}</ref> Through a set of self-consistent equations, the TMDCA maps a lattice onto a finite cluster embedded in a typical medium. This cluster is a periodically repeated cell containing <math>N_c</math> primitive cells, resulting in the first [[Brillouin zone]] of the original lattice being divided into <math>N_c</math> non-overlapping cells. Each cell, centered at the wave vector <math>\mathbf{K}</math>, contains a set of wave vectors <math>\tilde{\mathbf{k}} \equiv \mathbf{k} - \mathbf{K}</math>, where <math>\tilde{\mathbf{k}}</math> and <math>\mathbf{k}</math> are wave vectors generated by the translational symmetry of the cluster and the original lattice, respectively. These clusters allow for resonance effects, and by increasing <math>N_c</math>, it is possible to systematically incorporate longer-range spatial fluctuations. <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> This approach bridges the gap between the single-site approximation of DMFA and the realities of spatial correlations and randomly distributed disorder, providing a more nuanced understanding of phenomena such as [[Anderson localization]], the [[Mott transition]], and the [[metal-insulator transition]] in disordered systems.

'''TMDCA''' has notably elucidated [[Anderson localization]], offering a mean-field model that precisely captures the re-entrance of the mobility edge in the three-dimensional [[Anderson model]].<ref name=":2" /> TMDCA clearly delineates the metal-insulator transition in weakly interacting disordered electron systems, highlighting that interactions stabilize the metallic phase and induce a soft pseudogap near the critical disorder strength.<ref name=":4" /> Furthermore, it confirms that the mobility edge remains stable as long as the chemical potential exceeds or meets the mobility edge energy. TMDCA also sheds light on the cause of photoluminescent quenching in two-dimensional <math>MoS_2</math> observed experimentally and defect-tolerant behavior in 2D monolayers PbSe and PbTe where impurity states forming shallow levels rather than localized deep levels. <ref name=":5">{{cite journal | last1=Ekuma | first1=C. E. | last2=Gunlycke | first2=D. | year=2018 | title=Optical absorption in disordered monolayer molybdenum disulfide | journal=Phys. Rev. B | volume=97 | issue=20 | pages=201414(R) | doi=10.1103/PhysRevB.97.201414 | arxiv=1711.08518 | bibcode=2018PhRvB..97t1414E | url=https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.201414}}</ref><ref name="Ekuma2019">{{cite journal |last1=Ekuma |first1=Chinedu E. |title=Fingerprints of native defects in monolayer PbTe |journal=Nanoscale Adv. |year=2019 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=513–521 |publisher=RSC |doi=10.1039/C8NA00125A|pmid=36132243 |pmc=9481224 |bibcode=2019NanoA...1..513E }}</ref><ref name="Ekuma2018">{{cite journal |last1=Ekuma |first1=Chinedu E. |title=Effects of vacancy defects on the electronic and optical properties of monolayer PbSe |journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters |year=2018 |volume=9 |number=13 |pages=3680–3685 |publisher=American Chemical Society |doi=10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01585|pmid=29921127 |url= https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01585 }}</ref> Its utility extends to characterizing real materials in conjunction with various functionals within [[density functional theory]].

==Background and Description of TMDCA==