We calculate the f -electron spectral function using a Keldysh formalism for the Falicov-Kimball model in infinite dimensions. We study the region close to the quantum critical point on both the hypercubic and Bethe lattices.Key words: f -electron, spectral function, Falicov-Kimball modelThe Falicov-Kimball model [1] involves conduction electrons, which are free to move through the lattice, and f -electrons which are immobile. The two electrons interact with each other by a Coulomb interaction (of strength U ) when they are located at the same lattice site. The Hamiltonian is (at half filling)where c † i (ci) creates (destroys) a conduction electron at site i, f † i (fi) creates (destroys) a localized electron at site i, and t * is the hopping integral [2]. The symbol Z represents the number of nearest neighbors, and ij denotes a sum over all nearest neighbor pairs. The formalism for solving the conduction-electron Green's function was worked out by Brandt and Mielsch [3]. Brandt and Urbanek [4] describe how to calculate the f -electron spectral function using the Keldysh technique to directly determine the greater Green's function (along the Keldysh contour) and then Fourier transforming to real frequency (see also The contour runs from 0 to t, then back from t to 0 and finally goes along the imaginary axis down to −iβ. When we discretize the matrix operator over the Keldysh contour, we evaluate the integrals via a rectangular (midpoint) summation. We typically use no more than 2500 time steps on the contour.of the formalism). The greater Green's function is defined to bewith f (t) = exp(itHimp)f exp(−itHimp) and the evolution operator is given byThe subscript imp denotes the use of the impurity Hamiltonian (no hopping) with the evolution operator corresponding to the dynamical mean field [3] λ(ω) (the dynamical mean field mimics the hopping of conduction electrons onto and off of a given site; it is adjusted so that the impurity conduction-electron Green's function equals the local lattice Green's function). The