Strongly correlated Josephson junctionRolih, Don (Avtor) Žitko, Rok (Avtor) strongly correlated systemsdynamical mean field theorynumerical renormalization groupHubbard modelWe study the proximity effect in the Hubbard model coupled to BCS superconductors describing a single-layer strongly correlated electron system in a phase-biased Josephson junction. We find two distinct gapped solutions, a Mott-like insulating (M phase) and a proximitized superconducting phase (S phase), separated by a first-order transition with hysteresis. In the M phase, the large correlation-induced charge gap strongly suppresses the critical current, while the S phase behaves as a 0-junction, with a proximitized gap that closes for �=� to yield a correlated metal. Phase bias and junction transparency can thus serve as tuning knobs to switch between conducting and insulating regimes. Working within the dynamical mean-field theory using the numerical renormalization group as the impurity solver, we associate M- and S-phase solutions with the doublet and singlet fixed points of the underlying superconducting Anderson impurity problem. We obtain detailed insight into the spectral structure on all energy scales. In the M phase, the self-energy has sub-gap resonances symmetrically located around the Fermi level resulting from the splitting of the “mid-gap pole” found in Mott insulators; this structure accounts for phase insensitivity.American Physical Society20262026-08-27 14:32:01Neznano32124ZDAsl©2026 The authors