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arXiv:1905.12211 · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Variational Approach to Many-Body Problems Incorporating Many-Body Effects at Finite Temperature

Akimitsu Kirikoshi, Wataru Kohno, Takafumi Kita

Published May 29, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We develop a variational approach at finite temperature that incorporates many-body correlation self-consistently. The grand potential is constructed in terms of Green's function expressed by the variational parameters. We apply this formalism to weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensates to incorporate the dynamical 3/2-body processes, which are considered important in the dynamical properties. The processes lower the free energy below the mean-field Hartree--Fock--Bogoliubov's value in the same way as a previous zero-temperature formalism. From our numerical results, the pair creation or annihilation processes neglected in the Popov--Shohno approximation are enhanced, particularly in the long wavelength region, owing to the many-body effects. Because the 3/2-body correlations give a finite contribution to the self-energy of quasiparticles, they may change the microscopic properties qualitatively, even in the weak-coupling region.

DOI
10.7566/jpsj.88.064005

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