Physical Review C
Extended random-phase approximation in a boson formalism with Pauli principle
Michelangelo Sambataro, F. Catara
Abstract
The random-phase approximation (RPA) is examined in a boson formalism and special attention is focused on the problem of the violation of the Pauli principle affecting this theory. A mapping technique is discussed and the boson image of a two-body fermion Hamiltonian is constructed. Within the boson space so defined, an extension of RPA is proposed where structure and energy of the ground state, as well as those of the one-phonon states, are analyzed with regard to the role of the spurious components associated with a violation of the Pauli principle. A multistep minimization procedure for the determination of a better ground state is also examined. Numerical tests are performed within the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model.