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The Journal of Chemical Physics

Multiscale theory of collective and quasiparticle modes in quantum nanosystems

P. Ortoleva, Srinivasan S. Iyengar

Published Apr 28, 2008• 8 citations
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Abstract

A quantum nanosystem (such as a quantum dot, nanowire, superconducting nanoparticle, or superfluid nanodroplet) involves widely separated characteristic lengths. These lengths range from the average nearest-neighbor distance between the constituent fermions or bosons, or the lattice spacing for a conducting metal, to the overall size of the quantum nanosystem (QN). This suggests the wave function has related distinct dependencies on the positions of the constituent fermions and bosons. We show how the separation of scales can be used to generate a multiscale perturbation scheme for solving the wave equation. Results for electrons or other fermions show that, to lowest order, the wave function factorizes into an antisymmetric (fermion) part and a symmetric (bosonlike) part. The former manifests the short-range/exclusion-principle behavior, while the latter corresponds to collective behaviors, such as plasmons, which have a boson character. When the constituents are bosons, multiscale analysis shows that, to lowest order, the wave function can also factorize into short- and long-scale parts. However, to ensure that the product wave function has overall symmetric particle label exchange behavior, there could, in principle, be states of the boson nanosystem where both the short- and long-scale factors are either boson- or fermionlike; the latter "dual fermion" states are, due to their exclusion-principle-like character, of high energy (i.e., single particle states cannot be multiply occupied). The multiscale perturbation analysis is used to argue for the existence of a coarse-grained wave equation for bosonlike collective behaviors. Quasiparticles, with effective mass and interactions, emerge naturally as consequences of the long-scale dynamics of the constituent particles. The multiscale framework holds promise for facilitating QN computer simulations and novel approximation schemes.

DOI
10.1063/1.2877226

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