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Journal of Mathematical Physics

Boson–fermion and baryon mapping: Construction of collective subspaces. I. Theory

Jutta Meyer

Published Oct 1, 1992• 2 citations
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Abstract

Recently, the mathematical formalism of the Dyson boson mapping has been extended to a system of 3n fermions, leading to the boson–fermion and the baryon mapping. In the present paper, the case of a restriction to a subset of three-fermion quantum numbers, the collective indices, is discussed. A theory is developed for the representation of fermionic states and operators in a truncated ideal space where only collective boson–fermion pairs or collective ideal baryons are allowed. An exact reproduction of physical properties is proved to be possible provided that the original fermionic problem can be solved in a subspace where all three-fermion subsystems carry collective indices. Examples of simple applications are presented in the two subsequent papers of this series.

DOI
10.1063/1.529892

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Recently, the mathematical formalism of the Dyson boson mapping has been extended to a system of 3n fermions, leading to the boson–fermion and the baryon mapping. In the present paper, the case of a restriction to a subset of three-fermion quantum numbers, the collective indices, is discussed. A theory is developed for the representation of fermionic states and operators in a truncated ideal space where only collective boson–fermion pairs or collective ideal baryons are allowed. An exact reproduction of physical properties is proved to be possible provided that the original fermionic problem can be solved in a subspace where all three-fermion subsystems carry collective indices. Examples of simple applications are presented in the two subsequent papers of this series.
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Dyson boson mapping of a system of 2n fermions distributed among k single-particle states uses a space generated by two-index ideal bosons. We define a unitary group U(k) to classify this ideal-boson space. The physical subspace is shown to correspond to the antisymmetric irreducible representation [12n{1}^{2n}12n]. This classification enables one to introduce a ``Majorana'' operator S which is a linear combination of one- and two-body Casimir operators of U(k). A zero eigenvalue of S characterizes the physical subspace while positive eigenvalues identify all other irreducible representations that occur. The Hermitian boson image of the Hamiltonian does not connect physical and spurious states because it is a function of the generators of U(k). All the nonphysical eigenvalues and eigenstates of a physical boson Hamiltonian (Dyson boson image of a physical fermion Hamiltonian) which could be Hermitian or non-Hermitian, can be removed without affecting the physical eigenvalues and eigenvectors, by adding a suitable multiple of S to the Hamiltonian.
After a brief review of various mappings of fermion pairs to bosons, we rigorously derive a general approach. Following the methods of Marumori and Otsuka, Arima, and Iachello, our approach begins with mapping states and constructs boson representations that preserve fermion matrix elements. In several cases these representations factor into finite, Hermitian boson images times a projection or norm operator that embodies the Pauli principle. We pay particular attention to truncated boson spaces, and describe general methods for constructing Hermitian and approximately finite boson image Hamiltonians. This method is akin to that of Otsuka, Arima, and Iachello introduced in connection with the interacting boson model, but is more rigorous, general, and systematic.