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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Ground state of a system of many Bose particles

John Lekner

Published May 1, 1972• 3 citations
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Abstract

Abstract A many-body variational calculation is carried out using a trial wave function which is a product of pair functions. An exact integro-differential equation for the pair function is derived, valid for any system of more than three Bose particles.
DOI
10.1017/s0305004100050854

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