The Green function theory is successful in many fields of theoretical physics and the Bogoliubov-Gor'kov theory system is its important branch that involves many theoretical methods. In the last twenty years many papers have been published, but as all the equations of motion are coupled and their number is infinite, its global structure problem has not been investigated as yet. This paper is devoted to the study of its global structure, the exact decoupling problem, and the uniqueness and completeness problems. Some higher order spectral representation theorems and exact relationships between higher and lower order Green functions are obtained. Thus the equations of motion are decoupled exactly. In this paper it is proved that after cutting off the equations of motion are decoupled exactly and the solution of these equation systems may not be unique. It is also proved that if there is one solution satisfying all the Green function's equations, then there must be a solution set, all of them satisfy all the equations and its number is infinite and the differences between them are arbitrary. By adding some limitations to ImG(x) at the real axis a uniqueness theorem is proved.
The Green function theory is successful in many fields of theoretical physics and the Bogoliubov-Gor'kov theory system is its important branch that involves many theoretical methods. In the last twenty years many papers have been published, but as all the equations of motion are coupled and their number is infinite, its global structure problem has not been investigated as yet. This paper is devoted to the study of its global structure, the exact decoupling problem, and the uniqueness and completeness problems. Some higher order spectral representation theorems and exact relationships between higher and lower order Green functions are obtained. Thus the equations of motion are decoupled exactly. In this paper it is proved that after cutting off the equations of motion are decoupled exactly and the solution of these equation systems may not be unique. It is also proved that if there is one solution satisfying all the Green function's equations, then there must be a solution set, all of them satisfy all the equations and its number is infinite and the differences between them are arbitrary. By adding some limitations to ImG(x) at the real axis a uniqueness theorem is proved.
This is the first of a series of papers dealing with many-particle systems from a unified, nonperturbative point of view. It contains derivations and discussions of various field-theoretical techniques which will be applied in subsequent papers. In a short introduction the general method of approach is summarized, and its relationship to other field-theoretic problems indicated. In the second section the macroscopic properties of the spectra of many-particle systems are described. Asymptotic evaluations are performed which characterize these macroscopic features in terms of intensive parameters, and the relationship of these parameters to thermodynamics is discussed. The special characteristics of the ground state are shown to follow as a limiting case of the asymptotic evaluations. The third section is devoted to the time-dependent field correlation functions, or Green's functions, which describe the microscopic behavior of a multiparticle system. These functions are defined, and related to intensive macroscopic variables when the energy and number of particles are large. Spectral representations and other properties of various one-particle Green's functions are derived. In the fourth section the treatment of non-equilibrium processes is considered. As a particular example, the electromagnetic properties of a system are expressed in terms of the special two-particle Green's function which describes current correlation. The discussion yields specifically a fluctuation-dissipation theorem, a sum rule for conductivity, and certain dispersion relations. The fifth section deals with the differential equations which determine the Green's functions. The boundary conditions that characterize the Green's function equations are exhibited without reference to adiabatic decoupling. A method for solving the equations approximately, by treating the correlations among successively larger numbers of particles, is considered. The first approximation in this sequence is shown to yield a generalized Hartree-like equation. A related, but rigorous, identity for the single-particle Green's function is then derived. A second approximation, which takes certain two-particle correlations into account, is shown to produce various additional effects: The interaction between particles is altered in a manner characterized by the intensive macroscopic parameters, and the modification and spread of the energy-momentum relation come into play. In the final section compact formal expressions for the Green's functions and other physical quantities are derived. Alternative equations and systematic approximations for the Green's functions are obtained.
The application of the Green function method to the Mollow problem is reconsidered. This problem consists of an intense monochromatic electromagnetic field in resonance with a two-level atom. We obtain a solution to the infinite hierarchy of Green function equations of motion instead of decoupling the equations of motion. This solution gives an excitation spectrum in agreement with Mollow's results. We conclude that earlier discrepancies in the excitation spectrum were artifacts of the decoupling procedure. Finally, we comment upon the physical ideas associated with the present and previous Green function treatments of the Mollow problem.
Abstract Starting with the equation of motion for the field operator ψ(x,t) of an interacting many-particle system, the n-particle Green’s function (Gn) equation of motion is developed, with interparticle interactions generating an infinite chain of equations coupling it to (n+1)- and (n−1)-particle Green’s functions (Gn+1 and Gn−1, respectively). Particularly important are the one-particle Green’s function equation with its coupling to the two-particle Green’s function and the two-particle Green’s function equation with its coupling to the three-particle Green’s function. To develop solutions, it is necessary to introduce non-correlation decoupling procedures involving the Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximations for G2 in the G1 equation; and a similar factorization “ansatz” for G3 in the G2 equation, resulting in the Sum of Ladder Diagrams integral equation for G2, with multiple Born iterates and finite collisional lifetimes. Similar treatment of the G11-equation for the joint propagation of one-electron and one-hole subject to mutual Coulomb attraction leads to bound electron-hole exciton states having a discrete hydrogen like spectrum of energy eigenstates. Its role in single-particle propagation is also discussed in terms of one-electron self-energy Σ and the T-matrix
This article is devoted to the theoretical investigation of processes in macroscopic systems based on wave particle duality and quantum statistical distributions using the Green’s function method. In particular, it pro vides a detailed description of the properties and characteristics of the Green’s function for an ideal Fermi liquid, single- and two-particle Green’s functions, as well as Green’s functions at limiting temperatures and for the Dirac and Schrödinger equations. The study analyzes the application of the Green’s function method to processes in many-particle quantum systems and to solving equations that describe the constituent particles of such systems. For a given operator and set of boundary conditions, a Green’s function can be defined, al lowing the solution of the corresponding equation to be expressed in integral form. A distinctive feature of this method is the application of mathematical-physics tools, such as Fourier methods, integral transforms, special functions, and mathematical analysis, to problems in quantum physics governed by the principles of quantum and statistical mechanics. The relevance of this study stems from the application of the Green’s function method to the analysis of quantum phenomena. This approach is considered one of the effective methods for solving partial differential equations describing various physical processes. It involves transform ing the original differential equation into an equivalent integral equation involving Green’s functions, which can then be solved. The transformation involves passing to the momentum representation and applying Fouri er transforms using methods of complex analysis.
(by translator) A perturbation theory is developed for normal many-particle systems by expanding the inverse of the advanced and retarded Green functions. Both systems with direct interactions and systems with interactions through a quantum field are considered. For the former, the infinite set of coupled equations is written down and the various methods of decoupling discussed. Systems with weak, hard sphere type, or coulomb interactions are considered and the connections with other methods discussed. For systems with quantum field interactions, the chain of equations involves both fermion and boson Green functions and the first approximation can be much better than in earlier cases. This latter approach seems to be more convenient when collective oscillations are important.
Several widely used methods for the calculation of band structures and photo emission spectra, such as the GW approximation, rely on many-body perturbation theory. They can be obtained by iterating a set of functional differential equations (DEs) relating the one-particle Green's function (GF) to its functional derivative with respect to an external perturbing potential. In this work, we apply a linear response expansion in order to obtain insights into various approximations for GF calculations. The expansion leads to an effective screening while keeping the effects of the interaction to all orders. In order to study various aspects of the resulting equations, we discretize them and retain only one point in space, spin and time for all variables. Within this one-point model we obtain an explicit solution for the GF, which allows us to explore the structure of the general family of solutions and to determine the specific solution that corresponds to the physical one. Moreover, we analyze the performances of established approaches like GW over the whole range of interaction strength, and we explore alternative approximations. Finally, we link certain approximations for the exact solution to the corresponding manipulations of the DE which produces them. This link is crucial in view of a generalization of our findings to the real (multidimensional functional) case where only the DE is known.