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Physical Review A

Exactness of wave functions from two-body exponential transformations in many-body quantum theory

David A. Mazziotti

Published Jan 29, 2004• 63 citations
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Abstract

Recent studies have considered the possibility that the exact ground-state wavefunction from any Hamiltonian with two-particle interactions may be generated from a single finite two-body exponential transformation acting on an arbitrary Slater determinant [Piecuch et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 113001 (2003)]. Using the Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff relation, we show that it is difficult for the variational minimum of this trial wave function to satisfy the contracted Schr\"odinger equation which is a necessary and sufficient condition for the wave function to satisfy the Schr\"odinger equation. A counterexample is presented through the Lipkin quasispin model with 4--50 fermions. When the number of fermions exceeds four, the wave function from a finite two-body exponential transformation is shown to be inexact. If the trial wave function ansatz is extended to include products of finite two-body exponential transformations acting on an arbitrary Slater-determinant reference, then we show that the ansatz includes the exact ground-state wave function from any Hamiltonian with only two-particle interactions. Connections between the two-body exponential transformation of the wave function and recent research on two-body exponential similarity transformations of the Hamiltonian [S.R. White, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 7472 (2002)] are discussed.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.69.012507

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