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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Systematic procedure for the calculation of energy eigenvalues for many-boson systems, with application to the polaron problem

John T. Marshall, Edward W. Carriere

Published May 15, 1980• 1 citation
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Abstract

A systematic method is developed for treating the eigenvalue problem for certain types of systems of interacting bosons. The method is applied to the polaron problem. The numerical outcome for the polaron self-energy is in good agreement with other reliable calculations in the physically applicable range of weak-to-intermediate coupling.
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.21.4264

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