It is shown that the techniques of quantum field theory can be applied to a system of many bosons. The Dyson equation for the one-particle Green’s function is derived. Properties of the condensed phase in a system of interacting bosons are investigated.
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.
Identical Particles Second Quantization Independent-Particle Model for Fermions in Finite Systems Two-Particle States and Interactions Noninteracting Bosons and Fermions Propagators in One-Particle Quantum Mechanics Single-Particle Propagator in Many-Particle Systems Perturbation Expansion of the Single-Particle Propagator Dyson Equation and Self-consistent Green's Functions Mean-Field or Hartree-Fock Approximation Beyond the Mean-Field Approximation Interacting Boson Systems Excited States in Finite Systems Excited States in Infinite Systems Excited States in N 2 Systems and In-Medium Scattering Dynamical Treatment of the Self-energy in Infinite Systems Dynamical Treatment of the Self-energy in Finite Systems Bogoliubov Perturbation Expansion for the Bose Gas Boson Perturbation Theory Applied to Physical Systems In-Medium Interaction and Scattering of Dressed Particles Conserving Approximations and Excited States Pairing Phenomena Propagator Framework for Phenomenological Description of Many-Body Systems Finite Temperature Formalism and Applications.
Part I: Green's Functions in Mathematical Physics - Time-Independent Green's Functions / Time-dependent Green's Functions / Part II: One-Body Green's Functions - Physical Significance of One-Body Green's Functions / Green's Functions and Perturbation Theory / Green's Functions for Tight-Binding Hamiltonians / Single Impurity Scattering / Extension Theory for Lattice Green's Functions / Part III: Many-Body Green's Functions - Field Operators and Three Pictures / Definition and Properties of Many-Body Green's Functions / The Diagram Technique for Zero-Temperature Green's Functions / Definition and Properties of Matsubara Green's Functions / Diagram Technique for the Matsubara Green's Functions / Three Approximation Schemes of the Diagram Technique / Linear Response Theory / The Equation of Motion Technique for the Green's Functions / Magnetic Systems Described by Heisenberg Model / The Green's Functions for Boson Systems with Condensation / Superconductors with Weak Interaction Between Electrons / Nonequilibrium Green's Functions / Electronic Transport through a Mesoscopic Structure / Appendixes / Index.
The quantum theory of many-particle systems is deeply connected to the mathematical formalism and techniques of quantum field theory, which are crucial in order describe the emergent phenomena that arise in condensed matter physics. The main goal of this thesis is to provide a unified description of quantum field theory methods in the context of many-particle physics in order to extend and develop these techniques to better understand the different quantum properties of matter. This both furthers the conceptual understanding of quantum many-body correlation and also allows for the development of novel theoretical techniques that combine the different formalisms employed in condensed matter theory, quantum chemistry and nuclear physics. To achieve this aim, the thesis is composed of two parts. Part I deals with many-body fermion-fermion interactions and is physically motivated by the non-relativistic electronic structure problem. Here, we introduce the Keldysh contour formulation of quantum field theory to provide a unified presentation of quantum systems both in and out-ofequilibrium. Then, we extend the conventional quantum theory of many-particle systems, based on hermitian quantum mechanics, to describe systems governed by non-hermitan Hamiltonians. This allows us to present a natural unification of two major pillars in the ab initio quantum theory of many-particle systems: coupled-cluster theory and the Green’s function formalism. This unification is further demonstrated through the emergence of the coupled-cluster amplitude equations from the Green’s function formalism. In particular, this analysis has direct bearing on the development of novel theoretical approaches to the electronic structure and nuclear many-body problems. Our findings are also relevant to the study of general non-hermitian as well as open quantum systems. Part II focuses on the quantum field theory of electron-nuclear interactions in infinite solids. Here, we use the Keldysh contour representation presented in Part I to understand excited state dynamics that include electron-electron and electron-lattice interactions in materials. We also derive the analytic continuation of the Green’s function for systems that have continuous eigenspectra. This analysis demonstrates the relationship between the Green’s function formalism and scattering theory, making the role of the continuum and causality conditions explicitly clear in the context of the pole condition of the Dyson equation. Using the analytic continuation of the propagator, we provide an in-depth analysis of electron-phonon and exciton-phonon scattering channels, with a particular focus on phonon-driven exciton dissociation scattering. Our theoretical analysis then firmly demonstrates the connection between the extension of the Bethe-Salpeter equation approach to include electron-phonon interactions and effective field theories based on composite exciton-phonon coupling. We subsequently combine the techniques presented in Part I, based on the Dyson supermatrix formulation, with the analysis presented in Part II to calculate, from first principles, the effects of including electron-phonon interactions on the excited states of heterogeneous semiconductors. Finally, we provide a summary of the fundamental contributions presented in this thesis and the potential further research directions to be pursued.
Using eigen-functional bosonization method, we study quantum many-particle systems, and show that the quantum many-particle problems end in to solve the differential equation of the phase fields which represent the particle correlation strength. Thus, the physical properties of these systems are completely determined by the differential equation of the phase fields. We mainly focus on the study of D-dimensional electron gas with/without transverse gauge fields, two-dimensional electron gas under an external magnetic field, D-dimensional boson systems, a D-dimensional Heisenberg model and a one-band Hubbard model on a square lattice, and give their exact (accurate for Heisenberg model) functional expressions of the ground state energy and action, and the eigen-functional wave functions of the fermions/bosons. With them, we can calculate a variety of correlation functions of the systems, such as single particle Green's functions and their ground state wave functions. In present theoretical framework, we can unifiably represent the Landau Fermi liquid, non-Fermi liquid (D≥2) and Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid.
This chapter discusses phase transitions and symmetry breaking and the mean field approach to condensation in Bose systems and looks at strong interactions in ‘normal’ Fermi systems. ‘Statistical field theory’ encompasses all the applications of quantum field theory to statistical physics. In the context of these notes, it is interpreted as the study of ‘statistical mechanics of quantum many particle systems, employing the methods of field theory’. The identification of the symmetry broken in a phase with long range order allows to construct simple ‘mean field’ theories which provide a qualitative description of the system. Field theoretic methods were those developed by Feynman, Dyson, Schwinger, and others for understanding QED. They were ‘field theoretic’ in that one had to go beyond quantum mechanics, and the Schrodinger equation, to set up a theory. Unlike quantum field theory, there is a Schrodinger equation governing many particle phenomena in condensed matter.