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Bogoliubov Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Nuclei : Systematic Generation and Evaluation of Diagrams and First ab initio Calculations

P. Arthuis

Published Sep 27, 2018• 0 citations
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The last few decades in nuclear structure theory have seen a rapid expansion of ab initio theories, aiming at describing the properties of nuclei starting from the inter-nucleonic interaction. Such an expansion relied both on the tremendous growth of computing power and novel formal developments. This work focuses on the development of the recently proposed Bogoliubov Many-Body Perturbation Theory that relies on a particle-number-breaking reference state to tackle singly open-shell nuclei. The formalism is first described in details, and diagrammatic and algebraic contributions are derived up to second order. Its link to standard Many-Body Perturbation Theory is made explicit, as well as its connexion to Bogoliubov Coupled-Cluster theory. An automated extension to higher orders based on graph theory methods is then detailed, and the ADG numerical program generating and evaluating BMBPT diagrams at arbitrary order is introduced. Such a formal development carries implications that are not restricted to the present work, as the developed methods can be applied to other many-body methods. Finally, first numerical results obtained for oxygen, calcium and nickel isotopes are presented. They establish BMBPT as a method of interest for large-scale computations of isotopic or isotonic chains in the mid-mass sector of the nuclear chart.

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10.70675/34293c5az55aaz4893z8142z1ea678414d4f

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We describe the first version (v1.0.0) of the code ADG that automatically (1) generates all valid Bogoliubov many-body perturbation theory (BMBPT) diagrams and (2) evaluates their algebraic expression to be implemented for numerical applications . This is achieved at any perturbative order p for a Hamiltonian containing both two-body (four-legs) and three-body (six-legs) interactions (vertices). The automated generation of BMBPT diagrams of order p relies on elements of graph theory, i.e., it is achieved by producing all oriented adjacency matrices of size ( p + 1 ) × ( p + 1 ) satisfying topological Feynman’s rules. The automated evaluation of BMBPT diagrams of order p relies both on the application of algebraic Feynman’s rules and on the identification of a powerful diagrammatic rule providing the result of the remaining p -tuple time integral. The diagrammatic rule in question constitutes a novel finding allowing for the straight summation of large classes of time-ordered diagrams at play in the time-independent formulation of BMBPT. Correspondingly, the traditional resolvent rule employed to compute time-ordered diagrams happens to be a particular case of the general rule presently identified. The code ADG is written in Python2.7 and uses the graph manipulation package NetworkX . The code is also able to generate and evaluate Hartree–Fock-MBPT (HF-MBPT) diagrams and is made flexible enough to be expanded throughout the years to tackle the diagrammatics used in various many-body formalisms that already exist or are yet to be formulated. Program summary Program Title: ADG Program Files doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6h4xrydwfb.1 Licensing provisions: GPLv3 Programming language: Python2.7 Nature of problem: As formal and numerical developments in many-body-perturbation-theory-based ab initio methods make higher orders reachable, producing and evaluating all the diagrams become rapidly undoable on a handmade basis as both their number and complexity grow quickly, making it prone to mistakes and oversights. Solution method : BMBPT diagrams are encoded as square matrices known as oriented adjacency matrices in graph theory, and then turned into graph objects using the NetworkX package. Checks on the diagrams and evaluation of their time-integrated expression are then done on a purely diagrammatic basis. HF-MBPT diagrams are produced and evaluated as well using the same principle.
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Bogoliubov Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Nuclei : Systematic Generation and Evaluation of Diagrams and First ab initio Calculations Les dernières décennies ont donné lieu à un développement rapide des théories ab initio visant à décrire les propriétés des noyaux à partir de l'interaction nucléonique. Un tel développement a été rendu possible à la fois par la très importante croissance de la puissance de calcul et de nouveaux développements formels. Le présent travail se consacre au développement de la théorie de perturbation à N corps de Bogolioubov récemment proposée, qui repose sur l'usage d'un état de référence brisant la symétrie associée au nombre de particules pour permettre une description des noyaux à simple couche ouverte. Le formalisme est tout d'abord décrit en détails, son lien avec la théorie de perturbation à N corps standard est établi, tout comme sa connexion avec la théorie de cluster couplés de Bogolioubov. L'extension du formalisme à des ordres plus élevés à partir de méthodes de théorie des graphes est ensuite présentée ainsi que le programme ADG qui génère et évalue les diagrammes BMBPT à un ordre quelconque. Les implications de ce développement formel dépassent le cadre du présent travail, les méthodes développées pouvant être appliqués à d’autres méthodes à N corps. Pour terminer, de premiers résultats numériques pour les isotopes de l'oxygène, du calcium et du nickel sont présentés. Ces résultats établissent la théorie de perturbation à N corps de Bogolioubov comme une méthode de premier intérêt pour des calculs à grande échelle sur les chaînes isotopiques et isotoniques de masse moyenne.
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