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Reproduction of exact solutions of Lipkin model by nonlinear higher random-phase approximation

J. Terasaki, Adam Smetana, F. Šimkovic, M. I. Krivoruchenko

Published Jan 1, 2017• 1 citation
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Abstract

It is shown that the random-phase approximation (RPA) method with its nonlinear higher generalization, which was previously considered as approximation except for a very limited case, reproduces the exact solutions of the Lipkin model. The nonlinear higher RPA is based on an equation nonlinear on eigenvectors and includes many-particle-many-hole components in the creation operator of the excited states. We demonstrate the exact character of solutions analytically for the particle number N = 2 and numerically for N = 8. This finding indicates that the nonlinear higher RPA is equivalent to the exact Schrödinger equation.

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10.1063/1.5007650

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