We study the continuous extension of discrete shift translations on one-dimensional quantum lattice systems. We explore a specific example provided by a quasi-free C ∗ {C}^{\ast } -flow on the one-dimensional fermion lattice system, comparing it with its original discrete shift-translations. Specifically, we demonstrate its explicit dynamical formula, which reveals violations of causality and locality. Furthermore, we prove that this quasi-free C ∗ {C}^{\ast } -flow on the one-dimensional fermion lattice system cannot be extended to the one-dimensional quantum spin lattice system via the Jordan-Wigner transformation.
The central topic of this thesis is on the fermionic continuous matrix product states (cMPS) variational ansatz for many-body quantum systems in a one-dimensional (1D) continuum.The matrix product states (MPS) is a variational ansatz which has been tremendously successful for nearly two decades in efficiently approximating groundstate properties of low-dimensional quantum lattice systems.The MPS is intrinsically designed for discrete lattice systems, however, and the cMPS has been introduced in 2010 as a continuum analogue of the MPS, enabling the possibility to directly tackle systems of quantum gases and liquids without resorting to discretization of space.