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arXiv:cond-mat/0509721 · Physical Review C

Continuous unitary transformations in two-level boson systems

Sébastien Dusuel, Julien Vidal, J. M. Arias, J. Dukelsky, J. E. García-Ramos

Published Dec 30, 2005• 39 citations
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Abstract

Two-level boson systems displaying a quantum phase transition from a spherical (symmetric) to a deformed (broken) phase are studied. A formalism to diagonalize Hamiltonians with $O(2L+1)$ symmetry for large number of bosons is worked out. Analytical results beyond the simple mean-field treatment are deduced by using the continuous unitary transformations technique. In this scheme, a $1/N$ expansion for different observables is proposed and allows one to compute the finite-size scaling exponents at the critical point. Analytical and numerical results are compared and reveal the power of the present approach to compute the finite-size corrections in such a context.

DOI
10.1103/physrevc.72.064332

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Symmetry-Reduced Variational Quantum Simulation of the U(5)→SU(3)U(5)\rightarrow SU(3)U(5)→SU(3) Quantum Phase Transition in the Interacting Boson Model
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