Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Physics and Astronomy." Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-151).

Thesis (MPh)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Physics, 2010. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-83)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-04-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:43:09Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 seewald_ncc_dr_ift.pdf: 980110 bytes, checksum: a8da01736f6d240fb7a6880d23b95d14 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O objetivo da Tese é investigar a aplicabilidade e propor extensões do método do hamiltoniano termodinamicamente equivalente (MHTE) para sistemas de muitos corpos descritos por uma teoria de campos. Historicamente, o MHTE tem sua origem na teoria quântica de muitos corpos para descrever o fenômeno da supercondutividade. O método consiste na observação de que o hamiltoniano de um sistema pode ser diagonalizado exatamente através de uma transformação unitária quando um número finito de momentos transferidos que contribuem para a interação é levado em conta no limite termodinâmico. Essa transformação unitária depende explicitamente de funções de gap que podem ser determinadas através do método variacional de Gibbs. Na presente Tese, extensões do método são feitas visando aplicações em sistemas de muitos corpos em diferentes situações, tais como: transições de fase estáaticas, evolução temporal de parâmetros de ordem descrita por equações dinâmicas estocásticas do tipo Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin (GLL), teorias quânticas de campos escalares relativísticos e teorias de muitos corpos para sistemas fermiônicos não relativísticos. Mostra-se, em particular, que o MHTE é um esquema de aproximação sistemático e controlável que permite incorporar acoplamentos de componentes de Fourier de parâmetros de ordem além do modo zero, da mesma forma que em teorias quânticas relativísticas ou não relativísticas ele incorpora correlações não perturbativas entre as partículas além daquelas levadas em conta pelas tradicionais aproximações de campo médio. Métodos são desenvolvidos para obtermos soluções numéricas explícitas com o objetivo de avaliar a aplicabilidade do MHTE em alguns casos específicos. Particular atenção é dedicada ao controle de divergências de Rayleigh-Jeans nas simulações numéricas de equações de GLL / The general objective of the Thesis is to apply the Method of the Thermodynamically Equivalent Hamiltonian (MTEH) to many-body systems described by a field theory. Historically, the MTEH has its origins in the quantum theory of manybody systems to describe the phenomenon of superconductivity. The method is based on the observation that the Hamiltonian of the system can be diagonalized exactly with a unitary transformation when a finite number of transfer momenta of the interaction are taken into account in the thermodynamic limit. This unitary transformation depends explicitly on gap functions that can be determined with the use of the Gibbs variational principle. In the present Thesis, extensions of the method are made envisaging applications in many-body systems in different situations, like: static phase transitions, time evolution of order parameters described by dynamic stochastic Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin equations, relativistic quantum scalar field theories, and many-body theories for nonrelativistic fermionic systems. It is shown that the MTEH is a systematic and controllable approximation scheme that in the theory of phase transitions allows to incorporate Fourier modes of the order parameter beyond the zero mode, in the same way that in the relativistic and nonrelativistic theories it incorporates particle nonperturbative correlations beyond those taken into account by the traditional mean field approximation. Methods are developed to obtain explicit numerical solutions with the aim to assess the applicability of the MTEH in specific situations. Particular attention is devoted to the control of Rayleigh-Jeans ultraviolet divergences in the numerical simulations of Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin equations

Orientador: Gastão Inácio Krein / Banca: Marcus Benghi Pinto / Banca: Ney Lemke / Banca: Sandra dos Santos Padula / Banca: Yogiro Hama / Resumo: O objetivo da Tese é investigar a aplicabilidade e propor extensões do método do hamiltoniano termodinamicamente equivalente (MHTE) para sistemas de muitos corpos descritos por uma teoria de campos. Historicamente, o MHTE tem sua origem na teoria quântica de muitos corpos para descrever o fenômeno da supercondutividade. O método consiste na observação de que o hamiltoniano de um sistema pode ser diagonalizado exatamente através de uma transformação unitária quando um número finito de momentos transferidos que contribuem para a interação é levado em conta no limite termodinâmico. Essa transformação unitária depende explicitamente de funções de gap que podem ser determinadas através do método variacional de Gibbs. Na presente Tese, extensões do método são feitas visando aplicações em sistemas de muitos corpos em diferentes situações, tais como: transições de fase estáaticas, evolução temporal de parâmetros de ordem descrita por equações dinâmicas estocásticas do tipo Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin (GLL), teorias quânticas de campos escalares relativísticos e teorias de muitos corpos para sistemas fermiônicos não relativísticos. Mostra-se, em particular, que o MHTE é um esquema de aproximação sistemático e controlável que permite incorporar acoplamentos de componentes de Fourier de parâmetros de ordem além do modo zero, da mesma forma que em teorias quânticas relativísticas ou não relativísticas ele incorpora correlações não perturbativas entre as partículas além daquelas levadas em conta pelas tradicionais aproximações de campo médio. Métodos são desenvolvidos para obtermos soluções numéricas explícitas com o objetivo de avaliar a aplicabilidade do MHTE em alguns casos específicos. Particular atenção é dedicada ao controle de divergências de Rayleigh-Jeans nas simulações numéricas de equações de GLL / Abstract: The general objective of the Thesis is to apply the Method of the Thermodynamically Equivalent Hamiltonian (MTEH) to many-body systems described by a field theory. Historically, the MTEH has its origins in the quantum theory of manybody systems to describe the phenomenon of superconductivity. The method is based on the observation that the Hamiltonian of the system can be diagonalized exactly with a unitary transformation when a finite number of transfer momenta of the interaction are taken into account in the thermodynamic limit. This unitary transformation depends explicitly on gap functions that can be determined with the use of the Gibbs variational principle. In the present Thesis, extensions of the method are made envisaging applications in many-body systems in different situations, like: static phase transitions, time evolution of order parameters described by dynamic stochastic Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin equations, relativistic quantum scalar field theories, and many-body theories for nonrelativistic fermionic systems. It is shown that the MTEH is a systematic and controllable approximation scheme that in the theory of phase transitions allows to incorporate Fourier modes of the order parameter beyond the zero mode, in the same way that in the relativistic and nonrelativistic theories it incorporates particle nonperturbative correlations beyond those taken into account by the traditional mean field approximation. Methods are developed to obtain explicit numerical solutions with the aim to assess the applicability of the MTEH in specific situations. Particular attention is devoted to the control of Rayleigh-Jeans ultraviolet divergences in the numerical simulations of Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin equations / Doutor

Many-body quantum dynamics is a challenging problem that has induced the development of many different computational techniques. One powerful technique is the multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree-Fock (MCTDHF) method. This method allows proper consideration of electronic correlation with much less computational overhead compared to other similar methods. In this work, we present our implementation of the MCTDHF method on a non-uniform cylindrical grid. With the one-body limit of our code, we studied the controversial topic of tunneling delay, and showed that our results agree with one recent experiment while disagreeing with another. Using the fully correlated version of the code, we demonstrated the ability of MCTDHF to address correlation by calculating the ground state ionization energies of a few strongly correlated systems.

The properties of a physical system are determined by its equation of motion, and every such equation admits one-parameter groups which keep the equation invariant. Thus, for a particular system, if one can find the generator of a one-parameter group which keeps the equation and some further function or functional invariant, then one can change this system into others by changing the parameter, while keeping some properties constant. In this way, one can tell why different systems have some common properties. More importantly, one can use this method to find relationships between the physical properties of different systems. In the next section, we will illustrate the group theoretic approach by applying it to systems of two coupled oscillators and the hydrogen molecular ion. In section III of this thesis, we will investigate the helium atom system, considering both classical and quantum cases. In the quantum case our attention will be concentrated on the Schrodinger equation in matrix form. We will use a finite set of wavefunctions as our basis. Hence the results obtained will be approximate.

In this dissertation we report on the application of the Liouville Operator Resolvent technique (LRM) to two hamiltonians used to model highly correlated systems: Falicov-Kimball and Anderson Lattice. We calculate specific heats, magnetic susceptibilities, thermal averages of physical operators, and energy bands. We demonstrate that the LRM is a viable method for investigating many body problems. For the Falicov-Kimball, an exact calculation of the atomic limit shows no sharp metal-insulator transition. A truncation approximation for the full hamiltonian has a smooth evolution from the atomic limit with the opening of a band for the conduction electrons. No phase transition was observed. A bose space calculation using the proper boson norm indicates that the conduction band induces a correlation between localized electrons on nearest-neighbor sites. It is not known if this effect is real or a by-product of the approximation. We applied the LRM to the Anderson Lattice and several of its limiting cases. In the limit of no hybridization, for both the symmetric and asymmetric (mixed-valence) parameter sets, we found that the thermodynamics could be described as competition between closely-lying energy levels. The effects that dominate are those that minimize the thermal average of the hamiltonian. A simple model is presented in which only hybridization between two localized orbitals is allowed. It shows that hybridization can give rise to mixed valence phenomena as the temperature approaches zero. For the full Anderson Lattice hybridization causes relatively small shifts in the occupation numbers of the localized and conduction electrons. However, these shifts can have dramatic effects on the physical properties as demonstrated by the magnetic susceptibilities. Band structures of the eigenenergies of the Liouville operator, for both parameter sets, reveal that low-lying excitations associated with some of the basis vector operators may split out from the fermi level and become significant at low temperatures. In addition, we report on progress toward extending the calculation to bose space using a commutator norm. / Ph. D. / incomplete_metadata

We study elastic and inelastic (2 cluster) - (2 cluster) scattering amplitudes for N-body quantum systems. For potentials falling off like r⁻^-1-E we prove that below the lowest 3-cluster threshold these amplitudes exist, are continuous and that asymptotic completeness holds. Moreover, if potentials fall off exponentially we prove that these amplitudes can be meromorphically continued in the energy, with square root branch points at the 2 cluster thresholds. / Ph. D.

The repulsive delta-function interaction model in one dimension is reviewed for spinless particles and for spin-1/2 fermions. The problem of solving the differential equation related to the Schrödinger equation is reduced by the Bethe ansatz to a system of algebraic equations. The delta-function interaction is shown to have no effect on spinless fermions which therefore behave like free fermions, in agreement with Pauli's exclusion principle. The ground-state problem of spinless bosons is reduced to an inhomogeneous Fredholm equation of the second kind. In the limit of impenetrable interactions, the spinless bosons are shown to have the energy spectrum of free fermions. The model for spin-1/2 fermions is reduced by the Bethe ansatz to an eigenvalue problem of matrices of the same sizes as the irreducible representations R of the permutation group of N elements. For some R's this eigenvalue problem itself is solved by a generalized Bethe ansatz. The ground-state problem of spin-1/2 fermions is reduced to a generalized Fredholm equation.

Many-body perturbation theory and coupled-cluster theory, combined with carefully constructed basis sets, can be used to accurately compute the properties of small molecules. We applied a series of methods and basis sets aimed at reaching the ab initio limit to determine the barrier to planarity for ethylene cation. For potential energy surfaces corresponding to bond dissociation, a single Slater determinant is no longer an appropriate reference, and the single-reference hierarchy breaks down. We computed full configuration interaction benchmark data for calibrating new and existing quantum chemical methods for the accurate description of potential energy surfaces. We used the data to calibrate single-reference configuration interaction, perturbation theory, and coupled-cluster theory and multi-reference configuration interaction and perturbation theory, using various types of molecular orbitals, for breaking single and multiple bonds on ground-state and excited-state surfaces. We developed a determinant-based method which generalizes the formulation of many-body wave functions and energy expectation values. We used the method to calibrate single-reference and multi-reference configuration interaction and coupled-cluster theories, using different types of molecular orbitals, for the symmetric dissociation of water. We extended the determinant-based method to work with general configuration lists, enabling us to study, for the first time, arbitrarily truncated coupled-cluster wave functions. We used this new capability to study the importance of configurations in configuration interaction and coupled-cluster wave functions at different regions of a potential energy surface.