Gaussian operator bases for correlated fermions

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/2/001zbMATH Open1088.81064arXivquant-ph/0511007OpenAlexW3100571719MaRDI QIDQ3373142FDOQ3373142

Joel F. Corney, P. D. Drummond

Publication date: 13 March 2006

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We formulate a general multi-mode Gaussian operator basis for fermions, to enable a positive phase-space representation of correlated Fermi states. The Gaussian basis extends existing bosonic phase-space methods to Fermi systems and thus enables first-principles dynamical or equilibrium calculations in quantum many-body Fermi systems. We prove the completeness and positivity of the basis, and derive differential forms for products with one- and two-body operators. Because the basis satisfies fermionic superselection rules, the resulting phase space involves only c-numbers, without requiring anti-commuting Grassmann variables.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511007

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

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