Perturbation theory for arbitrary coupling strength?

DOI10.1142/S0217732318500372zbMATH Open1383.81088arXiv1607.01510OpenAlexW2964199687MaRDI QIDQ4608737FDOQ4608737

Authors: Bimal P. Mahapatra, Noubihary Pradhan 

Publication date: 23 March 2018

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a emph{new} formulation of perturbation theory for quantum systems, designated here as: `mean field perturbation theory'(MFPT), which is free from power-series-expansion in any physical parameter, including the coupling strength. Its application is thereby extended to deal with interactions of extit{arbitrary} strength and to compute system-properties having non-analytic dependence on the coupling, thus overcoming the primary limitations of the `standard formulation of perturbation theory' ( SFPT). MFPT is defined by developing perturbation about a chosen input Hamiltonian, which is exactly solvable but which acquires the non-linearity and the analytic structure~(in the coupling-strength)~of the original interaction through a self-consistent, feedback mechanism. We demonstrate Borel-summability of MFPT for the case of the quartic- and sextic-anharmonic oscillators and the quartic double-well oscillator (QDWO) by obtaining uniformly accurate results for the ground state of the above systems for arbitrary physical values of the coupling strength. The results obtained for the QDWO may be of particular significance since `renormalon'-free, unambiguous results are achieved for its spectrum in contrast to the well-known failure of SFPT in this case. pacs{11.15.Bt,11.10.Jj,11.25.Db,12.38.Cy,03.65.Ge}

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01510

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zbMATH Keywords

Borel summabilitymean-field approximationdouble-well oscillatoranharmonic interactionperturbation theory for arbitrary strength

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbation theories for operators and differential equations in quantum theory (81Q15)

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