Another formulation of the Wick's theorem. Farewell, pairing?

DOI10.1515/SPMA-2015-0015zbMATH Open1329.81357arXiv1501.03985OpenAlexW3105284280MaRDI QIDQ491789FDOQ491789

Authors: Igor V. Beloussov 

Publication date: 19 August 2015

Published in: Special Matrices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The algebraic formulation of Wick's theorem that allows one to present the vacuum or thermal averages of the chronological product of an arbitrary number of field operators as a determinant (permanent) of the matrix is proposed. Each element of the matrix is the average of the chronological product of only two operators. This formulation is extremely convenient for practical calculations in quantum field theory and statistical physics by the methods of symbolic mathematics using computers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03985

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zbMATH Keywords

vacuum expectation valuecontractionschronological product

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Applications to the sciences (65Z05) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

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Uses Software

• Maple
• Mathematica
• REDUCE
• Mathcad
• xloops
• FeynCalc
• FORM
• SNEG
• SCHOONSCHIP

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