A NOVEL VARIATIONAL APPROACH FOR QUANTUM FIELD THEORY: EXAMPLE OF STUDY OF THE GROUND STATE AND PHASE TRANSITION IN NONLINEAR SIGMA MODEL

DOI10.1142/S0217751X05026819MaRDI QIDQ5313508zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Yuriy Mishchenko, Chueng-Ryong Ji

Publication date 1 September 2005

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410197

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

Abstract: We discuss a novel form of the variational approach in Quantum Field Theory in which the trial quantum configuration is represented directly in terms of relevant expectation values rather than, e.g., increasingly complicated structure from Fock space. The quantum algebra imposes constraints on such expectation values so that the variational problem is formulated here as an optimization under constraints. As an example of application of such approach we consider the study of ground state and critical properties in a variant of nonlinear sigma model.

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