The principle of stationary variance in quantum field theory

DOI10.1142/S0217732314500266zbMATH Open1284.70034arXiv1308.4037MaRDI QIDQ5407835FDOQ5407835

Authors: Fabio Siringo 

Publication date: 8 April 2014

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

Abstract: The principle of stationary variance is advocated as a viable variational approach to quantum field theory. The method is based on the principle that the variance of energy should be at its minimum when the state of a quantum system reaches its best approximation for an eigenstate. While not too much popular in quantum mechanics, the method is shown to be valuable in quantum field theory, and three special examples are given in very different areas ranging from Heisenberg model of antiferromagnetism to quantum electrodynamics and gauge theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.4037

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zbMATH Keywords

variancevariational methodgauge theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Other variational principles in mechanics (70H30)

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