Representability conditions by Grassmann integration

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2015.V19.N6.A1MaRDI QIDQ300266zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Volker Bach, Hans Konrad Knörr, Edmund Menge

Publication date 27 June 2016

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.0465

zbMATH Keywords

anticommuting variables in field theorydifferential and integral calculus for fermionsfermionic density matricesG-, P-, and Q-conditions in quantum chemistryGrassmann algebraquasifree Grassmann statesrepresentability condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Molecular physics (81V55) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

Abstract: Representability conditions on the one- and two-particle density matrix for fermion systems are formulated by means of Grassmann integrals. A positivity condition for a certain kind of Grassmann integral is established which, in turn, induces the well-known G-, P- and Q-Conditions of quantum chemistry by an appropriate choice of the integrand. Similarly, the T1- and T2-Conditions are derived. Furthermore, quasifree Grassmann states are introduced and it is shown that every so-called generalized one-particle density matrix which is bounded between 0 and 1 corresponds to a unique quasifree Grassmann state.

Review text

A key to understanding fermions is provided by the insight that differential and integral calculus for anticommuting variables is needed in this particular domain of field theory and so one has to cope in textbooks with the problem of dealing with this new repertoire of modern mathematical physics, i.e. real Grassmann variables. The present paper uses Grassmann integrals to formulate conditions for the \textit{representability} on one- and two-particle fermionic density matrices by Grassmann integration. Before the authors give a definition of what they call \textit{reduced density matrices}. A positivity condition is needed for some kind of Grassmann integral. Furthermore, theorems are given that imply G-, P-, and Q-conditions, well known in quantum chemistry. Quasifree Grassmann states are also considered. However, the structure of fermionic density matrices in general is still the main subject of this article and all necessary material is developed within six sections.

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