Density-matrix formalism with three-body ground-state correlations

作者:Tohyama M*; Schuck P
来源:European Physical Journal A, 2010, 45(2): 257-266.
DOI:10.1140/epja/i2010-11002-5

摘要

A density-matrix formalism which includes the effects of three-body ground-state correlations is applied to the standard Lipkin model. The reason to consider the complicated three-body correlations is that the truncation scheme of reduced density matrices up to the two-body level does not give satisfactory results to the standard Lipkin model. It is shown that the inclusion of the three-body correlations drastically improves the properties of the ground states and excited states. It is pointed out that lack of mean-field effects in the standard Lipkin model enhances the relative importance of the three-body ground-state correlations. Formal aspects of the density-matrix formalism such as a relation to the variational principle and the stability condition of the ground state are also discussed. It is pointed out that the three-body ground-state correlations are necessary to satisfy the stability condition.

  • 出版日期2010-8