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Ground state of many-body lattice systems: an analytical probabilistic approach

Massimo Ostilli1,2 and Carlo Presilla1,2,3

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On the grounds of a Feynman–Kac-type formula for Hamiltonian lattice systems, we derive analytical expressions for the matrix elements of the evolution operator. These expressions are valid at long times when a central limit theorem applies. As a remarkable result, we find that the ground-state energy as well as all the correlation functions in the ground state are determined semi-analytically by solving a simple scalar equation. Furthermore, explicit solutions of this equation are obtained in the noninteracting case.


PACS

05.30.Fk Fermion systems and electron gas

05.30.Jp Boson systems

05.10.Ln Monte Carlo methods

Subjects

Quantum gases, liquids and solids

Computational physics

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 1 (August 2004)

Received 16 April 2004

Published 12 August 2004



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