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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298607903321

Autore

Schirmer Jochen

Titolo

Many-Body Methods for Atoms, Molecules and Clusters / / by Jochen Schirmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-93602-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Chemistry, , 0342-4901 ; ; 94

Disciplina

530.144

Soggetti

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Mathematical physics

Chemometrics

Atomic structure  

Molecular structure 

Physical chemistry

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Math. Applications in Chemistry

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences

Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra

Physical Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part I Many-Electron Systems and the Electron Propagator -- Systems of identical particles -- Second quantization -- One-particle Green’s function -- Part II Formalism of Diagrammatic Perturbation Theory -- Perturbation theory for the electron propagator -- Introducing diagrams -- Feynman diagrams -- Time-ordered or Goldstone diagrams -- Part III Approximation and Computational Schemes -- Self-energy and the Dyson equation -- Algebraic-diagrammatic construction (ADC) -- Direct ADC procedure for the electron propagator -- Intermediate-state representation (ISR) -- Order relations and separability -- Part IV N-Electronic excitations --



Polarization propagator -- ADC and ISR approaches to the polarization propagator -- Random-phase approximation (RPA) -- Part V. A look at related methods -- Algebraic propagator methods -- Coupled-cluster methods for generalized excitations -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an introduction to many-body methods for applications in quantum chemistry. These methods, originating in field-theory, offer an alternative to conventional quantum-chemical approaches to the treatment of the many-electron problem in molecules. Starting with a general introduction to the atomic and molecular many-electron problem, the book then develops a stringent formalism of field-theoretical many-body theory, culminating in the diagrammatic perturbation expansions of many-body Green's functions or propagators in terms of Feynman diagrams. It also introduces and analyzes practical computational methods, such as the field-tested algebraic-diagrammatic construction (ADC) schemes. The ADC concept can also be established via a wave-function based procedure, referred to as intermediate state representation (ISR), which bridges the gap between propagator and wave-function formulations. Based on the current rapid increase in computer power and the development of efficient computational methods, quantum chemistry has emerged as a potent theoretical tool for treating ever-larger molecules and problems of chemical and physical interest. Offering an introduction to many-body methods, this book appeals to advanced students interested in an alternative approach to the many-electron problem in molecules, and is suitable for any courses dealing with computational methods in quantum chemistry.