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Record Nr.

UNINA9911002548303321

Autore

Zamastil Jaroslav

Titolo

An Algebraic Approach to the Many-Electron Problem / / by Jaroslav Zamastil, Tereza Uhlířová

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-87825-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 71 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Physics, , 2191-5431

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum theory

Quantum electrodynamics

Mathematical physics

Materials science - Data processing

Electronic structure

Quantum chemistry - Computer programs

Solid state physics

Quantum Physics

Quantum Electrodynamics, Relativistic and Many-body Calculations

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Electronic Structure Calculations

Electronic Devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Quantized electron field -- Chapter 2: Hartree-Fock approximation -- Chapter 3: Coupled cluster method -- Chapter 4: Further developments.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an algebraic approach to the coupled cluster method for many-electron systems, pioneered by Josef Paldus. Using field methods along with an algebraic, rather than diagrammatic, approach facilitates a way of deriving the coupled cluster method which is readily understandable at the graduate level. The book begins with the notion of the quantized electron field and shows how the N-electron Hamiltonian can be expressed in its language. This is followed by introduction of the Fermi vacuum and derivation of the Hartree-Fock



equations along with conditions for stability of their solutions. Following this groundwork, the book discusses a method of configuration interaction to account for dynamical correlations between electrons, pointing out the size-extensivity problem, and showing how this problem is solved with the coupled cluster approach. This is followed by derivation of the coupled cluster equations in spin-orbital form. Finally, the book explores practical aspects, showing how one may take advantage of permutational and spin symmetries, and how to solve coupled-cluster equations, illustrated by the Hubbard model of benzene, the simplest quasi-realistic model of electron correlation.