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Exact ground states of quantum many-body systems under confinement

Quantum Physics 2020-10-23 v1 Quantum Gases Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Knowledge of the ground state of a homogeneous quantum many-body system can be used to find the exact ground state of a dual inhomogeneous system with a confining potential. For the complete family of parent Hamiltonians with a ground state of Bijl-Jastrow form in free space, the dual system is shown to include a one-body harmonic potential and two-body long-range interactions. The extension to anharmonic potentials and quantum solids with Nosanov-Jastrow wavefunctions is also presented. We apply this exact mapping to construct eigenstates of trapped systems from free-space solutions with a variety of pair correlation functions and interparticle interactions.

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@article{arxiv.2005.03904,
  title  = {Exact ground states of quantum many-body systems under confinement},
  author = {Adolfo del Campo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.03904},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages