English

Generalized One-Particle Density Matrices and Quasifree States

Mathematical Physics 2014-01-14 v1 math.MP

Abstract

In the spirit of the generalized one-particle density matrix for fermions, we introduce generalized one- and two-particle density matrices to state representability conditions up to second order for boson systems without assuming particle number-conservation. Furthermore, we show for both particle species that, for a semibounded Hamiltonian, the in?mum of the variation of the energy functional w.r.t quasifree states coincides with the one of a variation over pure quasifree states. Moreover, it is proven for fermions that only pure quasifree states have a generalized 1-pdm that is a projection, and a similar statement for bosons.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1304.7995,
  title  = {Generalized One-Particle Density Matrices and Quasifree States},
  author = {Volker Bach and Sébastien Breteaux and Hans Konrad Knörr and Edmund Menge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.7995},
  year   = {2014}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-22T00:08:51.732Z