Reduced density matrix of permutational invariant many-body systems
Quantum Physics
2009-11-20 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We consider density matrices which are sums of projectors on states spanning irreducible representations of the permutation group of L sites (eigenstates of permutational invariant quantum system with L sites) and construct the reduced density matrix (RDM) for blocks of size n<L by tracing out L-n sites, viewed as environment. Explicit analytic expressions of the elements of the RDM are given in the natural basis and the corresponding spectrum is derived. Results apply to all quantum many-body systems with permutational symmetry for which the mean field theory is exact.
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@article{arxiv.0911.3777,
title = {Reduced density matrix of permutational invariant many-body systems},
author = {Mario Salerno and Vladislav Popkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.3777},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Article submitted to the Special Issue of "Acta Applicandae Mathematicae" in memory of Prof. Alwyn C. Scott