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Variational Functionals for Excited States

Quantum Physics 2008-01-25 v1

Abstract

Functionals that have local minima at the excited states of a non degenerate Hamiltonian are presented. Then, improved mutually orthogonal approximants of the ground and the first excited state are reported.

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@article{arxiv.0801.3673,
  title  = {Variational Functionals for Excited States},
  author = {Naoum C. Bacalis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3673},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages

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