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Bootstrap methods, initially developed for solving statistical and quantum field theories, have recently been shown to capture the discrete spectrum of quantum mechanical problems, such as the single particle Schr\"odinger equation with an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Serguei Tchoumakov , Serge Florens

Periodic structures are ubiquitous in quantum many-body systems and quantum field theories, ranging from lattice models, compact spaces, to topological phenomena. However, previous bootstrap studies encountered technical challenges even for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-04 Zhijian Huang , Wenliang Li

We show that for a particular model, the quantum mechanical bootstrap is capable of finding exact results. We consider a solvable system with Hamiltonian $H=SZ(1-Z)S$, where $Z$ and $S$ satisfy canonical commutation relations. While this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-07 Lewis Sword , David Vegh

We test the bootstrap approach for determining the spectrum of one dimensional Hamiltonians, following the recent approach of Han, Hartnoll, and Kruthoff. We focus on comparing the bootstrap method data to known analytical predictions for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-17 David Berenstein , George Hulsey

We test the bootstrap approach for determining the spectrum of one dimensional Hamiltonians. In this paper we focus on problems that have a two parameter search space in the bootstrap approach: the double well and a periodic potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-29 David Berenstein , George Hulsey

In this work we report on a new bootstrap method for quantum mechanical problems that closely mirrors the setup from conformal field theory (CFT). We use the equations of motion to develop an analogue of the conformal block expansion for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Colin Oscar Nancarrow , Yuan Xin

The quantum bootstrap method is applied to determine the bound-state spectrum of Quarkonium systems using a non-relativistic potential approximation. The method translates the Schr\"odinger equation into a set of algebraic recursion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-23 Jairo Alexis Lopez , Carlos Sandoval

In the realm of contemporary physics, the bootstrap method is typically associated with an optimization-based approach to problem-solving. This method leverages our understanding of a specific physical problem, which is used as the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-02 Zechuan Zheng

We study the properties of a quantum particle interacting with a one dimensional structure of equidistant scattering centres. We derive an analytical expression for the dispersion relation and for the Bloch functions in the presence of both…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 A. Negretti , R. Gerritsma , Z. Idziaszek , F. Schmidt-Kaler , T. Calarco

Recently, novel numerical computation on quantum mechanics by using a bootstrap method was proposed by Han, Hartnoll, and Kruthoff. We consider whether this method works in systems with a $\theta$-term, where the standard Monte-Carlo…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-24 Yu Aikawa , Takeshi Morita , Kota Yoshimura

The main purpose of the present paper is to introduce a scattering approach to the study of the Kronig-Penney model in a quadratic channel with $\delta$ interactions, which was discussed in full generality in the first paper of the present…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Uzy Smilansky

The Kronig-Penney model, an exactly solvable one-dimensional model of crystal in solid physics, shows how the allowed and forbidden bands are formed in solids. In this paper, we study this model in the presence of both strong spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-23 Rui Li

With use of the Kronig-Penney model, we study the excitation spectrum of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional periodic potential. We solve the Bogoliubov equations analytically and obtain the band structure of the excitation…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Ippei Danshita , Susumu Kurihara , Shunji Tsuchiya

A numerical bootstrap method is proposed to provide rigorous and nontrivial bounds in general quantum many-body systems with locality. In particular, lower bounds on ground state energies of local lattice systems are obtained by imposing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-16 Xizhi Han

In this paper, we employ the bootstrap method, a technique that relies on consistency relations instead of direct diagonalization, to determine the expectation values in quantum many-body systems. We then use these values to assess the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Jiaju Zhang , Arash Jafarizadeh , M. A. Rajabpour

The Kronig-Penney model describes what happens to electron states when a confining potential is repeated indefinitely. This model uses a square well potential; the energies and eigenstates can be obtained analytically for a the single well,…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-11-17 R. L. Pavelich , F. Marsiglio

We have previously discussed the classical diffusive system of the bounded one-dimensional multitrap using the transfer-matrix method which is generally applied for studying the energy spectrum of the unbounded quantum Kronig-Penney…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Bar

We generalize the textbook Kronig-Penney model to realistic conditions for a quantum-particle moving in the quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) waveguide, where motion in the transverse direction is confined by a harmonic trapping potential.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-02 Marta Sroczyńska , Tomasz Wasak , Zbigniew Idziaszek

We describe a non-perturbative method for computing the energy band structures of one-dimensional models with general point potentials sitting at equally spaced sites. This is done thanks to a Bethe ansatz approach and the method is…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-04-05 V. Caudrelier , N. Crampe

We study the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a periodic delta-function potential. This realizes a nonlinear Kr\"onig-Penney model, with physical applications in the context of trapped Bose-Einstein condensate alkaly gases and in the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Wei-Dong Li , A. smerzi
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