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A new approach to quantum field theory at finite temperature and density in arbitrary space-time dimension D is developed. We focus mainly on relativistic theories, but the approach applies to non-relativistic ones as well. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Andre LeClair

Path integral approaches have been used for boson and fermion systems. The path integral approach has been successful in the many-boson system. However, in the many-fermion system, the path integral approach is not feasible due to the sign…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-27 Ken-ichi Amano

In this work we consider a fermionic quantum gas within a Lorentz-Violating background at finite temperature. We derive the effective action within Path Integral formalism considering the interaction of external electromagnetic field and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-29 Rafael L. J. Costa , Rodrigo F. Sobreiro

We show that the computational effort for the numerical solution of fermionic quantum systems, occurring e.g., in quantum chemistry, solid state physics, field theory in principle grows with less than the square of the particle number for…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Borrmann , Eberhard R. Hilf

Majorana fermions are currently of huge interest in the context of nanoscience and condensed matter physics. Different to usual fermions, Majorana fermions have the property that the particle is its own anti-particle thus, they must be…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-02-04 Andres Greco

We impose the periodicity conditions corresponding to the Matsubara formalism for Thermal Field Theory as constraints in the imaginary time path integral. These constraints are introduced by means of time-independent auxiliary fields which,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Ccapa Ttira , C. D. Fosco , A. P. C. Malbouisson , I. Roditi

The exchange antisymmetry between identical fermions gives rise to the well known fermion sign problem, in the form of large cancellation between positive and negative contribution to the partition function, making any simulation methods…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-08-31 Xiong Yunuo , Xiong Hongwei

The partition function of a relativistic invariant quantum field theory is expressed by its vacuum energy calculated on a spatial manifold with one dimension compactified to a 1-sphere $S^1 (\beta)$, whose circumference $\beta$ represents…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-31 Hugo Reinhardt

We propose a new strategy for determining the equation of state of a relativistic thermal quantum field theory by considering it in a moving reference system. In this frame an observer can measure the entropy density of the system directly…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-07-23 Leonardo Giusti , Michele Pepe

This thesis uses Path Integrals and Green's Functions to study Gravity, Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Mechanics, particularly with respect to: finite temperature quantum systems of different spin in gravitational fields; finite…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor Kulikov

Path-integral analyses originally pioneered in the study of the complex-phase problem afflicting lattice calculations of finite-density quantum chromodynamics are generalized to non-relativistic Fermi gases with repulsive interactions.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-05-24 William J. Porter , Joaquín E. Drut

We present our recent studies on thermal field theories using quantum algorithms. We first delve into the representation of quantum fields via qubits on general digital quantum computers alongside the quantum algorithms employed to evaluate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-04 Iván Cuntín , Wenyang Qian , Bin Wu

We study certain aspects of the effective, occasionally called collective, description of complex quantum systems within the framework of the path integral formalism, in which the environment is integrated out. Generalising the standard…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Eckern , M. J. Gruber , P. Schwab

Finite-temperature, grand-canonical computations based on field theory are widely applied in areas including condensed matter physics, ultracold atomic gas systems, and lattice gauge theory. However, these calculations have computational…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-02 Yuan-Yao He , Hao Shi , Shiwei Zhang

A general field-theoretic framework for the treatment of liquid-gas phase transitions is developed. Starting from a fundamental four-dimensional field theory at nonzero temperature and density, an effective three-dimensional field theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-12 Hiromichi Nishimura , Michael C. Ogilvie , Kamal Pangeni

In this contribution we review the theory of integrability of quantum systems in one spatial dimension. We introduce the basic concepts such as the Yang-Baxter equation, commuting currents, and the algebraic Bethe ansatz. Quite extensively…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 Andreas Klümper

Input-output theory is a well-known tool in quantum optics and ubiquitous in the description of quantum systems probed by light. Owing to the generality of the setup it describes, the theory finds application in a wide variety of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Aaron Daniel , Matteo Brunelli , Aashish A. Clerk , Patrick P. Potts

A consistent local approach to the study of interacting relativistic fermion systems with a condensation of bare particles in its ground or vacuum state, which may has a finite matter density, is developed. The attention is payed to some of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-04 S. Ying

Discretizations of the Feynman-Kac path integral representation of the quantum mechanical density matrix are investigated. Each infinite-dimensional path integral is approximated by a Riemann integral over a finite-dimensional function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen D. Bond , Brian B. Laird , Benedict J. Leimkuhler

Path integrals are a central tool when it comes to describing quantum or thermal fluctuations of particles or fields. Their success dates back to Feynman who showed how to use them within the framework of quantum mechanics. Since then, path…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-31 Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Vivien Lecomte , Frédéric Van Wijland