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Wavefunction structure in quantum many-fermion systems with $k$-body interactions: conditional $q$-normal form of strength functions

Quantum Physics 2021-11-17 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Nuclear Theory

Abstract

For finite quantum many-particle systems modeled with say mm fermions in NN single particle states and interacting with kk-body interactions (kmk \leq m), the wavefunction structure is studied using random matrix theory. Hamiltonian for the system is chosen to be H=H0(t)+λV(k)H=H_0(t) + \lambda V(k) with the unperturbed H0(t)H_0(t) Hamiltonian being a tt-body operator and V(k)V(k) a kk-body operator with interaction strength λ\lambda. Representing H0(t)H_0(t) and V(k)V(k) by independent Gaussian orthogonal ensembles (GOE) of random matrices in tt and kk fermion spaces respectively, first four moments, in mm-fermion spaces, of the strength functions Fκ(E)F_\kappa(E) are derived; strength functions contain all the information about wavefunction structure. With EE denoting the HH energies or eigenvalues and κ\kappa denoting unperturbed basis states with energy EκE_\kappa, the Fκ(E)F_\kappa(E) give the spreading of the κ\kappa states over the eigenstates EE. It is shown that the first four moments of Fκ(E)F_\kappa(E) are essentially same as that of the conditional qq-normal distribution given in: P.J. Szabowski, Electronic Journal of Probability {\bf 15}, 1296 (2010). This naturally gives asymmetry in Fκ(E)F_\kappa(E) with respect to EE as EκE_\kappa increases and also the peak value changes with EκE_\kappa. Thus, the wavefunction structure in quantum many-fermion systems with kk-body interactions follows in general the conditional qq-normal distribution.

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@article{arxiv.2011.05799,
  title  = {Wavefunction structure in quantum many-fermion systems with $k$-body interactions: conditional $q$-normal form of strength functions},
  author = {V. K. B. Kota and Manan Vyas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.05799},
  year   = {2021}
}

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23 pages, 3 figures

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