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PREFACE
INDEX
589
N U M ER ICA L VA LU ES O F SO M E
PH YS ICA L Q U A NTIT IES
h- hlz,
z = l.055 x 10-27erg sec
c - 2.998 x 1010cm sec-l
ks - l.381x 10-16erg(OK)-t
me - 9.110 x 10-28g
m# = 1.673 x 10-24g
mplme = 1836
t, = 4.803 x 10-10esu
Avogadro'snum ber = 6.022 x 1023m ole-t
ellhc= a = (137.0)-1
p.a= ehlzmec = 9.274x 10-21erggauss-l
y,s= ehllmpc = 5.051 x 10-2*erg gauss-l
lRy= eljlan= :4melzhl = 13.61eV
tu = hnlmeel = 5.292 x 10-9cm
Ae=hlm.c = 3.862 x 10-1'cm
Ap= hlmpc = 2.103 x 10-14cm
mpc2 = 938.3M eV
(
a = hclle = 2.068 x 10-7gausscm2
hc = 197.3 x 10-:3M eV cm
1ev = 1.602 x 10-12erg
Introd uctio n
1
Second Q uantization
m
1.sk(xk)
.
where Ek represents a com plete set of single-particle quantum num bers. For
exam ple,Ekdenotesp fora system ofspinlessbosonsin a box,orE,J,and -$f
forasetofspinlessparticlesin acentralt' ield.orp.s'zforahom ogeneoussystem
offerm ions.and so on. It isconvenient to im agine thatthisinl inite set of
single-particle quantum numbers is ordered (1.2.3.. .. -r-s.t, .. ..u:)and
that Eg runs over this set efeigenvalues. W 'e can now expand the m any-body
w ave function asfollows:
As
--'
'X,
v.;1= yy:,...s.- ,jrN,tyy
. -(jj
x1'.
x C(E1 '.'f:-IW'fk.
yl f1-lWz
''Et+l (1.4)
Sincethe kinetic energy isa single-particle operatorinvolving the coordinates
oftheparticlesoneata tim e,itcan changeonly one ofthesingle-particlewave
functions. The orthonorm ality of the single-particle wave functions ensures
thatallbutthekth particlem usthave theoriginalgiven quantum num bers,but
thewavefbnction ofthe1th particlecanstillrun overtheinsnitesetofquantum
num bers. To be very explicit,wehavedenoted thisvariableindex by l #'in the
aboveequation. A sim ilarresultholdsforthepotentialenergy. Thesituation
isa little m orecom plicated,however,because the potentialenergyinvolvesthe
coordinatesoftwo particles.Atm ost,itcan changethewavefunctionsoftwo
particles,the kth and /th particles for exam ple,while aIlthe other quantum
numbers mustbe the same as those wehaveprojected out. The quantum
num bersofthekth particlestillrun overan infnitesetofvalues,denoted by H?',
andthequantum numbersofthe/th particlestillrunoveraninfnitesetofvalues,
denoted by Hz ''. Each given setofquantum num bersEj '' 'Es leads to a
diflkrentequation,yielding an inhnite setofcoupled diflkrentialequationsfor
thetim e-dependentcoeë cientsofthem any-particlewavefunction.
W enow incorporatethestatisticsoftheparticles. Them any-particlewave
function isassum ed to havethefollowing property
(1.5)
where,asdiscussed above,thecoordinatex:includesthespin foran assem bly of
fermions. Equation(1.5)showsthatthewavefunctionmustbeeithersymmetric
orantisym m etricundertheinterchange ofthecoordinatesofany two particles.
A necessaryandsuëcientconditionforEq.(1.5)isthattheexpansioncoeëcients
them selvesbe eithersym m etric or antisymm etric underthe interchange ofthe
corresponding quantum num bers
(y(...g;j...l;y...,f)..:u(y(...1?; ...jgj...,j) (j.6j
Thesuëciency ofEq.(1.6)iseasily seenbysrstcarrying outtheparticleinter-
changeon thew ave function and then carrying outtheappropriateinterchange
sccoNo OUANTIZATION
ofdummysummation variables. Thenecessityisshownby projectingagiven
coem cientoutofthewavefunction with theorthonorm alityofthesingle-particle
wavefunctionsand thenusingproperty(1.5)ofthetotalwavefunction. Thus
wecan putallthe symmetry ofthe wavefunction into the setofcoeëcientsC.
Boso Ns
Particles thatrequire the plus sign arecalled bosons,and we tem porarily con-
centrate on such systems. The symmetry ofthecoeë cientsunderinterchange
of quantum num bers allows us to regroup the quantum num bers appearing in
anycoemcient. Outofthegivensetofquantum numbersE l ' ..fx,suppose
thatthestate1occursrljtim es,thestate2occursnztim es,andsoon,forexam ple,
c(121324 -.-,tj= C(=1ll '-- 2
.w=
22 -
= . v' =
a! Nz
X
2-.ni= N
i=l (1.12)
Bydelinition,however,0!isequalto l,andEq.(1.l1)iswelldehnedaswritten.
O ur resultscan be expressed more elegantly if we desne stillanother coeë cient
-
fx,?)'
)s,(xl)--
. .
psslx,
s')
x * ,1az . , . n.(x1xz .
wherewehavedetined
'
/Js,(xl)'''/sx(x,
v)
E ...E
(nl,
1a...;.)
Equation (1.15)isanimportantresult,anditsimplysaysthatatotallysymmetric
wave function can be expanded in term s of a complete orthonorm al basis of
com pletely sym m etrized wave functions t
llu, a.(
xI .''- vN). Furthermore,
sEcoNo aUANTIZATION 9
thecoeëcientsin thisexpansion arejustthesetof/'s. Note the following
Propertiesofthe* 's
ljj(...xj...xy...jc
::
u
a(j)(...xy ...xj...j
j-dxj.--#xsm.,,n,,...a.-(xl.-.xs)%*n,np . . .,,.(xl.-.xs)
,
= 3n:-n, . . -
3,
,.,.. (1.18)
The srst result follows im m ediately from interchanging particle coordinates,
and then,correspondingly,dummy variablesin the desning equation (1.16);
the second resultfollow sfrom the orthonormality of the single-particle wave
functions. As an explicitexam ple,we shallwrite outthe wave function for
three spinless bosons,two of which occupy the ground state (denoted by the
subscript1)and oneofwhich occupiesthe firstexcited state(denoted bythe
subscript2):
*21:...( )(.
Yi.
Y2.
X3)
=Y
x/q
(/1(1)/1(2)/2(3)+/1(1)/X2)/i(3)+/2(1)/1(2)/1(3)2
. . .
tlX,t)
(1.23)
SECOND QUANTIZATION
lfthecoeëcientsf defined in Eq.(1.13)aresubstituted into Eqs.(1.21)
and (1.23),wearriveatthefollowinginsnitesetofcoupled diFerentialequations
. . .a.,t)
. . nj- .
! . . . ng.j.j .
(1.24)
where(çetc.''standsfortherem aining 13 possibleenum erationsoftheequalities
and inequalitiesbetween the indicesi.j,k,and /. M ultiplication by the factor
(N l/nj!nz!...n.!)1on both sidesoftheequation finally yieldsthecoupled
setofequations
ih & .é(,
7,
nx,?)
n.,t)
com pleteness
N ote thatthe com pletenesssum ig overallpossible occupation num bers,with
no restriction. To m ake this basis m ore concrete,introduce tilne-independent
operatorsbk,b%k thatsati
sfy thecom m utation rules
(/u,?(')=bkk. bosons
p b, (1.27)
k'kJ- pl
k5:k
1,2- 0
Thesearejustthecommutationrulesforthecreaticnand destructionoperators
of the harmonic oscillator. AIIof theproperties of these operatots,follow
directly from thecom m utation rules,forexam plel
bk
%bk(pk)= akfakh nk= 0,1,2,...,:s
'kjnk)-=(ak)1)Ak- 1) (1.28)
bk
ttn.)= (n.+ l)1(nk+ 1)
The num ber operator>l k bk has a spectrum of ei
genvaluesthatincludesa11the
positive integers and zero. bk is a destruction operator that decreases the
occupation numberby1and multipliesthestatebyn1;b%kisacreationoperator
thatincreasestheeigenvaluebyoneand multipliesthestateby(nk+ 1)+. The
proofofthese relationsappearsin any standard book on quantum m echanics;
since itiscrucialthatallofthese resultsfollow directly from the com m utation
rules,wehereincludeaproofofEqs.(1.28).
1Compare L.1.Schi/,ttouantum M echanics,''3d ed-,pp.182-183.M cGraw-HillBook
Company,New York,1968. '
SECON D QUANTIZATION
Theoperatorb'b isaherm itian operatorand thereforehasrealeigenvalues,'
callthisoperatorthenum beroperator. Theeigenvaluesofthe num beroperator
are greater than orequalto zero.as seen from the relation
x11,'J)Tb '
/1= ' /?,= Nk
-(.n.b%.?A) m b ,7 2 ..- ()
(1.36)
The dum m y indices in this sum m ation m ay be relabeled with the substitution
ni- 1Y n; nl+ 1> nJ
' nke ny
' (k.+ iorj)
N n
t' t= h
,
N-??/ (1.37)
((n3'=s)
x(n;+ l(
)1(nJ(
)11...n'
j+ l ...nj- 1 . (1.38)
N ow observethatthestatevectorwiththevalueofa'
fraised by oneand thevalue '
nj.lowered byone,togetherwiththemultiplicativestatisticalweightfactor,can
be sim ply rewritten in term softhe creation and destruction operatorsacting
onthestatevectorwitha;andnJ
'
(n;+ 1)1(nJ)1In(.-.n;+ 1 -..ng
'- 1 -.
(1.39)
The only dependence on the occupation numberleftin this expression is con-
tained in thecoeëcientsf and in thestatevector;hencethesummationcanbe
carried outand givesouroriginalabstractstatevectorlkle(/))desned by Eq.
(1.34). Thusthisterm intheenergyreducesto thefollowingexpression
P .
ihj-
j1
:lP4/))- --.+ )( ,
Lilrl/)bi
#:/1*1/))
. .+ ---
. (1.40)
f# J
SECOND Q IJANTIZATION 1g
Theothertermsin the hamiltonian can be treated in exactly the same fashion;
asa consequence,thisabstract state vector 1
N'41)) satishesthe Schrödinger
equation
f/ij-j1,1,(r))- 4 I,.
I'(f)) (1.41)
where the circumcex denotes an operator in the abstractoccupation-number
Hilbertspace(exceptwherethisisobvious,asin thecreation and destruction
operators)and thehamiltonianX isgivenbytheexpression
X=Z
CJ
i(i1Fl/)bi+'
b% .itZ
-lkl
b%
i4''
J(#lFl
k')bkbk (1.42)
'
It is im portant to distinguish between the optrators and c num bers in
Eq.(1.42). ThusW isan operatorin thisabstractoccupation-numberspace
becauseitdependson the creation and destruction operators. In contrast,the
matrix elementsofthe kinetic energy and the potentialenergy taken between
the single-particle eigenstatesofthe Schrödinger equation in srstquantization
aremerely complexnumbersmultiplyingtheoperators. Equations(1.41)and
(1.42)togetherrestatetheSchrödingerequationinsecondquantization,and al1
ofthestatisticsand operatorpropertiesarecontained in thecreationand destruc-
tion operators !/ and b. The physicalproblem is clearly unchanged by the
new formulation. Inparticularthecoeëcients/specifytheconnectionbetween
Erstand second quantization.
Forevery solution to theoriginaltime-dependentmany-particleSchrödinger
equationthereexistsasetofexpansioncoescientsf Giventhissetofexpansion
coes cientsh itispossibletoconstructasolutiontotheproblem fasecondquantiza-
tl
bn,asshownabove. Conversely t f theproblem f.
çsolvedI'
nsecondquandzation,
wecandetermineasetofexpansioncoes cientsh whichthenyield asolution to
theoriginaltime-dependentmannparticleSchrödingerequation.
FERM Io Ns
Ifthenegativesign inEq.(1.6)isused,theparticlesarecaliedfermions. The
sam e general analysis applies,but the details are a little m ore com plicated
because ofthe minus signs involved in the antisymmetry ofthe coeëcient C.
C(...Fj...E.
j...,t)= -C(...Eg...Ji
e
t...jf) (1..43)
The C%s are antisymmetric in the interchange ofany two quantum numbers.
which impliesthatthequantum numberEkmustbe diflkrentfrom the quantum
numberEJ or the coeëcientvanishes. Thisresultshowsthat the occupation
numbernkmustbeeitherzeroorone,whichisthestatementofthePauliexclusion
principle. Any coeëcientsthathavethe same statesoccupied areequalwitlkin
aminussign,and itispossibleto desneacoeëcientC
C(a,nz.''n.,t)* C('''Ej< EJ< Ek '' (1.44)
16 INTRODUCTION
wherewesrstarrangeallthequantum numbersinthecoeëcientCinanincreasing
sequence. Exactlyasbefore,themany-particlewavefunctionT canbeexpanded
as
l
T'(xj...xs,t4= nl ' ')(
2 flnk .--n.,t)*n,.....(xj ---xxj
'nqo=(1
(1.45)
wherethebasiswavefunctions* aregiven by a normalized determinant
' t
r
4,.,n(xl) . kzzjotxxlj
r
*.: . . ... nj! a. !+1 (
j
(xl.--xsj= x! j j (1.46)
( $
'
1/z.
x('(xI) -'-/ss(,
(x.
v)!
The single-particle quantum num bersofthe occupied statesare now assum ed
to be ordered Eç
l< fz
0...< fj. These functions form a complete setof
orthonorm alantisym m etrictim e-independentm any-particlewavefunctionsand
areusuallyreferred to astheSlaterdeterminants.t
ltisonce m oreconvenientto introduce the abstractoccupation-number
spaceand desne
î
Xl'(f))= Sl5z Z
' * '?I*
fçnjn2'''n.'t)1n1nz -''n.) (1.47)
Here thecoeëcientsfobey equationswllich diflkrfrom (1.25)only byphase
factors(seeEq.(1.57))andtherestrictionsthatnt= 0,I. Thisrestrictionswhich
reqects the particle statistics,must be incorporated into the operators in the
abstract occupation-num ber space. As a convenien' t procedure, we shall
follow them ethod ofJordan and W ignerzand work withanticom mutation rules
llrslf
sl= 3rs fermions
(1.48)
lJ.,J,)=(t0,J1)=0
wheretheanticom m utatorisde:ned bythefollowingrelation
(#,.
B)- !-.
1,.
B)+% ,
.
4.B+ .
9,4 (1.49)
Itiseasilyseen thatthisdiFerentsetofcomm utation rulesproducesthecorrect
statistics:
l*a.l=JJ
12=0* 'therefore d f010)=0, which prevents two particles from
occupyingthesam estate.
'J.C.Slater,Phys. Rev.,34:1293(1929).
2P.Jordan and E.P. W igner.loc.cit.
SECOND QUANTIZATION 17
2 a%a= 1- aa% (where we take the operatorsreferring to the same mode);
therefore
(fzfas2- 1- laa%+ aa%alf= 1- 2/2 + a(l- J2)a%= 1- aa%= a%a
or
a1d l- a%* - 0 (1.50)
ThislastrelationimpliesthatthenumberoperatorforthexthmodeH,=u1J,
has the eigenvalueszero and one.asrequired. Furtherm ore,itis straight-
forward to prove that the commtltator lâr.r
lsl vanishes,even though the
individual creation and destruction operators anticommute. This result
permitsthesimultaneousdiagonalizationoftheset(Hr),inagreementwiththe
desnition oftheoccupation-numberstate vectors.
3.Theanticom m utation rulesthem selves.alongwith an overallchoiceofphase,
therefore yield the following relationsfortheraising and lowering operators
c'
fpO)- I1))
af'j
.Ih
, = 0
The anticom m utation rules slightly com plicate the direct-product state
1nlnz...r?.),because it becomes essentialto keep track ofsigns. With
thedeflnition
'
1n,nz .' 'n.x = (t7!
,
t)n!tut
.
2lr
la...(u'
t
r)n.jg.
- j
- (j.j;)
wecan com pute directly the esectofthe destruction operatorason thisstate;
ifns= 1,we 5nd
as':
nb?71 , . .
&.
x))= (-j).
VLak
jjn1...Las/s
Y)...(a.
Y)n1
oj()j (j.j3j
wherethephasefactorSsisdetined by
Ss= n!+ nz-
.
k..' '+ n,-! (1.54)
N ote thatifns= 0,the operatorascan be m oved a1lthe way to the vacuum ,
yielding zero. Ifthereisone particle in the statens,itisconvenientsrstto use
1= l - a%
the anticom m utation relation asas ,a, and then to take the as of the
second term to the vacuum where it gives zero. Thus we finally arrive at the
threerelations
ifns= 1
otherwise
ifns= 0 (l.55)
otherwise
a#
& asj
@.. .ns '
..
18 INTRODUCTION
The third relation istbe m ost useful,forit shows thatthe number operator
introducesno extra phases. Thereason forwriting thesrsttwo equationswith
thefactor(n,)+and (a,+ 1)1instead ofthemorefamiliarnotationusingnsand
1- nsisthattheynow assumeexactlythesameform asbeforesoryanish,except
fortheextraphasefactor(-1)*.
As an example ofthe role played by thisfactor in the case offermions,
considerthekinetic-energyterm inEq.(1.4)
i
!
s
p z
'
l
k'
ihjjC(E1.''fs,tj= k=l
jg1)
G
;EkJFI1
zP')
xC(El--.Ek-lWz
-
fkml-'-Ex.
,t)+ --- (1.56)
whereEj '. .Es isagiven setofquantum num bers. Thesequantum num bers
can bereordered simultaneously on 80thsidesofthisequation into theproper
sequence. O ne problem rem ains,however,because the quantum num ber I 'F
appearson theright,whereEkappearson theleft. IfI'P ism oved to itsproper
place in the ordered form ,an extra phase factor
(-1)npr+l+ap'+z+'.'+nEk-l F < Ek
(- 1)az:k+I+afk+a+ ''''
bnw-l j?
f'
r> Ek
isneeded,representing the num berofinterchangesto putF 'in itsproperplace.
Justasbefore,wenow go overtothe/coeëcientsandagain changevariables.
For exam ple,consider partofthe kinetic-energy term
P .
1h.
jj7
%'(t))= ...+ nj'aa'.
N
.
I
,.
- S, (irFIj)
N
'''nco' i< j .
x /'(.. .t'
. t'
j .. .t);...,(j(n'
, j-
y jj1(nJj1jay.jJay,j
x(-1)'I-+I+ai'+z+'''+nJ'-l(...ni
'uI
-'1 ..-'
t n*J
'.
-*1 ...%)+ ... (l.58)
.
N ote that the phase f-
actor appearing in this expression is equivalent to
(-l)SJ-S'-nï'.furthermore,thisterm contributesonlyifn;isequalto0and n)is
equalto 1,sothatthisphasefactorisjust(-1)&-:f. Equations(1.55)now allow
us to rewrite the relevantfactoras
bni-()3,)'I(??;+ l)1'(n,
')1(-1ls.
l-siJ...ni
'+ 1 .--nJ'- 1 '.-)
- J!
lajjn1...n.
. ') (l.59)
which demonstratesthatthe creation and destruction operatorsdefned wff/l
the anlicomm tl:ation rules indeed have the required properties. ln this way
tiieSchrödingerequation again assumesthefollowing form in second quantiza-
tion
0 . - -
,zgt 1
,.
1,(?)p- z?'1
.1.(?)>
H'
*= j)ar
tyxr(
ty$
ju
vx
z
.f7s+ j x u'
rt
uj
.s'
,c
.
s
x.y
s!(p'
$
1t
uy,.,
auaf
,
rs rst;l
sEcoNo ûUANTIZATION 19
N ote particularly the ordering of the snal two destruction om rators in the
ham iltonian,which isoppositethatofthelasttwo single-particlewavefunctions
inthematrixelementsofthepotential(thereaderisurgedtoverifythisindetail
forhimself). Inthecaseofbosons,ofcourse,thisorderingisirrelevantGcause
the Enaltwo destruction operatorscom m ute with each other,butforferm ions
the order asects the overall sign. Exactly as before, Eq.(1.60)is wholly
equivalent to the Schrödinger equation in Erst quantization,but the phases
arising from theantisym m etfy oftheexpansion coeE cientshavebeen incorpor-
ated'into theham iltonian and thedirect-productstatevectors.
Z/FIELDS
Itisoftenconvenienttoform thelinearcom binationsofthecreationanddestruc-
tionoperators(denotedc'andcforgenerality)
#(x)- Z /2xlck
k .(2.j)
C(x)-Xk /2x)fcl
'
/2x)= /k /k(x)I
(x)2 O Sklxi tz= ,
jz (ao .
Thesequantities'#,and '
(darecalled/el#operators. Theyareoperatorsinthis
abstractoccupation-num berH ilbertspacebecause they depend on thecreation
and destruction operators. The Eeld operatorssatisfy sim ple com m utation or
anticom m utationrelationsdepending on thestatistics
(fk(x),'
/'
;(x'))v-I
k/k(x)./.(x');-3.j:tx-x') (2.3J)
(fk(x),#j(x,))v- E#.
t(x),##
1.(x'))v- () (z.a,)
wheretheupper(lower)signreferstobosons(fermions). Herethesrstequality
in Eq.(2.3J)followsfrom thecommutation oranticommutation relationsfor
the creation and destruction operators.and the second followsfrom the com -
pletenessofthesingle-particlewavefunctions.
Theham iltonian operatorcan berewrittenin term softheseseld operators
asfollows:
4 =J#3x##(x)r(x)#(x)+ .
. l.JJd'xdqx'##(x)##(x')F(x,x')Wx')Wxl
(2.4)
Thisexpression isreadily verised sincethe integration overspatialcoordinates
producesthesingle-particle m atrix elem entsofthe kinetic energy and potential
2: INTRODUCTION
energy,leaving a sum ofthese m atrix elem entsm ultiplied by the appropriate
creation and destruction operators. An additional matrix element in spin
spaceisimpliediftheparticleshavespin-è. Notecarefullytheorderingofthe
lasttwo held operatorsin thepotentialenergy,which agreeswith ourprevious
remarksandensuresthat# ishermitian. lnthisform,thehamiltoniansuggests
thenam esecondquantization,fortheaboveexpression looksliketheexpectation
va
1lueofthehamiltoniantakenbetweenwavefunctions. Thequantities# and
# arenotwavefunctions,however,butfleldoperators;thusinsecondquantiza-
tion the heldsaretheoperatorsand the potentialand kinetic energy arejust
complex coeëcients.
Theextensiontoanyotheroperatorisnow clearfrom theforegoinganalysis.
Forexample,considerageneralone-body operator
N
J= f1 2J(xj)
x.zl
(2.5)
written in ârst-quantized form. Thecorresponding second-quantized operator
isgiven by
7=72
'J
trIJlJ)4 cs
= Jd% J2#,(x)#J(x)#,(x)cv
FJ
%cs
= Jd3x#A(x)J(x)#(x) (2.6)
where the last form is especially useful. In particular,the number-density
operator
N
n(x)==l1
4 3(x--xt)
-1
(2.7)
becomes
H(x)- )(/.(x)#/a(x)c#
r'
rca- 4'(x)4(x) (2.8)
whilethetotal-num beroperatorassum esthesim pleform
X =J#3x:(x)=72cr
1c,= I Av
= J:3x4#(x)lx) .jg,.9j
because of the orthonorm ality of the single-particle wave functions. The
numberoperatorcommuteswiththehamiltonianofEq.(2.4),ascanbeverifed
by usingeitherthecom m utation rulesforthecreation and destruction operators
or those of the seld operators. This result is physically obvious since the
ordinarySchrödingerham iltonian doesnotchangethetotalnum berofparticles.
W e infer thatX is a constant of the motion and can be diagonalized simul-
taneously with the ham iltonian. Thus the problem in the abstract H ilbert
sEcosD aUANTIZATION 21
spaceseparatesinto asequenceofproblemsin the subspacescorresponding to a
fixed totalnumberofparticles. Nevertheless,theabstractHilbertspacecontains
stateswithanynumberofparticles.
Hb-.
p2(v
X)2JJd'xd'x'C
I
x-Y-
'
X-
x
X'!
'
p2(-
- .
X
p
v)2jy'.
xjdqze-
Z'z
M 24,
r'
= J,2'.'
p''H
M
H erethe translationalinvariancehasbeen used to shiftthc origin ofintegration
in the second line. Thequantity N -1.Jf,diverges in the limitJ. t-+.0,because
the long range of the coulomb potentialallows every element of charge to
interactwith every otherone.
In principle,H et- b isaonc-particle operatorsinceitactson each electron.
Forthe presentsystem ,however, we m ay again usethetranslationalinvariance
to write
N N t'-9lX-T6t
H el-1
)= -e2 - d3x -
d.1/' lx--rf!
1
N e-PZ
= -e2f -P d?z z
-l
N 24.
= - e2
+ 0
# (3.8)
SECOND QUANTIZATION 23
showing thatH et- b isinfacta cnum ber. Thetotalham iltonian thusreducesto
S = -Je2NlP'-14,
ap.-2+ Sel
and a11ofthe interesting physicaleflkctsare contained in H et. W e shallnow
rewrite Eq.(3.9) in second quantization. The kinetic-energy term requires
the m atrix elem ent
hlk2
=-
l jA z j
-d3xel(kz-kI).x
m P' : 2'
A21.2.
= '
-'
lm-'2JAjAajklka (3.10)
wherethe usualdesnition oftheK roneckerdelta
J-d5xgf(ka-.
kl).x= prjk1ka
hasbeen used. Thekinetic-energy operatorbecom es
j'= h2k2tz1 a
2m k/ kA
k/
which can be interpreted as the kinetic energy ofeach m ode m ultiplied by the
corresponding num ber operator. For the potential energy it is necessary to
evaluate thefollowing m orecom plicated m atrix elem ent
(3.l3)
W ith the substitution x = xz and y = xl- xc,this txpression reduces to
. e2
)kl21k2AzrlZl
&
k3A3k4A4)= Fj J3xe-ffklmka-kJ-k4l*x
e2 4.
,:.
=
T 3AIza8za,14îkl-
ykz,ka+k.(kj- ky)2+ y.2 13-14)
wheretheK roneckerdeltasinthespinindicesarisefrom theorthogonality ofthe
spin wavefunctions. O nceagain,wehaveshifted theorigin ofintegration, and
24 INTRO DUCTION
thefinalKroneckerdeltarepresentstheconservationofmomentum ina uniform
system . Thetotalhamiltoniancan now bewritten as
# 1e2N14=. h2k2 e2
= -'
i #' -
p
--j+ 2-
t/kztuj+.
jp
:2
X Y
= J) J( J) 3,
41Ay3:2A4êkImka,ky-
yk.
k:AlkzAa kzA:sk4A4
471. # '
t
X '- ---
(kly--
k3) pzJk!AIJkzâzJk4AAak,:
-i-+--- , 13 (3.15)
The electricalneutrality ofour system m akes itpossible to elim inate p,
from theham iltonian,aswe shallnow show. The conservation ofm om entum
really limitsthesummation over(kf)to threeindependentvariablesinstead of
four. Thechangeofvariables
kj= k + q k)= k
kz= p - q k4= p
andthe(dimensionless)ratiobetweenthesetwoquantities
r& H -Q
an
Z/
klX(k)-nxn
ZyaaZ
AX(
!
$
2L
71
u/L-
.
+
.
rJjjdnxdnydnxI
A)/Aj(M)
=
p'(2,
rr)-3jAjjdnkyA(k) (3.26)
Here,Eq.(3.2)hasbeen used to convertthesum overmomentaintoa sum over
theintegerscharacterizingthewavenumbers. ForverylargeZ,thefunctionf
varies slowly when the integerschange by unity so thatnx,nyand nz m ay be
considered continuousvariables. Finally,Eq.(3.2)again allowsusto replace
thevariables(?
1âJby(kiJ,leavinganintegraloverwavenumbers.
Them axim um w avenum berkrisdeterm ined bycom putingtheexpectation
valueofthenumberoperatorinthegroundstate IF)
N = X'FIX 1F)- )((FIHkAlF)= Z %kF- k4
kâ kâ
=
7(2,r)-3J2(fd5kptks- k)= (3*2)-îFkl.= N (3.27)
SECOND GUANTIZATION
27
whtre#(x)denotesthestepfunction
8@ )= 1 x > 0
0 x< 0 (3.28)
This im portant relation between the Ferm iwavenum ber ke and the particle
densityn- h'
/P-willbeused repeatedly in subsequentwork;analternativeform
k 3=2N i '9zr 1
p= s =
(-
j-rc
-1.
'
4C1.
92rn
-1
showsthatkv
-tiscomparable with the interparticle spacing. The expectation
valueofXtmaybeevaiuatedinthesamefashion
e'ïg' h2
=kF(
/%(
F)=jyé
k/
/
c2(F(
éuzt
F)
h2
-jsy
k;
kz#(/
c,-k)
h2
=jyUAé742z4-3jd5kk2#(/
cs-kj
=
3X2k/ el N:$ 9* ' à' cl 2..2,)
J lm N = 2a: Fi
sà % = 25:
. N rj
s
In afreeFerm igas,theground-stateenergy perparticleEf0)N is.
j.oftheFermi
e
bnergy ef= hlkljlm ;alternativelyEt0)/.
N may beexpressed as2.21r,-2rytryd-
erg),where 1 ry = elllaz;k:13.6 ev isthe ground-state binding energy ofa
hydrogen atom .
W eshallnow computethefirst-orderenergy shift
s (l)= ;sjs-l!
Isx
.z;
eî , 4n
-
2pz
- -
qi(sl
-
t/kvq,AIup-
,q.gaan>aakz:ys)
kx â:Az
The m atrix elem entis readily analyzed asfollows;the states lAcand kAîmust
z
be occupied in the ground state IF ' z,, s
ince the destruction fperatorsacting to
the rightwould otherwise givezero. Sim ilarly the statesk +.q A,andp - q,Aa
,
mtlStalso be occupied in jjFAg, sincetheoperatorsa%actiag to the Ieftwould
otherwisegivezero. Finally, thesamestate appearson each sideofthe matrix
elem ent,which requiresthetwo creation operatorsto tillup the holesm ade by
the two destruction operators. The operators must therefore be paired o&
,
and thereare onlytwo possibilities'.
A combinationofEqs.(3.31)and(3.33)yields
e2 x.xv -,4,
p,
S(1)= - rsy g y $#s- jk+q1)olky.-#)
A! kq
e2 4=7
=--j.(2=)62J#3kd3qq-2ptks- lk+q(
)#tks-k) (3.34)
where the factor2 arisesfrom thespin sum,and the restriction q # 0 may now
be om itted sinceitalectstheintegrand atonlya single point. Itisconvenient
tochangevariablesfrom k toP = k + iq,whichreducesEq.(3.34)tothesym-
m etricalform
Etl'=-4=e2F(2=)-6fd%q-2j#3.
ppt/cs- (P+jqj)Sks- jp-jqjl
Theregion ofintegration overP isshownin Fig.3.1. Both particleslie inside
the Fermisea,so that IP + èqland IP - !qlmustb0th be smallerthan kF.
P+àq P-à4
P k
V r
Region 1
P+l'
ql<k' Fig. a.1 Integration region in momentum
lP-!ql<ày spaceforFt''.
The evaluation ofthisvolume isa simple problem in geometry,with theresult
f#3#ptks - IP+h 1)ùtks- IP -iqj)=4
-y.
=k)(1-l' x3)P(1-x)
x+l.
x > q (33j)
lkr .
Therem aining calculation iselem entary,and wefm d
Eçtt=-4=e2F42,
v)-6jgr
kl2ksj0
'dx4741-lx+èx3)
,2 N 9.n.1 3 e2 0.916
= - 2u,-rs -i- i7 = -
2a,N rs (3.36)
SECOND LUANTIZATION 29
Thus the ground-state energy per particle in the high-density lim it is given
approxim ately as
E el 2.21 0.916
X r,..02az rz r,
N otethattheenergy perparticleishnite,which showsthatthetotalenergy isan
extensivequantity. Thefirstterm in Eq.(3.37)issimplythekineticenergyof
the Ferm igas ofelectrons;itbecom esthedom inantterm asr,. --
>.0,thatis,in
the lim it ofvery high densities. The second term is known as the exchange
energy and isnegative. ltarisesbecausetheevaluation ofthe m atrix elem entin
Eq.(3.31)involvestwo termsEEq.(3.32)1,directand exchange,owing to the
antisym m etry ofthe wave functions. A swe have seen,the directterm arises
from the q = 0 part ofthe interaction and servesto cancelH b+ H ei- v. This
E/-V Exactresultasr,-...0
O. 10t,ê/2a()
I
2 4 6 : 1c 5
rs= 4.83 - - +
- .
- 0 l0e1I2ao GW ignersolid
' EIN = - 0.095egIjav
Na(experiment) (3.40)
where the binding energy is the heatofvaporization ofthe m etal. Thus this
very simple m odelis able to explain the largestpartofthe binding energy of
m etals. In realm etals,one m ustfurther localize the positive background of
chargeon thecrystallatticesites,assrstdiscussed by W ignerand Seitz.2,3
ltisalsointerestingtouseEq.(3.37)toevaluatethethermodynamicproper-
tiesoftheelectron gas. Thepressureisgiven by
p= -
'E
v.zu.
., = -
6IEdrs= Nelrs 2(2.21)- 0.9.16 (3.41)
(JP'x drsdV 2J03P' rl r,
t
The pressurevanishesatthepointrs= 4.83,w herethesystcm isin equilibrium .
Furtherm ore,thebulk m odulus
B- e.
p .
xèz 2 5(2.21) 2(0.916)
-
''tap.l
- .
v-zao9p-
(rs- r-1 (3.
42)
vanishesatthehighervalue r,= 6.03,where the system ceasesto be m etastable
in thisapproxim ation.
Inthelow-densitylimit(r,-+.cc))W igner4hasshown thatonecan obtain
a lower energy ofthe system by allowing the electrons to Sicrystallize''in a
tfW igner solid.'' This situation occurs because the zero-point kinetic energy
associated with localizing the electrons eventually becom es negligible in com -
parison to the electrostatic energy ofa classicallattice. W ignerhas shown that
1See,forexample,C.Kittel.àsouantum Theory ofSolids,''p.115,John W iley and Sons.Inc.,
New Y ork,1963.
2E.P.W ignerandF.Seitz.Phys.Rev.,43:804(1933);46:509(1934).
3A modern accountofthe relevantcorrectionsmay befound in C.Kittel,op.cl'r.,pp.93-94.
115.
4E.P.W igner.Trans.Farad.Soc.,34:678(1938);W .J.Carr,Jr.,Phys.At'&.,122:1437(1961).
SECOND QUANTIM TION 31
theenergy perparticlein thissolid isgiven asym ptotically by
E e2 1.79 2.66 :x
9 u.
= -
.. zao rs
+ j. + ...
rs wignersolid,. (3.43)
and itisclearthatthisexpression givesalowervalue oftheenergy than thatof
Eq.(3.37). Thelow-densitylimit(Eq.(3.43))issketched asthedotted linein
Fig.3.2. ThevariationalprincipleguaranteesthatthisW ignersolid represents
a betterwavefunction asr,-.
>.x),becauseithasalowerenergy.
PRO BLEM S
1.1. Provethatthenumberoperator# = J#*(x)#(x)J3x commuteswith the
hamiltoniansofEqs.(1.42)and(1.60).
1.2. Given a homogeneoussystem ofspin-.
iparticlesinteracting through a
potential F
(J)show thatthe expectation valueofthehamiltonian in the noninteracting
ground state is
kr h2k2 k :
s(o+s(l)-2yk a. +!k
yàkj
'
A'ftkzk,z,jzl
àAu,y,j
-
(kàk'à'jp'Ik'z'kl;4
whereA isthezcomponentofthespin.
(b) Assume F is centraland spin independent. If F(Ixl- xal
)< 0 for al1
Ixl- xcIandJlF(x)1#3x< cc,provethatthesystem willcollapse(Hint:stal
from (f(0)+ Eçtt)lN asafunction ofdensity).
1.3. Given a homogeneoussystem of spin-zero particles interacting through
a potentialF
(J)show thattheexpectation value ofthehamiltonian in the noninteracting
groundstateisECLSIN = (# - 1)F(0)/2F = èaF(0),where
P'(q)= Jd3xF(x)e-tq*x and F(0)meansF(q=0)
(b) RepeatProb.1.2â.
(c)t Show that the second-order contribution to the ground-stateenergy is
E(2)= -
N - 1 d% lF(q)12 n #% jF(q)j2
N 2F (2z43h2qa(m = -i (2=)ahaqzlm
1Usestandardv ond-orderx rturbationtheory:IfH = Ho+ Htandtheunm rtur-.
deigen-
vKtorsI/)satisfy/51.
/)= FgI/),then
Etz)=7)
J# e
l(0
EI
z
fA-1
E
/J
)11=t0IKFa-
PH.HLI0)
wherel
0)istheground-stateeigenvKtorofHowithenern Sq,andP = 1- 1
0)(01isapro- tion
o> ratorontheexcited Mates.
:2 INTRODUCTION
1.4.1 Show thatthesecond-ordercontributiontotheground-stateenergyofan
electrongasisgivenbyEt21= (Nelj2av)(kL+ 61),where
fl= - 3 d?q r z,g r d,pp(1- k):(1-r)
g.
p,5 q4 jjk-yqj>j- :j plqjwj . q2+.q.(k+.p)
3 dsq .- , - 9(l- k)p(l-p4
e'- 16,5 qz ,
k+q1>,d-kjlp+qI>l#-#(q+k+pli-lq
--
i+q-tk+p)j
1.5. Theexchangeterm d inProb.1.4ishnite,wllilethedirectterm e:diverges.
(* Considerthefunctionflq)dehned as
/( p(1- k)d(1-p4
ç)=Jl
kiql>L
d3kJl
p+ql>ld3#q2.j
-qptk+p)
Show thatflq);
k)(4=/3)2:-2asq--
>.:
x)and flq);
kJi'
(2=)2(1- ln2)q asq-+.0.
Hence conclude that eq= -(3/8=5)Jdhflqlq-k diverges logarithmically for
smallq.
(:)Thepolarizabilityoftheinterveningmedium modifestheefl
kctiveinteraction
between two electronsatlongwavelength,whereitbehavesas
l'
X#leff;
Q$4=82:2+ L4rs(=jk((4(9=)%j-t
forq-.
>.0. EseeEq.(12.65).) Inthelimitrs.
-+.0,usethisresulttodemonstrate
that
e:= 2=-2(1- ln2)lnrs+ const= 0.0622lnrs+ const
(c) Howdoese:ofpartbaflkcttheequationofstate? Findthedensityatwhich
thecom pressibility becom esnegative.
1.6. Consider a polarized electron gas in which N x denotes the num ber of
electronswithspin-up(-downl.l
(a)Find theground-stateenergy to Erstorderin theinteraction potentialasa
functionofN = N++ N-andthepolarization (= (N+- N-jIN.
(:)Provethattheferromagneticstate((= 1)representsalowerenergythanthe
unmagnetized state ((= 0)ifr,> (2=/5)49*/4)1(21+ 1)= 5.45. Explain why
thisisso.
(c)Show thatè%EJN)(D(2j(.(
)becomesnegativeforr,>(3=2/2/ =6.03.
(#)Discussthephysicalsignihcanceofthetwocriticaldensities. Whathappens
for5.45< r,< 6.03?
1.7. RepeatProb.1.6forapotentialFtlx-yI)= g3t3'(x- y). Show thatthe
system ispartially magnetized for20/9<gNIVT< (5/3)21= 2.64,where T is
the mean kinetic energy per particlein the unmagnetized state,and N(V isthe
corresponding particledensity. W hathappensoutsideoftheselimits?
tSeefootnoteonp.31.
lF.Bloch,Z.Physik,57:545(1929).
2
StatisticalM echanics
M (y
-
--
.)F
whereE istheground-stateenergy. Moregenerally,Eqs.(4.1)and (4.2)may
be interpreted asdefningthechemicalpotential.
Theinternalenergyisusefulforstudying isentropicprocesses;in practice.
however,experim entsare usually perform ed atsxed F.and itisconvenientto
make a Legendre transformation to the variables(r,V,N)or(F,#,N). The
resultingfunctionsare known astheHelmholtzfreeenergy FIT,P)zV)and the
Gibbsfreeenergy G(r,#,.N),definedby
F = E - TS G = E - TS+ PV (4.4)
Thediserentialofthesetwoequationsmaybecombined with Eq.(4.1)toyield
dF= -SdT- PdV+ y.dN dG = -SdT+ VdP + JzdN (4.5)
which dem onstratesthat F and G are indeed thermodynamic functions of the
sx ciâed variables. In particular, the chemical potentialmay be desned as
.-
(lx
')TF-(
yW
'M
aG
vJ
àTP
Furthermore,itisoften importantto considerthe setofindependentvariables
(4.
6)
(F,F,p),whichisappropriateforvariableN. A furtherLegendretransformation
leadstothethermodynamicpotential
Q(F,F,Jz)= F- gN = E - TS- mN (4.7)
STATISTICAL M ECHANICS 36
with thecorresponding diFerential
dkt= -SdT- PdV- A #rz (4.8)
Thecoeëcientsareim m ediatelygiven by
s- - (%
,,.
)-- ,--(a
?-;
?,)-- x--(J
?-
s)- (4.
9)
which willbe particularly usefulin subsequentapplications.
Although elF,G,and flrepresentformally equivalentwaysofdescribing
thesamesystem ,theirnaturalindependentvariablesdiflkrin oneimportantway.
lnparticular,theset(u
% P'
,N)consistsentirelyofextensivevariables.proportional
to the actualam ountofm atterpresent. The transformation to F and then to
G or D may be interpreted as reducing the number of extensive variables in
favor ofintensive ones that are independent of the totalamount of matter.
Thisdistinction between extensiveand intensivevariablesleadsto an im portant
result. Considerascalechangeinwhich allextensivequantitles(includingE,
F,G,and f1)aremultiplied byafactorA. Fordesniteness,weshallstudythe
internalenergy.which becom es
hE = E(hS,hV,hNj
Diflkrentiatewith respectto A and setA= l:
s-s(kf)FN+p'(j
p-
f
r
s)Sb.+xta
îE,
)S'
F-rs-,p-+,,N
whereEq.(4.2)hasbeenused. Equation(4.10),whichherearisesfrom physical
arguments,is a specialcase of Euler's theorem on hom ogeneous functions.
Theremainingthermodynamicfunctionsareimmediatelyfound as
F= -PV + yh' G = y'
N D = -PI.
' (4.ll)
which showsthatthechemicalpotentialin aone-componentsystem istheGibbs
free energy perparticle /.
t= N -1G(r,#,N)and that P = - P'-1D(F,P'
,/z). This
lastresultisalso an obviousconsequence ofEq.(4.9),becausefland P'are
extensive,whereasF and J, tareintensive.
To this point. we have used only m acroscopic thermodynam ics,which
m erely correlates bulk properties of the system . The m icroscopic content of
thetheory m ustbeadded separately through statistiealm echanics,which relates
thetherm odynam icfunctionsto theham iltonian ofthe m any-particleassem bly.
In thegrand canonicalensem bleatchem icalpotentialp,and tem perature
T 1
- ks# (4.12)
x INTRODUCTION
where ks is Boltzmann's constant,ks= 1.381x 10-16 erg/degree,the grand
partition function Zoisdeâned as
Zo- ; J(
N J
2e-CCEJ-I'N'
= 21Z (Njl
N J
d-/6X-B*'lA7)
= Tr(e-b(R-HRtj (4.13)
where.jdenotesthesetofa11statesforasxed numberofparticlesN,and thesum
implied inthetraceisoverboth.jand N. A fundamentalresultfrom statistical
mechanicsthen assertsthat
Dtr,F,p,
)=-ksFlnzs (4.14)
which allows us to compute a1lthe macroscopic equilibrium thermodynamics
from thegrand partitionfunction.
ThestatisticaloperatorlocorrespondingtoEq.(4.13)isgiven by
)s=z-
(;!e-#(#-pA)
W iththeaidofEq.(4.14),)(;mayberewrittencompactlyas
)s= e#(t'
)-8+#l#)
Foranyoperatorô,theensembleaverage(O)isobtainedwiththeprescription
(ö)- Trtloö)
= Trtelto-f+Mxld)
=
Tr(e-
Tr el(jW-
(pB
.N
s'
pö)
; (4.17)
.
SEIDEA L GAS.
W enow apply theseresultsby reviewing thepropertiesofnoninteracting Bose
and Fermigases. Throughoutourdiscussion we usethenotationalsimplisca-
tion
#= (kBF)-1
'The argumentsin this section are contained in any good book on statisticalmechanics,for
txample.L.D.I-andau and E.M .Lifshitz,''StatisticalPhysics.''chap.V,Pergamon Press,
London,1958.
STATISTICAL M ECHANICS 37
IfEq.(4.13)iswrittenoutindetailwiththecompletesetofstatesintheabstract
occupation-num berHilbertspace,wehave
ZG= Tr(e--ltJle-BA))
=
Jg ;nL...n.1e#(MA-#(
#1: ' ' 'Flx)
))jal ...n.j
= e- #f)(j
(T,F,s) (5.2)
sincethesestatesareeigenstatesofthehamiltonian.4:andthenumberoperator
#,both operatorscan bereplaced bytheireigenvalues
wheren2isthemeanoccupation numberinthefthstate.
3g INTRODUCTCON
For fermions,the occupation numbers areeither 0 or 1,and the sum in
Eq.(5.5)isrestrictedtothesevalues
* l eo
Zc= H ; (e#t8-fl)X = FI(1+ e#ïB-fl') (5.10)
1-1 n-(1 1-l
Taking thelogarithm ofboth sides,wehave
*
f1a(7lF,/z)= -kaF Z ln(1+ eltB-fl)) Fermi (5.11)
l-1
while thenumG rofparticlesG comes
*
* 1
r#)- 11 2n2- I e#(ej-p)+ j Fermi (5.12)
..l -1
Although bosons and fermions diflkr only by the sign in the denominator in
Eqs.(5.9)and (5.12),this sign leadsto ratherremarkable diFerencesin the
G havioroftheseassemblies.
BosoNs
W e shallErstconsidera collection ofnoninteracting bosons,where the energy
sm ctrum isgivenby
p2 :2k2
fP= 2- = 2-
W eassumethattheassemblyiscontained inalargevolume F andapplyperiodic
boundaryconditionsonthesingle-particlewavefunctions. JustasinEq.(3.26),
sumsoversingle-particlelevelscan bereplaced byanintegraloverwavenumbers
according to
72-.
>.gJd3n=gF(2=)-3Jd3k (5.14)
whereg isthedegeneracyofeach single-particlemomentum state. Forexample,
g= 1forspinlessparticles. W ith Eq.(5.13),thedensityofstatesin Eq.(5.14)
can lyerewritten as
'V 4
(293.1adk-(.
p
F.
,(2
h>
al
j12
ee
d+
n=4
g=
V2jV
zzjlede (j.jj)
andtâethermodynamicpotentialEq.(5.8)f- anidealBosegasGcomes
t'lo = P V .
-kBr kBT 4
A'
*F2(-
2
#
zi
j
-9j0
-
*derljntj-e#(s-e) (5.16)
A simple partialintegration then yields
pp'- 4
#4F
a (l
ym)1j
2j:
*wejjrj).
-j
STATISTICAL M EcHANlcs w
Alternatively,acombination ofEqs.(4.9),(4.10),and (5.8)allowsustowrite
gF /2v 1 * el
E=z/nîfI=ozj,a (j#ee#(.-.)-j (5.18)
showingthattheequationofstateofanidealBosegasisgvenby
PV= JS (5.19)
In a similarway,thenum- rofparticlesG comes
N g 2- 1 * e*
P = 4=a y :peej(..j,j j
.
(5.20)
Although Eqs.(5.17)and (5.20)determinethethermodynamicvariablesofan
idealBosegasasfunctionsofF,F,and/z,Eq.(5.20)caninprindplel)einverted
to obtain thechemicalpotentialasafunction ofthenum berofparticles. Sub-
stitution into Eq.(5.17)thenyieldsthethermodynamicvariablesasafunction
ofr,F,and N.
Equation(5.20)ismeaningfulonlyif
e- Jz> 0
Otherwisethemeanoccupationnum bera0would% lessthanzeroforsomevalues
ofe. ln particular,ecan vanish so thatthechemicalpotentialofan idealBose
gasmustsatisfy thecondition
p,< 0 (5.21)
To understand thisrelation,werecalltheclassicallimitofthechemicalpotential
forfixed N 1t
m kzT 1
= gv 2 a
=h (5.25)
tL.D.ïxndauandE.M.Lifshitz,op.cit..= .45.
40 INTRODUCTION
andEq.(5.23)thenyieldstheclassicalexpression y.cforthechemicalpotential
/2e N l=h2 1
k = ln
sF gv vk'sF
intermsofr,F,N. NotethatEq.(5.22)isindeedsatissedasF->.(
x). Further-
more,itisclearthatFerm i,Bose,and Boltzm ann statikticsnow coincide,since
tho particles are distributed over m any states. Thus the m ean occupation
num ber ofany one stateism uch lessthan one,and quantum restrictionsplay
no role.
TheclassicalchemicalpotentialofEq.(5.26)issketchedin Fig.5.1. As
thetemperature isreduced atsxed density,y'
clkBl-passesthrough zero and
$
l N 2=*2 7
nr
# t
k.T $y
. Myrrml
XNv ..''-.x k:r
N
N
N.
x
x
pp'-'h.'h' x F
w.'.h. xx
'h.
.h.'h.Nx
i XBO9C WMX
--
ksl- Fig.5.1 The chemical potential of ideal
Bc classical,Fermi,and Bose gases for hxed N
I a# and F.
h2 #X
a e -1 x (5.28)
Theintegralisevaluated in Appendix A
N - g zz/lksL ê
P 4nz ,2 (('
1)1>0)
andEq.(5.29)maybeinvertedtogive
h2 4x2 !' N '
i 3.31 hl N '#
r-'--y-à-
/
.
g- (,,r(.
s((#$)(w)--g.-,-(v) (5.30)
STATISTICAL M ECHANICS 41
asthe tem peratureatwhich thechemicalpotentialofan idealBosegasreaches
zero. Thisvalue hasthesimplephysicalinterpretation thatthethermalenergy
ksrcis comparablewith the only other intensive energy fora perfectgas,the
zero-pointenergy(h2/m)(N/P')1associatedwithIocalizingaparticleinavolume
VIN.
W hathappensasweIowerthetemperaturebelow To? ltisclearphysically
thatmany bosonswillstartto occupy the lowestavailable single-particle state,
namely the ground state. For p.= 0 and r < Fn, however, the integral in
Eq.(5.20)islessthan NlP'becausetheseconditionsincreasethe denominator
relative to itsvalue at L . Thusthe theory appears to break down because
Eq.(5.20)willnotreproducethefulldensityNlF. Thisdimcultycan betraced
to the replacementofthe sum by an integralin Eq.(5.14),and wetherefore
exam inetheoriginalsum
N = )f((eltel-?2)- 1)-1
Asp,-.
+.0.allofthetermsexceptthehrstapproach aEnitelimit;thesum ofthese
hnitetermsisjustthatgivenbytheintegralevaluatedabove.l Incontrast,the
:rstterm hasbeen lostin passing to the integralbecause the E1 in the density
of states vanishes at e= 0. W e see, however, that this srst term becomes
arbitrarily large asp.-+.0 and can therefore make up the restofthe particles.
Thisbehaviorreqectsthe macroscopic occupation ofthe single quantum state
e = 0.
FortemperaturesF< L .weconcludethatthechemicalpotentialp,must
beinsnitesimally smalland negative
p.= 0- forF< To (5.31)
In thistemperaturerange,the density ofparticleswith energies e> 0 becomes
dN g 2m 1 e+JE
V S = 402 h2 e#e- j (5.32)
with theintegrated value
Ne>0. g l2M/fsT11 *yx '
Y* =NiT 1 (5.33)
P' 4=2!. h2 ) a e - 1 X yF:
Theremaining particlesarethen in thelowestenergystatewith e= 0
N --,- x j-
p' -
p (w
ro). (5.34)
N-&(F)=4g,,
vz(2
-
j,
-
i-
,j1g,
gswo '
sas+(,+
1j
sj
)
;
k;-4 g.
pz
'(-
2sp-
,
j1swsvoj
sj
1
where we have set F = Fo to leading order in F - Fo. A combination with
Eq.(5.29)leadsto
Jz= - (0)P(1)2ksro Xn(F)- 1 2
= N
(0)F0)2 F @' 2
= -
,v. ksz'
;(y
J-1 FkFa
-
NotethatJzvanishesquadraticallyasT-+TI sothatJz(F,V.N)hasadiscon-
tinuoussecondderivativeatro(seeFig.5.1).
Theremainingcalculationcanbecarried outbydiflkrentiatingtheequation
ofstate(5.19)
(>
''
E
;
-)r'
--i
3ê(e
.
PsP
.')r'
---
1x
wherethelastequalityfollowsfrom Eqs.(4.9)and(4.1l). Thisresultallowsus
to:ndthechangein energyarisingfrom asmallchangein p.atconstantrand P-.
IfEIT,F)istheenergyforzerochemicalpotential(Eq.(5.35)),then theactual
energyisgiven approxim atelyas
E = E(F,P') F < Fn
)f'
(r,P'
)+j,
N. T>Fo
W enow changevariablesto E P',and N usingtheexpression obtained abovefor
p,
tr,V,N). ThejumpintheslopeofCp,isthengivenbyl
tNk.z-
o t0)PQ)2 02 r 1
l?rz(rL)-12)w,
'Cv
â ?r r,-
' -
=
= -2
y7 tf!.
)r(!.)2Nk.
= wo = -3.66Nk.
Fp (5.39)
1F.London,issuperfluids,''vol.lI,sec.7,Dover,New York,1964;w,eherefollow theapproach
ofL.D.Landau and E.M .Lifsbitz,op.cit.,p.170.
44 INTRODUCTION
The fullcurveissketched in Fig.5.2. Such discontinuitiesim ply thatan ideal
Bosegasexhibitsaphasetransition ata tem peratureF;. Thistem peraturehas
a physicalinterpretation asthe pointwherea hnitefraction ofa11theparticles
beginsto occupy thezero-m om entum state. Below F( )the occupation num ber
aîofthelowestsingle-particlestateisoforderN,ratherthan oforderl. As
emphasized by F.London,lthe assembly is ordered in momentum space and
notin coordinate space;thisphenomenon iscalled Bose-Einstein condensation.
Cg ?l
Nka ?
1
isguaranteedforallvaluesofp.andF. ItisinterestingtoinvertEq.(5.43)and
determ inethechem icalpotentialforsxed N ;thisfunction issketchedin Fig.5.1.
ln thehigh-temperatureorclassicallimit,weagain End
n0 = ebllà-'b
which isjust the familiar Boltzmann distribution. Unlike the situation for
bosons,however,thereisnothingtopreventthechem icalpotentialfrom becom ing
positiveasthetem peratureisreduced;in particular,wehave
when e= p,
In the zero-tem peraturelim it,the Ferm idistribution reducesto a step function
1 0 e > Jz
e(
:-#I)/ks'r+ j r--..c j 9(/z- e) (5.44)
=
e < jz
Thisbehaviorisreadilyunderstood,becausethelowestenergystateofthesystem
isobtained by fllingtheenergy levelsupto
atF = 0
Henccthechemicalpotentialofan idealFermigasatzero temperatureisa hnite
positive number, equal to the Fermi energy. The equilibrium distribution
numbersin threerepresentativecasesaresketched in Fig.5.3.
*e INTRODUCTION
W eshallfrstevaluatethtprom rtiesofan idealFermigasatr= 0. From
Eqs.(5.43)and(5.44),thedensityisgivenby
N g 2- 1 #
#= 0 2V dq:+
G cause the distribution numberisthen a step function. Thisintegraliseasily
evaluated as
N = ..c 2- 12
# 4.2 -
j-2
- à# (5.45)
I T= 0 F > () T -'+ x
1 1 Jt > 0 1 :1-+ -=
l l i
' e M &sr
#'
- <F .(F)
Fig.B.3 Ahematic distribution functions a(e) for an idealFermigas at vari
ous
temN aturo.
P=à
l(-2
6g
*j1i
h;
2ijx
Vj1 (5.49:)
STATISTICAL M ECHANICS 47
which show sthata Fermigasexertsasnitepressureatzero tem perature. This
resultarisesbecause the Pauliprinciple requiresthatthe m om entum statesbe
slled up to the Ferm imomentum,and these higherm omentum statesexerta
pressureon thewallsofany container.
W enow turn to smallbutsnitetem perature,wherethedimcultpartisthe
inversion of-Eq.(5.43)to determinethechemicalpotentialin termsofthe total
number ofparticles. Desne the variable x> (e- Jzl/ksr. Equation (5.42)
m ay then berewrittenas
Pp'-J
24
K.
n
V
.
j(2
â?
jê(ksr)1j-
2 '
ov'
k.rdxZ-6
e
-x
6+
%q
1.
-
T
-)
.% (5.
50)
Itis also convenientto introduce = H Jz//csr;since ptisliniteas F -.
>.0,weare
interested in thelim it= .-+.:v.. Considertheintegral
x (x+ a)1 o (=+ .
x)'
l x (z.
#.x)1
f(œ)-J-.dxex.
.
j
-j-J-.dxex--i
-+Jodx-ex-
s.1
-
The change of variable x --*-x in the firstintegraland use of the identity
(e-x+ 1)-1H 1- (ex+.1)-1yield
Il a x (a+ x)1- (a- x)'
l x (a- -v)1
xj=jodx(a-x)!'+jf
jdx ex.
-4
--
.j +Jzdxt
ax--
o--
j-.
Thelastterm isexponentiallysm allin thelim itoflarge(
x,and wecanapproxim ate
thenumeratorin thesecond integralas
(5.52)
N-
ot'
e that this resultgives #P'(r,1'./2),B'hich are the proper thermodq'nam ic
variablesforthetherm odynamicpotential. Thecorrectiontermsinthiseqtlation
(indicated bydots)areofhigherorderin 7-2and thusnegligibleto thepresent
order.
The num ber of particles can be determ ined im m ediately from thisexpres-
x=
jP(P
#/z
F')jwz=4
t
%
*Vj'
z
Vzz
ljlJ
2gsêo.(z.
sw)cj=
/
.
,
l1.
+..
4: INTRODUCTION
Theentropycanbedeterminedfrom Eq.(5.53)bydiflkrentiatingat/xe#Vandg
s(r,p-
,p.
)-(0(a
PwP'
)jzs-4
#.
n
Pa
'(2
-
s?
jèJ
2j24
=2:jws++...j (5.
j7)
SinceS is a therm odynam ic function,itm ay be expressed in any variables'
,in
particular,substitutionofEq.(5.56)yields
ksr *2
&(r,v.N)= Nks fF -j-
. (5.58)
to lowestorderin F. W ecan thuscompute the heatcapacity from therelation
'
es ,.2 k r
cv-rtajss,--
j.yk.2s (5.59)
which gives
Cr,= S= m j.s
2 N i pr!.
-/?a 6; -VF x
..
- (5.60)
N ote thatthe heatcapacity fora Ferm igasatlow tem perature islinearin the
tem perature. In contrast, at high tem perature. where Boltzm ann statistics
apply,theheatcapacityofaperfect(BoseorFermi)gasis
C)-.
--
>.jNku T-->.:t) (5.61)
and the heatcapacity ofan idealFerm igasatalltem peraturesisindicated in
Fig.5.4. N ote thata Ferm igashas no discontinuities in the therm odynam ic
variablesatany tem perature.
PRO BLEM S
2.1. Provethattheentropy ofan idealquantum gasisgiven by
S= -ks)i(ln2lnn?7F:(1+ n3)ln(1:!uay))
wheretheupper(lower)signsrefertobosons(fermions). Findthecorresponding
expression forBoltzmann statistics. Provethatthe internalenergy is given by
E = jlEfnîforallthreecases.
f
)1
'
ik
#
-
t(yad
..
#J
(j--ygimplies'fy,
T'(0)-0;/(1)-0
t
l
j);=j,
ys.a
t jaaoy a -
P
1W
d(ycù
df-
().-y3)impliesfy,
f,(0)-0,
'.
/.(1)-01
(ol-
tl'
6.
89,7
--2.018
lL.D.Landau and E.M .Lifshitz,op.cit.,seec.106.
part 1w o
G rou nd -state
(Zero-tem perature)
Fo rm alism
3
G reen's Functions and Field T heory
(Ferm ions)
6LPICTURES
Asa preliminary step,weshallintroducethreeimportan:pictures(Schrödinger,
interaction,and Heisenberg)thatare usefulin analyzingthe second-quantized
form oftheSchrödingerequation(Eqs.(1.41)and(1.60)J.
SCHRöDINGER PICTURE
Theusualelementary description ofquantum m echanicsassum esthatthe state
vectorsaretim edependent.whereastheoperatorsare tim eindependentand are
53
54 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
constructed by the fam iliar rules from the corresponding classicalquantities.
TheSchrödingerequation thereforetakestheform
? ,
ihj-
jI'I-s(?))- W'$
:Fs(/)) (6.1)
where.
f.
?'isassumed to haveno explicittimedependence. SinceEq.(6.1)isa
hrst-orderdiflkrentialequation,theinitialstate attodeterm inesthe subsequent
behavior,and aform alsolution isreadilyobtained by writing
1'1's(r))- e-iWf'-t:'/9l'l's(fp) (6.2)
Here the exponential of an operator is defined in term s of its power-series
expansion. Furthermore,X ishermitian sothattheexponentialrepresentsa
unitary operator. G iven the solution to the Schrödingerequation atthe tim e
to,theunitarytransformationinEq.(6.2)generatesthesolution attimet.
INTERACTIO N PICTURE
A ssum e,asisusuallythecase,thattheham iltonian istim eindependentand can
beexpressed asthe sum oftwo term s
X = Xt
l+ X1 (6.3)
whereXtactinyaloneyieldsa solubleproblem. How can wenow includeaIl
the eflkcts of S l? Deine the interaction state vector in the follow ing way
(
'
t1,
's(?'))M einz'/9t'
tl7-
s(J)) (6.4)
whichism erelyaunitarytransform ation carried outatthetim ez. Theequation
ofmotion ofthisstatevectoriseasilyfound by carryingoutthe timederivative
secondterm,interchangingthelabelsf'andf'.andthesecondterm ofEq.(6.20)
thereforebecom es
Thisresultisreadilygeneralized,andtheresultingexpansionforC'becomes
X ' -. .n '.
L..J - i l r
(fa/())= -h
-' 1-1''
. )f/f) '
! t( (6.23)
n=0
wherethe??= 0term isjusttheunitoperator.' Theproofot
-Eq.(6.23)isas
follows. Considerthenthterm inthisseries. Therearen!possibletim eorderings
ofthe Iabels tI . ' ' tn. Pick a particularone,say,Jl '
> rc > ?a . ' .> ?,,. A ny
othertimeorderinggivesthesamecontribution to P. Thisresultiseasily seen
bJ'relabeling the dum m y integration variables ti to agree with the previous
ordering.and then using the sym metry ofthe r productunderinterchange of
itsarguments:
. .
lIjltjl
. .
(6.24)
Eqtlation (6.24) follows from the deénition of-the F product.w'
hich puts the
operatoratthe latesttim e farthestto the left,the operatoratthe nextlatesttime
next.and so on,since theprescription holdsequally w' ellforboth sidesofEq.
(6.24). Inthisway,Eq.(6.23)reproducestheiteratedseriesofEq.(6.19).
HEISENBERG PICTU RE
The statevectorin the Heisenberg pictureisdesned as
1kI.-H(t)'EëEeiJ?''91
51-$(/). . (6.25)
ltstimederivativemaybecombinedB'ith theSchrödingerequation(6.l)toyield
P .
ih& TVI-s(/).= 0 (6.26)
which show'sthat !Vl.*s '.istim e independent. Since an arbitrary m atrix element
in the Schrödingerpicture can be w ritten as
v)jastjyjjQs,
. !l.
j*
s)j,j.m..
a.
u-y4pfg
l.hei/1tjhpsyy-iJ)th(
kj.
lny, (6.gyj
1Equation(6.23)issometimeswritten asa formaltime-orderedexponential
(
-
/6/,
?:)-Ft
f
expg-l
'
â-'.(,
'
0dt'.
4,(?'
)
j/
l
sincethepower-seriesexpansion reproducesEq.(6.23)term byterm.
* $ >
QK= m
b -cX
A=.T Y :
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERM IONS) 59
a generaloperatorin the H eisenberg picture isgiven by
ozf(/)useipt:osp-f/?fh (j.gg)
NotethatOH(t)isacomplicatedobjectsinceX andOsingeneraldonotcommute.
w e see that the H eisenberg picture ascribes a11 the tim e/dependence to the
operators, whereas the corresponding state vectors are time independent. ln
contrast,the operatort-
)s in the Schrödinger picture is time independent,and
thetimederivativeofEq.(6.28)yields
P
-Ovqt)= eis,/,gos,yyje-iatfh = jywt/jssj
ih)
r
Thisim portantresultdeterm inestheequation ofm otion ofany operatorin the
Heisenbergpicture. Inparticular.ift' hscommuteswithX,therightsidevanishes
identically.and Ou isa constantofthemotion.
Equation (6.28)can be rewritten in termsofinteraction-picture operators
(Eq.(6.7)q
OJf(/1= Pi/?t/:t'-iJ?ot/hO1(t)( yfz
'
?(
):/âC?-iJ1tt
'h (6'3(j)
and theformalsolution forthe operatorC'gEq.(6.13)1yields
ôH(?)- I;r((),?)O,(t4t) -/(?,0)
ln addition.thevariousdehnitionsshow that
1àI.'H',= I
. Y1-S(0)'.= 1
.
V1'
*f(0)z
. ''
Os- :s(0)- ö;(0)
so thatallthree picturescoincideatthetime t= 0. Thestationary solutionsto
the Schrödinger equation have a definite energy,and the corresponding state
vectors in the H eisenberg picture satisfy the tim e-independent form of the
Schrödingerequation
J'
.?1à'
1-s - E 'i-n-'
.
These state vectors are therefore the exact eigenstates of the system and are
naturally very complicated foran interacting system. Equation (6.32)and the
desnitionoftheoperatorC'togetherleadtotherelation
I
'l.
j*H'
.xc:
ml;t
j.
q1(()ju= S;(0'y(;j;
Vj.>j(y(;j'
y (6.y4j
w hich allowsusto construetthese exacteigenstates from the interaction state
vectorsatthetimetowiththeunitaryoperatorCL
ADIA BATIC ''SW ITCHING ON''
Thenotionofsw itchingontheinteractionadiabaticallyrepresentsam athem atical
devicethatgeneratesexacteigenstatesoftheinteracting system from thoseofthe
e0 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPEBATURE) FORMALISM
noninteracting system . Sincewepresumablyknow allaboutthenoninteracting
system ,forexample,theground state,theexcited states,etc.,thisprocedurelets
us follow the developmentofeach eigenstate as the interaction between the
particles is switched on. Speciscally, we introduce a new tim e-dependent
ham iltonian
X = Pn+ e-fI'lP l (6.35)
where 6isa smallpositive quantity. Atvery largetimes,both in thepastand
inthefuture,thehamiltonianreducestoJ%,whichpresentsasolubleproblem.
Atthetime /= 0,X becomesthefullhamiltonian oftheinteracting system.
Ifetendstozero attheend ofthecalculation,theperturbation isturned onand
ofl-insnitely slowly,or adiabatically,and any meaningfulresult must be in-
dependentofthequantity e.
Thehamiltonian (6.35)presentsa time-dependentproblem tha.
tdepends
on theparam eterE.
,and weshallseek asolutionin theinteraction picture. ltis
readilyverifedthatEqs.(6.17)and (6.23)remain correcteven when Plistime
dependentinthe Schrödingerpicture,and weim m ediatelyobtain
('l'z(/))- L-
.
'E(f.G)t'l'l(G)) (6.36)
where the time-developmentoperatordependsexplicitly on e and is given by
,.o ,
- r i i'
ïn 1
t dtk.-. , dt
&,(,/.
()), . -
n
n=0 ,,.
j.) n! tQ ,(
j
x e-f(ltll+.''+Ir,I)Fg/l'
jLtj) ...J)j(/j)j
Now letthetimetoapproach-co;Eq.(6.35)showsthat# thenapproachesJ%.
In thislimit,theSchrödinger-picturestatevectorreducesto
l
T s(G))= e-'fn'Q/âI*(
)) (6.38)
where (*0)issometime-independentstationaryeigenstateoftheunperturbed
hamiltonian 4:
XaI*0)- .Q I*(
)) (6.39)
and thecorrespondinginteraction-picturestatevectorbecom es
1
T z(G))- efNnt0/'1
kI7's(G))= 1*0) (6.40)
Thusl'lPz(/())becomestimeindependentas to-+.-cs,
'alternatively,the same
conclusion followsfrom theequation
ê
ih.
y1k1Cz(?))= e-fl
'lXl(/)1klPz(J))-->.0 (6.41)
lfthere wereno perturbation,theseeigenstatesin theinteraction picturewould
rem ainconstantin tim e,being thestationary-statesolutionsto the unperturbed
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 61
Schrödinger equation. A s t increases from -cc, however, the interaction is
turned on,and Eq.(6.36)determ ineshow the statevectordevelopsin time,a1l
the way to the tim e t= 0,when theinteraction isatfullstrength. Forsnitetim es
If1< e-',al1ofourpreviousresultsremain valid,in particularEqs.(6.32)and
(6.34). W ethusobtainthebasicre-la
-tion
ltloh= lT-z(0))= tk(0,-oa)t*()l (6.42)
whichexgressesanexacteigenstateoftheinteractingsystem intermsofaneigen-
state ofH o.
W e m ust now ask what happens in the lim it e -->.0. D o we get tinite
m eaningfulresults? This question is answered by the G ell-M ann and Low
theorem,which isproved in thenextsection.
GELL-M ANN AND LOW THEOREM O N THE G RO UND STATE
IN QUANTU M FIELD THEO RYI
The G ell-M ann and Low theorem is easily stated :If the follow ing quantity
existsto allordersin perturbation theory,
1im b-'f(0'-: x))' 1(l)a) EE 1 k1--0'b
r-
.o.
:t*:j.r
./6(0,-:
,- ----'c)j 1*(
)., umolà!-pkc,.
-- - .
..) (6.43)
then itisan eigenstate ofH-,
H'
- .j
,
-
tl.
*()'
.
,
,
s = E
j
'
kl.
. 'pq
z
a. (6.44)
r.*01
%1,0) (*:1
'1os
Thisprescription generatesthe eigenstate thatdevelopsadiabatically from p4)o.,
astheinteractionisturnedon. lfkmo)isthegroundstateofthenoninteracting
system,thecorrespondingeigenstateofX isusuallytheinteractinggroundstate,
but this is by no m eans necessary. For exam ple, the ground-state energy of
som e system s does not have a perturbation series in the coupling constant.
(ForanotherexampleseeProb.7.5.) M ultiplyEq.(6.44)from theleftby the
statefmai;sinceXop(1)c)= Eo1
,f1)()2),weconclude
tQ)()iH-1(kl*'
)
E - E ()= - .
o, (6.45)
$-
.*0
js
-.
! 0)
A n essentialpointofthe theorem is thatthe numeràtorand the denom inator
ofEq.(6.43)donotseparatell'é'. x'l
'
JrasE'-->.0. An equivalentstatementisthat
Eq.(6.42)becomesmeaninglessinthelimite--+0, 'indeed,itsphasedivergesIike
e-lin thislimit. The denominatorin Eq.(6.43)servesprecisely to cancelthis
inhnitephase gsee Eq.(6.51)and subsequentdiscussionl. The theorem thus
assertsthatiftheratio in Eq.(6.43)exists,theeigenstateiswelldesnedandhas
theeigenvaluegiveninEq.(6.45). W eproceed totheproofgiven byGell-Nlann
and Low.
lM .Gell-M ann and F.Low'
,Phys.Rtu'.,84:350(1951).
62 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
Considertheexpression
(P0-.
G )I'l%(e))-(Xt-fo)t%(0,-*)1*0)- (Pn,1.
1(0,-*))1*0) (6.46)
W e shallexplicitly evaluatethecom m utatorappearing on therightside. C on-
sidertheathterm inEq.(6.37)fortheoperatorC,andpickanarbitrarytime
ordering of the n tim e indices. The associated com m utator can be written
identicallyas
I)
f'
.?'
.(,,z?'
l(?f).
f?'
l(?,) .-..
J?1(&)1- (z?t-z?'
1(?.
y)(
I.
4,(/.
,) .--Iltltk)
+ 4I(?f)(z?'e,.
41(/,))--.41(r.)+ ---
+ Iltlti).41()
/,) --.1).
4(,,z?'
1(&))
Furthermore,Eq.(6.8)allowsustowrite
h84,(/)-
i p? Ez%,z3,(J)1 (6.47)
forallpossibletinleorderings. Equation(6.46)thusbecomes
* z j n-l j 0 (
)
(z?t-Eè!
'l%(e))'--n (-
h âi -.dtk. -.dtn
= l
ê
xen(1l+''.+ln) 01i rg.
4jLtj) ...II'L(/a)jjtp4
)l (6.4s)
i= 1
' a
$= l
P/f oltp- tq)p(/v- tr)''-bltu- tv)e 0
'
0(t)-j'dt'ô(?'
)
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) O
r
g
(y
l
-
.
'
la
:,,
)#-
(,
l
)..z?
.
l
(&)
j-(7
d
-
)1a
'
,)rE
#.
('l
) J?l
(
f
a)l
Allthetime-derivativetermsinEq.(6.48)makethesamecontribution to
theintegral,asshown by changing dummyvariables;wethereforeretainjust
one,sayWêfj,andmultiplybyafactora. Integratebypartswithreslxcttott:
n isprocedureleadstotwo terms,oneofwhichissimplytheintegrand evaluated
attheend points,andtheotherarisesfrom thederivativeoftheadiabaticfactor.
W ethereforeobtain
(#c- Fc)l'l%(e))- -#!l'l%(e))+ eihgt-1
:F,(M) (6.
49)
g
where #jisassumed proportionalto acouplingconstantg in orderto whte
- j a-1 j a -/ aj
-# (n- 1)!#n= ihgb-
g -#' h-ign
Bythismeans,weobtainaseriesthatreproducesthestatevectorl
7 :(M)again.
Equation(6.49)isreadilyrewrittenas
(z?- ek)I'l%(M)- ihegj-I'l%(M) (6.50)
g
Multiply thisequationontheleftby ((*:l1l%(e))1-1(*e1;since(a/êg)(*aI= 0.
we:nd
(*(
)lXllV%(e))= ihegvê ln(*c1l%(e))- E - Ez= LE
(* (6.51)
:l
1l%(e)) dg
Ifewereallowed to vanish atthispoint,itwould % tempting to concludethat
LE = 0,whichisclearlyabsurd. Infact,theamplitude(*ôlN%(M)mustacquire
an in:nitephascproportionalto ie-'so thate1n(tN l
q%(4)remains ânite as
e--
>.0.1 Equation(6.50)maybemanipulatedto$ve
(z;-s,-fAegj:
-
j)jol
i
(
,1
v
etf
nl
(
)
e))-r*1
:
(
F
,I
2
'
l%0()
e))(fAdgj
lI
n(*cI
.I
',(e))j
andacombinationwithEq.(6.51)snallyyields
(# - E) 11l%(M) = iyegyê oI'l%(
vM)
j ( -
(6.jz)
4:*(,1
'1%(e)) #'4: (h :v))
p'
e are aow in a posîtion to lete go to zero. By assumption,the quantity in
bracketson the rightside ofEq.(6.52)issniteto allordersin m rturbation
t> .forexample.J.Hubbard,Proc.Roy.Soc.(& -z#na),m :539(195D.
64 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
theory,thatis,in g,and the derivatiNe with respect to g cannotchange this
property. Sincetherightside ism ultiplied bl e,itvanishesasftendsto zero,
which provesthebasictheorem
(# E4lim !:1,
-
*,
0(-e)7: -0
e..o(*(
)t1-( )(.'))
Thisproofappliesequally wellto thequantity
t%(
t*o 0,+œ)
IG(0,+cl
s*o ))
)I*o (6.54)
where
tk(0,+co)- P1(-t.x.0)
Herethesystem ''comesback''from ?= +.
x,,where theeigenstateis /*0),. If
thestatethatdevelopsoutof)*a)isnondegenerate,thenthesetwodesnitions
m ustbe thesam e. They could difl
krby a phase factor,butthecom m on nor-
m alization condition
(*n l
à1%) (6.55)
1(*o1kl'())'- 1
precludes even this possibility. Thus,for a nondegenerate eigenstate
lim 0e(-0,+cc))*(
)J- = lim C(.0.-'
.
x))l(1)()X
? (6.56)
e-yo(mof&r(O,+cc,)f*o) e-.o'
tmof&r(O,-cc)(*0)
A snotedbefore,thestateobtained from theadiabaticswitching procedureneed
notbe the true ground state,even if *t)'xisthe noninteracting ground state.
The Gell-M ann and Low theorem merely asserts that itis an eigenstate; in
addition,ifitisa nondegenerate eigenstate,then both waysofconstructing it
IEq.(6.56)Jmustyieldthesameresult.
7QGREEN'S FUNCTIONS
Thissection introducesthe conceptofa Green'sfunctionl(orpropagator,asit
issometimescalled),whichplaysafundamentalroleinourtreatmentofmany-
particleassem blies.
DEFINITION
The single-particle Green'sfunction isdesned bytheequation
iG ( ('Pn1FE#,,a(x/)'
l
;Lb(x'/,))1
*1-
*0)
xbxl,x't')= (v oj
v ())
lV.M .Galitskiiand A.B.M igdal,Sov.Phys. -JETP,7:96 (1958);A.Klein and R.Prange.
Phys.Ret'
.,112:994 (1958);P.C.M artin and J.Schwinger,Phys.Aer-,115:1342(1959).
GREEN'S FUNcTloNs AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 66
where 1
Y%) istheHeisenbergground stateoftheinteracting system satisfying
X1
'F:)= E 1'F()) (7.2)
andguqlxt)isaHeisenbergoperatorwiththetimedependence
;tHx(x/)= eiBtlh,
'
#
/)a(x)e-ikltlh (7.3)
Heretheindicesa and# labelthecomponentsof'thefeld operators;xand j
cantaketwovaluesforspin-!fermions,whereastherearenoindicesforspin-zero
bosons,because such a system is described by a one-component seld. The
F producthererepresentsageneralization ofthatin Eq.(6.22):
Fl ' iuulxt)'
'
Jlfjtx'/') (7.4)
#zratx/l'
fàjtx'r'))- +f1/x,t,)'iuxlxt)
wheretheupper(Iower)sign refersto bosons(fermions). Moregenerally,the
r productofseveraloperatorsordersthem from rightto leftin ascending tim e
orderandaddsafactor(-1)#,whereP isthenumberofinterchangesoîfermion
operators from the originalgiven order. Thisdehnition agreeswith thatin
Eq.(6.22),becauseX jalwayscontainsanevennumberoffermionselds. Equa-
tion(7.1)maynow bewrittenexplicitlyas
'
t'I%l#,,atxrl'A blx'/.)1
:F(,)
iG ( r'l%1'I%)
xbxt,x'/')= v ; (x,t,)ysz (7.5)
+'
C o1f,# tx/)jkl-
't))
t'FaI'Po)
The G reen'sfunction isan expectation value offeld operators;assuch,
itis simply a function of the coordinate variables xtand x't'. If X is time
independent,then G dependsonly on the tim e diflbrence f- t',which follows
immediatelyfrom Eqs.(7.2)and(7.3):
iG j(x/,x't')
ei
eçt-tetlh('
tl'01
4œ(x)e-tWtf-'''/''
(7(
b x'
)1
,tlr0)
f'FoI'Pn)
=
(7.6)
+e ir(l-le)?: 0 # )ef/(
- r,
.
l.
'
- I
4#(
x ' f-r')/.4x(x)I'l%)
f'l%l'l%)
HeretheoperatorJjatx)mustactbeforethelimitx'-->.xisperformedbecause
J m aycontain spatialderivatives,asin them om entum operator. Furtherm ore,
thesymboltsdenotesa timeinhnitesimally laterthan t,which ensuresthatthe
:eld operatorsin thethird lineoccurin theproperorder(compare Eq.(7.5)).
Finally,the sum overspin indices m ay be recognized asa trace ofthe m atrix
productJG ,which is here denoted by tr. For exam ple,the num ber density
(?1(x)),the spin density (ê(x)),and the totalkinetic energy (f') are readily
found tobe
(H(x))= zkitrGlxtnxt+)
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) *7
(ê(X))= iitr(*G(Xl,Xl+)l l
wgsgj
h2/2
(/)=zkiJ#3xl
Ki
m.x '- - 2m trGtx/,x'I+) (7.10)
The interesting question now arises:Is italso possible to constructthe
potentialenergy
fP) iI fd'x#3x'('I%If4(x)#/(x')p-(x,x')..,,,#,4,.(x')4.,(x)Ivo)
- '
, (.t%1v ,)
pq'
(7.11)
andtherebydeterminethetotalground-stateenergy? SinceEq.(7.11)involves
fourfield operators,wemightexpectto need thetwo-particleGreen'sfunction.
The Schrödingerequation itselfcontainsthe potentialenergy,however,which
allowsusto5nd(P)intermsofthesingle-particleGreen'sfunction. Consider
theHeisenbergseld operator#sz(x?),withthehamiltonian
J?- 72f:3x#1(x)r(x)4ztxl
.
+ !.xx
)('Jd3x#3x'#)(x)#j
ftx')F(x,x')..,,#j,#j.(x')#ae(x) (7.12)
)#'
The identity of the particles in the assembly requires thatthe interaction be
unchanged underparticle interchange
F(x,x').a-,pb,= F(x',x)j#,..z- (7.13)
(Moreformally,such aterm istheonly kind thatgivesanonvanishing contri-
bution inEq.(7.12).) TheHeisenbergequation ofmotion (Eq.(6.29))relates
thetimederivativeofftothecommutatorofç,with#.
ih P#s.(x/)= elsf/s(jx(x),#je-fntlh
,
(7.j4)
where
(#.(x),#)-)
#:j':3z(#.(x),4)(z)r(z)4,(z))+!.#z#fdqzy'z'
yyJ
x(#.(x),f#z)#y
#(z')F(z,z')jj,,yy,fy-(z')#j-(z)) (7.15)
W enow usethe very im portantidentity
(,4,1C')= ABC - BCA = ABC - BAC + BAC- BCA
= (.x,#)C - B(C,W)
(z4,1)C - .
#(C,z4) (7.I6)
which allowsusto expressEq.(7.15)in termsofeithercommutatorsoranti-
comm utators. Fordesniteness,consider the ferm ion case,since this is m ore
68 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISK!
complicated. W ith the canonicalanticommutation relations (Eq.(2.3))the
com m utatorisreadily evaluated,and we5nd
E#.(x),#!- F(x)4atx)- !. I fd'z,
g(z)p'(z,x)jj.,.y,4y,(x)4j,(z)
.
l#'y'
+!.b'Iyy'J#3z'#;(z')F(x,z').j,,yy,#y,(z')'
t
Jj.txl
Inthe:rstpotential-energyterm.changethedummyvariables# -+.y,j'-+.y',
y'-+.$',x-+z'. The symmetry of the potential (Eq.(7.13)1and the anti-
commutativityoftheNelds?;thenyield
E'X(x),P1= F(x)1;alx)+#')y(?'J#3z'#;(z?)P'(x,z').j,,yy,#y'(z')'
t
/j,txl
(7.18)
whiletheseldequation(7.14)becomes
ihy - F(x) #satxr)
-
Z Jd'z'#iytz'?)#'(x,z')aj.,y.'#,,y.tz'/),
b'?y'
;,,;'(x/) (7.19)
Equations(7.18)and (7.19)arealsocorrectforbosons.
M ultiplyEq.(7.19)by'
(1.(x't'4ontheleft,andthentaketheground-state
expectation value
ih P
& r(x) t'Fthl##
-
satx'/'
,
)#sa(x?)1'l%)
(:F(,1
'l%)
- I
#,yy,
J #az,
r'
klrolfzsatx'r')#s
'ytz't4F(x,z')a,',,,y'#sy'(z'tj'Jsj'(x?)!'1%)
x (:1%1:F0) .. (,
y.ao
In thelim itx'-,.x,t'-+.t+,theleftsideisequalto
ê ,,
ui
ufll'imyt+ x'
..
limyx ihs
- w,w
- F(x) Gxxlxt,x t) (7.21)
W enow sum over= and integrate overx,which snafly yields(compare Eq.
(7.11)j
P ,,
(P)= utrl.
f.f#3x l'lim 1im
-+f+ x'-yx
i
h j
-j- r(
x) Ga
a t
x/,
x t) (7.22)
A combination ofEqs.(7.10)and (7.22)then expressesthetotalground-state
energysoleiy in term softhesingle-particleG reen'sfunction.
E- (J-+ P)- (Iî)
? ,,
= +!.ïJ#3x limyr+ 1im ihx
'
x' jx
... %'T.
+ F(x) trG(x/,x /)
-
P hlV2
= +!.fJ#3x 1im lim ih.
.t+ x' ,x
'-. Ac
-- - lm trGlxt,x't'
j
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 69
Theseexpressionsassume a simplerform fora homogeneoussystem in a
largeboxofvolum eF,wherethesingle-particleGreen'sfunctionmaybewritten
as(compareEq.(3.1))1
* dul . .
Ga/xr,x't')=Fk -X
gxjzefk*tf-f'e-fœtr-r'G.#(k,(t4 (7.24)
InthelimitP'.
-.
>.cc,thesum overwavevectorsreducestoanintegral(Eq.(3.26))
G.b(x?,x'J'
)=(2*)-4Jd3kj*
-.dt
>efk*tx-x'e-l
L
uç'
-t'Gxb(k,t
.)
j
andacombinationofEqs.(7.8),(7.23),and(7.25)gives
N-.
fd3xt?
i(x))-+,
'
(zj)4,
l
.
i
ntfdqkj--,Jr
xlet-ntrctk,
f
z,
) (7.
26)
F co h2k2
o,. Jd?kJ..#(
x
)el
ul'
lam +hattrG(k,
(
s)
ïta l4qlim
E = +!. -
H eretheconNergenctfactor
jim :ia?(l'-t). lim eiu''l
l'..+f+ 'r)-+0+
a#z
-
-zr(A)--4td*F
:)(A)jy?(A)4
n?c(z))+4nr:(A)(
y?(A)d'P
:)(l);)
AF(Tc(A)lJJ#?j(?)l,po(A))
--1:(z)#-tvo(z)I
- vc(A))+t'rc(z)lz?lInra(z))
dz
-- (vo(A)I#lI
v n(A)) (7.29)
where the normalization condition has been used in obtaining the last line.
IntegrateEq.(7.29)with respecttoàfrom zerotooneand notethatE(0)= Eo
andf(l)= E
1dh
E-Ez- Q
w ('l%(A)lAJ%l'l%(A)) (7.30)
Theshiftintheground-stateenergyishereexpressed solelyinterm softhematrix
elementoftheinteractionAXI. Unfortunately,thismatrixelementisrequired
foralIvaluesofthecoupling constant0< A< 1. ln the usualsituation,where
4 1representsthe potentialenergy (Eq.(7.12)),a combination ofEqs.(7.22)
and(7.30)gives
1dtj d
f - Eo= H f 0 -j- #3x t1êim lim
yg+ xz-yx
..
i
h z
-j- F(x) trGA(x/,x't')
with thecorresponding expression fora uniform system
#' l#A co hlkl
E-Ev=i-à.
f(2*)4 (
)y #3kj-c
odt
.
oetû'
ghul- 2m trGA(k,a)(7.
32)
ExAM etE: FREE FERM IONS
A s an exam ple ofthe above form alism ,consider the G reen's function for a
noninteracting homogeneous system of ferm ions. It is hrst convenient to
m rform a canonicaltransformation to particles and holes. In the deânition
oftheield (compareEqs.(2.1)and(3.1))
Wx)= Z
kA
/kA(X)CkA
weredehnetheferm ion operatorckaas1
ckA k > kF particles
fk3= b!kA.
k< kr holes C'M I
'n eabsenceofaparticlewithmomentum +.
k from tbehlledFermisea impli esthatthesystem
pos= ses a momentum -k. For a prom r interpretation ofthe spin of the hole state,see
Sec.56.
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) n
which is a canonicaltransformation thatpreservesthe anticommutation rules
fJ.,J1-1-f*.:1,1= 3.,. (7.35)
and therefore leavesthe physicsunchanged. Here theJ'sand b'sclearly anti-
commute with each otherbecause they referto diferentmodes. 'Fhe a%and a
om a'
atorscreate and destroy particlesabove the Fermisea,while the b%and b
om ratorscreate and destroy holesinside the Fermisea,asisevidentfrom Eq.
(7.34). n efeldsmay now be rewritten in termsofthese new om ratorsas
#s(X)= kAZ
>kF
/kA(X)DkAV kâ<11kF /k2X)Y kA (7.36)
#z(Xf)= kà>k
Z w /kz(X)Wl*&îWA+ kA<Xkr /kA(X)d-f**îY kA (7.3D
wherethehrstequation isin the Schrödingerpictureand thesecond equationis
in theinteraction picture. Equations(7.36)and (7.37)diFeronly in thatthe
interactionpicturecontainsacomplextime-dem ndentphase. Correspondingly,
theham iltonian becom es
Xc= )(hœkclAckA
kA
=
J( hutkJ1AJkz-kâX
kâ> kr < kr
haikldkz5kz+ k/L
< kr
âttlk (7.38)
(partlclex) (âplez) (fllled'Yrml:e.)
In the absence ofparticles orholes,the energy isthatofthe 5lled Ferm isea.
Creating a holelowerstheenergy,whereascreating a particle raisestheenergy.
lfthetotalnumberoffermionsisExed,however,particlesand holtsnecessarily
occurin pairs. Each particle-hole pairthen hasa netpositiveenergy,showing
thattheilled Ferm isea representstheground state.
By desnition,the noninteracting fermion Green's function is given by
fGî,(xr,x'r')- (*oIrE#z.(x/)41/x'r')!I*e) (7.39)
where the noninteracting ground state vector is assumed normalized,and the
superscriptzero indicates thatthis isa Green's function with no interactions.
W enow observethattheparticleand holedestruction om ratorsb0th annihilate
theground state
àkzI*o)= Jkàl*0)= 0 (7.K )
sincetherearenoparticlesaboveorholesY low theFermiseainthestate 1
*:2).
Equation(7.40)showstheusefulnessoftheparticle-holenotation. Theremain-
ingterm foreach timeordering iseasilycomputed,and we:nd
iGkblxt.xzt;)= jzj)z'
-1jkefk.lx-x')e-ltthlf-1')
k
x (p(?- t')0(k- kz.
)- #(J'- t)94kz-- k)) (7.41)
72 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
where the factor 3a, arises btcause the sum over spin states iscomplete. In
the lim itofan infnite volum e,the sum m ation overk becomesan integration
iGQ
aj(x/,x't')= 3aj(2z8-3j-d3kpik*tx-x')d-iahff-r')
x I)
û(/- t')ù(k- ks)- 9(/'- ?)bqkF- A)) (7.42)
ltisnow usefulto introduceanintegralrepresentationforthestepfunction
(
:
ci dœ e-it
,,
l(t-t')
8(/- t')= - .o)+ I.T
2=, (7.43)
-.
which im m ediatelyyields
,b-
x3,jg( (k-kp) y ft/cs-Fcj
c
o,+,j .-o,,-, .
,yj(,
y.
44) -
Cl%1#a(0)i
'F.,
'
)t'L lf1/0)1V1'
e0)
-
Iz')
a(dk,pa/, t5 ,-,(s.- y)+ j,y
-
+FZ3k.-w/,s--
r:F0
-1
.
;)(0h)-l'
1
j'
-a
lk)
zt
-'I''
a2
1kk(
e) -0)
,21
,
. .1%)' (7.54)
n * +
where thezki'
rlisagain necessary to ensure the convergence ofthe integralover
t - t'.lnthesrst(second)term,thecontributionvanishesunlessthemomentum
ofthe state l9'a)correspondsto a w'
avenumberk(-k),which can be used to
restricttheinterm ediatestates2
G. /k,fa))= P' 4'l%l#a(0)l
'?k)(akI'3(
ts â-j(sa.s).
0)
j.t
y
I'l%)'
-
+r:1%1,/
'
1'
)(0)(a,-ik)(n,s)
-
-kt
-'
v
1.(l0)l
ix %'a) (7.55)
(
.
o+ h (E'
n-
tFormanyprobiemsitismoreconvenienttoassumethattheinteractingparticlu moverelative
toasxedframeofreference. Forexample,intheproblem ofinteractingelectronsincrystalline
solidsand atoms,thecrystalline lattice and heavy atomic nucleusprovide such sxed frames.
ln tbiscasetheê oftheinteractingparticlesnolongercommuteswith 4,and theGrœn's
function may dex nd explicitly on x and x'. Thismorecomplicated situation isdiscussed in
Chap.l5.
GREEN'S FQINCTîONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 75
Thusthegeneralprinciplesofquantum mechanicsenable usto exhibitthefre-
quency dependence ofthe Green'sfunction,G causeutnow appearsonly lh the
denominatorofthissum.
It is helpful to examine these denominators in a little more detail. In
the Erst sum the intermediate state has N + lparticles,and the denominator
m ay be written as
(.
o- h-3LEnIN + 1)- S(1))= t,y- h-LLX LN + 1)- E(N + l))
A-i(F(# + 1)- ElNjj (7.56)
-
hut-;+e-.-.(N-1)-i, q 1(.
ltis possible to simplify the matrix structure ofG in the sm cialcase of
spin-l.. SinceG isa2x 2matrix,itcanbeexpanded in thecompletesetcon-
sisting ofthe unitm atrix and the three Paulispin m atrices n. lfthere is no
preferreddirectionintheproblem,then G mustbeascalarunderspatialrotations.
Sincek istheonly vectoravailable to combine with e,G necessarily takesthe
form
G(k,ts)= JI+ :l.k
76 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
where the invariance underrotations impliesthata and b arefunctionsofk2
and œ. 1f,in addition,the hamiltonian isinvariantunder spatialreqections,
then G mustalso have thisproperty;but l.k is a pseudoscalar under spatial
reqections,so thatthe coeë cientb m ustvanish. Thussifthe ham iltonian and
ground state are invariantunder spatialrotationsand reiections,the G reen's
function hasthefollowingm atrixstructure
Ga#tk,t,al= 3.#G(k,f,
t))= 8=bG(!k1,(z>)
proportionalto theunitm atrix.
ItisinstructivetouseEq.(7.59)toreproduceourpreviousexpressionfor
G0(k,fs)(Eq.(7.45))in afreeFermisystem. Forthefirstterm ofEq.(7.59),
theadded particlem ust1ieabove the Ferm isea,and them atrixelem entsofthe
feld operatorsbecom e
f'l'014a(0)i?'k)(nkl#)(0)l
'Fn)-*P'-'3œj9(k-:,) (7.61)
In thedenom inatorofthisterm ,theexcitation energy isthediflkrencebetween
theactualenergy oftheadditionalparticle and theenergy thatitwould haveat
theFerm isurface. Thustheenergydiflkrenceisgivenby
f â2(k2- k/)
k tN + 1)- E(X + 1)M ek(X + 1)--'
>'ek- ek= lm
Thesecond term ofEq.(7.59)clearly correspondsto a holebelow the Fermi
surface,and them atrixelementsoftheEeld operatorsbecom e
('FoI'
;')(0)ln,-k)(n,-kl#z(0)lk1'o)-+.#'-'3zjgtks-k4
The ground state ofthe N - 1 particle system is reached by letting a particle
from theFermisurfacecomedownandflllupthehole;hencetheenergydifrerence
in thesecond denom inatorisgiven by
Ek
0k= hzlk;
(N - 1)- f(N - 1)- e-k(X - 1)->'ek- f-
-
2m- k2)
Sincep,= ek-foranoninteractingsystem,weobtainEq.(7.45).
Asnoted above,Eq.(7.59)exhibitsthedependenceoftheexactGreen's
function on thefrequency u),and itisinterestingto considertheanalyticproper-
tiesofthisfunction. Thecrucialobservation isthatthefunction G(k,(o)isa
meromorphicfunction of âa),with simplepolesattheexactexcitation energies
of the interacting system corresponding to a momentum âk. For frequencies
below glh,thesesingularitieslieslightlyabovetherealaxis,andforfrequencies
abovelxlh,thesesingularitieslieslightlybelow therealaxis(compareFig.7.l).
ln this way.the singularities of the Green's function immediately yield the
energiesofthoseexcited statesforwhich the numeratordoesnotvanish. For
an interacting system ,the itld operator conneets the ground state with very
m any excited states of the system containing N :
i:1 particles. For the non-
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERM IONS) 77
interacting system ,however,the seld operator connects only one state to the
ground state,so thatG0(k,(s)hasonly asingle pole,slightly below the realaxis
athut= h2k2(2m ifk > ày and slightly above therealaxisatthe samevalue of
hulifk < kF.
Itisclear from thisdiscussion thatthe G reen'sfunction G isanalytic in
neitherthe upper northe lower (s plane. Forcontourintegrations,however,
itisusefulto considerfunctionsthatareanalytic in onehalfplaneortheother.
Aozplane
Fz-œn.-k(X-1)+iT e(k)t'
Nointeractions)
XXXX XXXXXXX AX X M
XXXXXXXXX X
/*+ 'nk(X+1)-l
h
Fig. 7.1 Singularities of G(k,(
z9 in the
complexhl.oplane.
W e therefore deine a new pair offunctions,known asretarded and advanced
G reen'sfunctions
I
'G'
ljtx/,x't')= ((
tl-
%r(#s.(x/),#).
Ijtx't'))(1
F0)0(t- t')
(7.62)
ftojtxr,x't')= -(Yeol
(1
Jsa(xr),'
f'
sjtx't'))411)0(t'- r)
where the braces denote an anticom m utator. The analysis of these functions
proceedstxactly asforthetim e-ordered G reen'sfunction. In a hom ogeneous
system ,we fnd the following Lehm ann representation oftheir Fouriertrans-
form s:
GR
x)
A(k(s)= h1z- '
,
IVI
J-
jo1
1
/x(0)q
Nk)tDk1f)(0)1'Fo',
-
N t,
o- y - raktx + 1)s iv
tkl'01.
t
;j
f(0)1n,-k>Ln,-k(f,
. z(0)$
kl'o)
+
hol- p,+ %
,- k(
N - 1)+ iy
NotethattheFouriertransformsGR(k,(s)and GA(k,(s)areagainmeromorphic
functions ofts. A1lthe poles of GR(k,ts)1ie in the lowerhalf plane,so that
GR(k,(o)isanalyticforlmf,t
a>0,'incontrast,a1lthepolesofGA(k,œ)liein the
upper half plane.so thatfP(k,t
x?)isanalytic for Im t
,e< 0. Forrealop,these
funetionsaresim ply related by
EG1k(k,t,3.)*- G/.(k,u9 (7.64)
wheretheasterisk denotèscomplex conjugation. Theretardedand advanced
Green'sfunctionsdiflkrfrom each otherandfrom thetime-orderedGreen'sfunc-
tiononlyintheconvergencefactorsië,whichareimportantnearthesingularities.
If(.
o isrealand greaterthan â-1Jz,then the insnitesim alim aginary parts +f4
7: GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
inthesecondterm ofEqs.(7.59)and(7.63)playnorole. Wethereforeconclude
thatin thislimited dom ain ofthecom plex u;plane
Gl#(k,œ)= G.#(k,œ) hœ real,>rz (7.65/)
Similarly,
Glk, a(k,tx)')
)-,.-
:1,4
.
,:.)
. ,
t
,
al=jodt
z'o,-,-ls-u),+i .
o+(
.
, ls+ u,,-y (7.
67)
which now has a branch cutin thecomplex o)planealong the whole realaxis.
Thustheinfnite-volumelimitcompletelyalterstheanalyticstructureofG(k,tM,
becausethediscretepoleshave merged to form a branch line. Thesameresult
descria sasnitesystem whenevertheindividuallevelscannotberesolved.
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERM IONS) 79
A sim ilaranalysisfortheretarded and advanced Green'sfunctionsyields
GR' . , W(k,(,a') #(k,(s')
X(k,t
z)=jodf
z
l(.
o-:-ls-f
s,siy
l+(
s-:-1s+oà':
jui
xl (7.
68)
which showsthata1lthree Green'sfunctionscan be constructed if,4 and B are
known. ln addition,the sym bolicidentityvalid forreal(.
o
1 = 1
(.
o+ i.
rl
@-
.
(t)
:Fi'
rrblu)) (7.69)
showsthatGRand GA satisfy dispersion relations
R * dœ'lm GR.A(k (
.
v'j
eGR.?(k,oa)= EF.
t
# - X C * - œ
,' - (7.70)
where, ' denotesa Cauchy principalvalue. Thisequation also holdsforsnite
system s,whereIm G isasum ofdeltafunctions.
These Green'sfunctions allhave a simple asymptotic behaviorfor large
Considerthe ground-state expectation value ofthe anticomm utator
'
t
:'l'
%If'
ik(A2),'
;l(X')1lV0)-îajî(X-X')
AnanalysissimilartoEq.(7.53)showsthat
3(x- x')= (2J+ 1)-1j)(efPn*tx-f'l/lttk1'a;
1J1(0)i
kFo)i
,2
.
j
.g-fP?!@(x-x?)/hj)1.
j.
*aj))
.
,x((;)kj%O
j
and itsFouriertransform with respectto x - x'yields
1= (2J+ 1)-1P-)((ttnk11
/1(0)1
'1'a)12+ i(a,.-.
k!
,1Ja(0)1
àI%)l2!
-
j0
=#ts(
:(k,
(
s)+a(k,(
s)J
wherethelastlinefollowsfrom Eq.(7.66). For1f
.
z)1-+.cc,Eqs.(7.67)and(7.68)
yield
c(k.(
s)-c/(k,
oa)=G,
.(k,
(
z,
)-f
-
1
z
aj0
*t
ït
s'gz
4(
k,(
s'
)+s(k,(
s')j
which rem ainscorrectforan arbitraryinteracting system .
PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE G REEN'S FUNCTION
Tounderstandthephysicalinterpretation ofthesingle-particleGreen'sfunction,
considertheinteraction-picture state 1
T z(/')),and add a particleatthepoint
(x't'):f4#(x'?')lH'
*J(?')). Althoughthisstateisnotingeneralaneigenstateof
80 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
thehamiltonian,itstillpropagatesintimeaccordingtop(t,/')41gx'f')ItF,(/')).
lc-ort> t'whatistheoverlapofthisstatewiththestate';1a(x?)I
.
kl'z(?))?
('l',(r)i,;za(x/)C'(t,t'4'Jljtx'?')i'F,(/'))
- ( *()1t'
)(vc,?)EP(?,0)';sz(x?)t')(0,J))I' /ltnt'j
x Er
.
')(?',0);,
. Lblx'?')t'
)(0,/')1Cl
'(t',-:
s)1
*0)
-
t'1'
-olf,latxrl#1,/x'?/)1 :1-c)
where we have used the resultsofSec.6. Thisquantity isjustthe Green's
function for t> /', which therefore characterizes the propagation of a state
containing an additionalparticle. In a similarway,ift< t',the seld operator
srstcreatesaholeattim et,and thesystem thenpropagatesaccordingtothefull
hamiltonian. These holes can be interpreted as particles going backward in
tim e,asdiscussedinthefam ouspapersofFeynm an.l Theprobabilityam plitude
ata latertim e t'forfnding a single hole in the ground state ofthe interacting
system isagainjusttheGreen'sfunctionfort< t'.
W e shallnow study how this propagation in tfm e is related to the function
G(k,(s),and,fordefniteness,weshallconsideronly theusualcasewherethe
time scale istoo shortto resolvethe separateenergy 1evels.2 By the deEnition
ofthe Fouriertransform ,the tim e dependence isgiven by
G(k, az dol
?)= x ; ;-c-fœlG(k,(s)
=TF
-
'
Now GA(k,(o)isanalyticinthelowerhalfplane,andthecontourcanbedeformed
from C'1to CL'(Fig.7.2J). Equation (7.72)showsthatGA(and GR)behaves
!R.P.Feynman,Phys.Rev.,76:749(1949);76:769(1949).
2OurargumentfollowsthatofV.M .GalitskiiandA.B.M igdal,Ioc.cit.andofA.A.Abrikosov,
L.P.Gorkov,and1.E.Dzyaloshinskii,loc.cit.
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND F'ELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 81
liketr-ifbr14
.
,
ai-->.az;Jordan'slemmalthusensuresthatthecontributionfrom
thearcatinûnityvanishes,and Eq.(7.75)reducesto
Hlht/* .-
v/
'h Jco
2--
.n.e f
o,rG(k,f
x))= à--e-izotGz
ttk,(s) (7.76)
-co v/:-f. zrr
Thesecond term ofEq.(7.74)can betreated similarly,because G(k,(o)coincides
with GR(k,f
.
t))for real(
z?> Jzh. Thereisone importantnew feature,however,
GR(k,tt));
ksto- rka
//j+ iyg
GA(k,u))= (GR(k,(s))*;
k; J
(
.o- çyjh- iyz
whertthesecond relationfollowsfrom Eq.(7.64). Theserelationsallow usto
analytically continueGR(k,(s)and GA(k,(s)into the complexf.
splane,and the
integralin Eq.(7.78)canthereforebewrittenas
v:h #4s
2 t?-foafgcAtk,ts,
BIh-ico 0.
l- GR(k,ts)J
#1h #(s e-if
.
t
)f
;
k;liyka
#t/h-tx)2.
=((z)- h j6k)a+--yk
2
-
'
?ka e- iytlh co e-l
zr
= - du z .j y
= (
) y.+ (â (p.- q)- syz
;
k;-4=1)-1y:ahls - ex)-2e-iHtih.t- iae-*ktlhe-tkt (780)
where the third line isobtained with thesubstitution u= fl(,)- â-ip). The
hnalform follows by usipg assumptions 1 and 2,along with the condition
y'k.
<4h-1(q - /z). Notethatthelastine4ualityinEq.(7.80)failsiftistoolarge
or too small. ln a wholly analogous fashion,the poles ofthe analytic con-
tinuation ofGzttk,f
.
olinto the upperhalfoaplanedeterminethefrequencyand
lifetime ofthestateobtained by creating a hole(destroying a particle)in the
interacting ground state.
'The apparentexponentialdecay isslightly misleading because condition 2 restrictsusto the
region wheree-'';kJ1- yt.
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 83
8DW ICK'S THEO REM '
Thepreceding section defined thesingle-particleG reen'sfunction and exhibited
itsrelation to observableproperties. Thisanalysisin no way solvesthefunda-
m entalm any-bodyproblem ,however,and wem uststillcalculateG fornontrivial
physical system s. A s our general m ethod of attack,we shallevaluate the
Green's function with perturbation theory. This procedure is most easily
carried outintheinteraction picture,wherethevarioustermscan beenumerated
with a theorem ofW ick,derived in thissection. Therem ainderofthischapter
(Sec.9)isdevoted to thediagram maticanalysisoftheperturbation series.
TheG reen'sfunction consistsofam atrixelem entofH eisenberg operators
intheexactinteracting ground state. Thisform isinconvenientforperturbation
theory,and we now prove a basic theorem thatrelatesthe m atrix elem entofa
HeisenbergoperatortX(/)tothematrixelementofthecorrespondinginteraction
optratorOg(t):
l *
('F'(
)I:,,(J)l
'l%).
(:
1'
-01
'
1P(
) .
t*cl
,
9i
*oljooj*j-jf
-jv21juta, J--dtv
.-
v-o
Xe-etItJ/+ . +I,pl)r(.
J.
?.j(/y) .
??!(?v)t),(/)31*c) (8.1)
Heretheoperator.
Lisdefinedby
S= t'
Vcs,-aa) (8.2)
Theproofisasfollows:TheG ell-M ann and Low theorem expressestheground
state ofthe interactingsystem in theinteraction picture
t1l%)
. =
CO,+cc'l(*0)
fê*cl'l'0) ((p:(t%(0.uiu:x?)((l':).
The denominator on the leftside ofEq.(8.1)can be calculated by writing
I.
k(0,-cc)1*0, N
)ontherightandt%(0,:
c)t*o))ontheleft
(11,
-()1
àF0) (*cIG(0,cs)fG(0,-cc)1*n)
tf*c1
,
'l'e)t2 tt*o1
'1'o)l2
C*()rG('
' x,,0)f$(0,-:c)1*0)
= ttèmelklp
.ol'ta-
(*01.
91*0)
==((* z (8.3)
ot
'l'0)l
wherebothEqs.(6.15)and(6.16)havebeenused. Inasimilarway,thenumera-
torontheleftsideofEq.(8.1)becomes,withtheaidofEq.(6.31),
t*(
,It%(cc,0)t'
)e(O,?)dz(?)t%(r,0)t%(:,-'
x))1*0)
lf*cl
''
I'(,)12
- 4*01I
.%(
cc,J
)öz(?)Lhlt.-cc)1*0) (s.4)
lo js-;jc
.
:
ro o
lG .C.w i
ck,Phys.#et,..&);268(1950).
> GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Thecommon denominatorsofEqs.(8.3)and(8.4)cancelin formingtheratio,
and we5nd
'Fc)- (*o1t%(=,r)ör(f)G(f,-cc)I*c)
f'l%I:,,(/)l - -
(g.5)
.:.1'c1.1%) (*aI,9I*(,)
The rem aining problem isto rewrite the num erator ofthe rightside of
Eq.(8.5),containingtheoperator
t%(*,f)0z(f)t'Vf,-*)
* - j a j xj *
== h -- dfj .. .
n! t
djae-g(j.j1+...+jtaj)pg.
/'
.
/'
Gl(jlj....
j'
g.
el(jajj
n=0 l
* - im 1 r t
x 0z(/) h m ! -. dtl..' -.dtm
x e-e(Itl1+'''+lt-I)TgJ)l(tj)....
J'
.
J
'j(ty
pj)) (8.6)
whereEq.(6.37)hasbeenused. Thetheorem willnow beprovedbydemonstrat-
ingthattheoperatorin thenumeratorontherightsideofEq.(8.1)isequalto
Eq.(8.6). lnthevthterm ofthesum inEq.(8.1),dividetheintegrationvariables
into nfactorswith ti> tand m factorswith tt< t,wherem + n = v. There are
v!/v !n!waystomakethispartition,andasummationovera1lvaluesofm anda
consistentw ith the restriction p= m + n com pletely enum erates the regions of
integrationinthisp-foldmultipleintegral. TheoperatorinEq.(8.1)therefore
becom es
(x) -i v -1 * * 31.m+n 'y'y. x dtl - a)
- - dtne-f(If.1+ '''+1taI
)
p.0
h lz. 'n=0 m =0 ' m .!n .
' l !
xF(4j
(fI
.
)....
4l(K)(
1:,(/)J'dtt---J'dt
m
xe-e(I
tlI+'.'+I1-1)r(# k(fj) ...J/jtfa)) (8.7)
TheKroneckerdeltahereensuresthatm + n= p,butitalsocanbeusedtoperform
thesummationoverp,whichprovesthetheorem becauseEq.(8.7)thenreduces
toEq.(8.6).
In a sim ilar m anner,the expectation value of time-ordered H eisenberg
operatorsm aybewritten as
('l
%l
F(0'
z
I(
t
4?)
%0
1%s)
1
: (f'
)11
'1C0)-yoj,j1joa (o(,jy)(
,
-i>;
v) 1
-
j ..,
x
j*
-*:/,...J
f*
-*#f.e-e(I
,!l
+...+1
,
.1
)
x F(Xl(ll)---#I(f.)öz(l)öz(/'))I*c) (8.8)
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMiONS) 85
Thisresultdependson the observation
tqmorl
. 9ttcc,-ol(r7e(0,?)ô;(t46-f,(/.
-0)1(P,(0,?-)O,.
(t')t'.
)t(?',0))f-,
.(O,-x)!* ()'
. p .
-':tp( )It-
7
.
rr(*,?)t'
),(?)Pt(?,J')öz(J')C''(t',-cr
:.)r*())
and we m ust therefore partition the integration variables into three distinct
groups. Otherwise,the proofis identicalwith thatofEq.(8.1). Since Eqs.
(8.1)and (8.8)both consistofratios,thedivergentphasefactorscancel,and it
is perm issible to take the lim it e'-.
+0. ln this last form ,these theorem sare
am ongthe m ostusefulresultsofquantum field theory.
A san interesting exam ple,the exactG reen'sfunction m ay be written as
X z p j cc .
>x)
l
.
caj(x,.
,,
)- L-hip
-!-.dt,...j #?-
p=0 . -.
which allows us to write the integrations sym m etrically.l For exam ple, the
numeratorofEq.(8.9),which wewilldenoteby I'
C,becomes
.
j, )
ic'
.;(x,y)-I
'
GI
Ojtx,
y).
+.(-/
j
.) j dnx,J4x/(
v.
(xj,
.
v()ha,
2/$
.
ss,
ppt'
r'#t w *Y ' '2' ? 'A
xt
.t
*o1
.Fk
yA(A1)'t
/,
'
s(xl)' /?A-(A'l)v'''
/?s,(xl)'
t 'q'F k
a(x)'
z )1I(l)az'-F
'j(A' .
-'' '
WherefG0
aé
y(x,J.)= t't1)()rll
. . . /'
a(x)9-.1(-I')J.*() refersto the noninteracting system.
?'
3
Thisexpression showsthatwe m ustev'aluatetheexpectation v'alue in the non-
interacting ground state ofF productsofcreation and destruction operators of
theform
/f1)01F(y,,1 . . .#Gk'
. ha(x),
t
/
1j-
'4-3.
'
)qI
.(
1)0) (8.l2)
'TheGreen'sfunction now assumesacovariantappearanceand,indeed,isjustthatobtained
in relativistic quantum electrodynamics.where the interaction ofEq.(8,10)is mediated b5'
the exchange ofvirtual photons of the electromagnetic field. The only dipkrence is that
quantum electrodynam ics involves the retarded electromagnetic interaction, whereas the
present theory involves a static instantaneous potentialproportional to a delta function
&(t3- /a). ltshould be emphasized.however.thattheforl'lalislttdeN'
eloped here applies
equally wellto relativisticquantum field theory.which isespeciallyevidentin Chap. 12.where
weconsideranonrelativistic retarded interaction arisingfrom phononexchange.
86 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
lt is clear thatthe creation and destruction operators must be paired or the
expectation valuevanishes;eveninthislowest-orderterm ,however,thestraight-
forward approach ofclassifying al1possiblecontributionsby directapplication
ofthecom mutation oranticommutation relationsisvery lengthy. Instead,we
shallrelyon W ick'stheorem,which providesageneralprocedureforevaluating
such m atrix elem ents.
Theessentialideaisto movealldestruction operatorsto theright,where
they annihilate the noninteracting ground state. In so doing, we generate
additionalterm s,proportionalto thecom m utatorsoranticom m utatorsofthe
operatorsinvolved in the interchanges ofpositions. Formost purposes,itis
more convenientto use the seld operators directly ratherthan the operators
(ck)referringtoasinglemode. Inmostsystemsofinterest,#(x)canbeuniquely
separated into a destruction part#t+'(x) thatannihilatesthe noninteracting
groundstateandacreationpart' /-'(x).t
#(x)= #t+'(x)+ '
/ -'(x) (8.13)
'
47+'(x)1*0)= 0 (8.14)
Correspondingly,theadjointoperatorbecomes
f7f(x)= #t+)'(x)+ #(-)f(x) (8.15)
where
'
4
JC-'è(x)(
*0)= 0 (8.16)
Thus<t+'(x)and 1Jf-'1(x)areb0th destruction parts,while<t-'(x)and W+)è(x)
areboth creation parts. Thenotation isa vestige ofthe originalapplication of
Wick's theorem to relativisticquantum Eeld theory,where(+)and (-)signs
referto a Lorentz-invariantdecom position into positiveand negativefrequency
parts. Forourpurposes,however,theycanbeconsidered superscriptsdenoting
destruction and creation parts. A san explicitexam ple ofthisdecom position,
consider the free fermion seld,rewritten with the canonicaltransformation of
Eq.(7.34).
'
,
j(xl= J( F-1edtk*x-t/kr)TàakA+ jl F-+eltk.x-uhfl'
flày!-kâ
kâ>kF k/<kF
c1
Jt+'(x)+ '
/-)(x) (8.17)
In thiscase,thesymbols(+)and (-)maybeinterpreted asthesignofthefre-
quenciesoftheseld com ponentsm easured withrespecttotheFerm ienergy.
To presentW ick'stheorem in aconciseand usefulmanner,itisnecessary
to introduce somenew deGnitions.
l. Tproduct:The F productofa collection offield operatorshasalready
been deGned (Eq.(7.4)). ItorderstheNeld operatorswith thelatesttime on
1ForadiscussionofthespecialproblemsinherentinthetreatmentofcondensedBox systems,
seeChap.6.
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 87
the leftand includesan additionalfactorof-1foreach interchangeofferm ion
operators. By desnition
Tlviâê.b ...)- (-1)ertc,i'x/ ...) (8.18)
whereP isthenum berofperm utationsofferm ion operatorsneeded to rearrange
theproductasgivenontheleftsideofEq.(8.18)to agreewiththeorderonthe
rightside. Itisclearlyperm issibleto treatthe boson fieldsasifthey com m ute
and the ferm ion seldsas if they anticom m ute when reordering felds within a
T product.
2.N orm alordering:Thisterm representsadiflkrentorderingofa product
ofseld operators,in which alltheannihilation operatorsareplaced to theright
ofal1thecreation operators,againincluding afactorof-1forevery interchange
offerm ion operators. Bydesnition
Nlziâcb ...)- (-l)P.
N'(dWXé ..') (8.19)
so thattheseldswithin a norm al-ordered productcanagain betreated asifthey
commute(bosons)oranticommute(fermions). Forexample,ifwedealwith
ferm ion helds,
N(#t+'(x)#t-)(y))= -1
. Jt-'(y)4t+'(x)
(8.20)
N'
.(1
/f+)(x)1Jt+)f(y))= -1
Jf+)1(y)'
?
;t+'(x)
Inboth casesthecreation partofthefield iswrittentotheleft,and thefactor- 1
reqects the single interchange of ferm ion operators. The reader is urged to
writeoutseveralexam plesofeach defnition.
A normal-ordered product of seld operators is especially convenient
because its expectation value in the unperturbed ground state 1*:) vanishes
identically (see Eqs.(8.14)and (8.16)J. Thisresultremainstrue even ifthe
productconsistsentirely ofcreation parts,asisclearfrom the adjointofthe
equations desning the destruction parts. Thus the ground-state expectation
value ofa F productofoperators gforexample (8.12)Jmay beevaluated by
reducing it to the corresponding a
N product;the fundamentalproblem is the
enum eration oftheadditionalterm sintroduced in thereduction. Thisprocess
issim plised by notingthatboth the Tproductand the N productaredistributive.
Forexam ple,
N LIX + é)(C + X) ''')= NIA-C .
Itisthereforesufl
icientto provethe theorem sseparately forcreationordestruc-
tion parts.
3.Contractions:The contraction oftwo operatorsCJand P isdenoted
1?.P'and isequalto thediserencebetween ther productand theaV product.
L1.P'> r(PP)- A(PP) (s.21)
88 GROLIND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPCRATURE) FORMALISM
It represents the additional term introduced by rearranging a tim e-ordered
productinto a norm al-ordered productand is therefore diflkrentfordifl krent
tim eorderingsoftheoperators. Asanexam ple,aIIofthefollowingcontractions
vanish
j(+)'j(-).= y(+)j'.y(-)'
.
f.= ,
j(+)'
f.yt-).= .
j(+).y(-).
f.= () (y.,
);)
becausetheT productoftheseoperatorsisidenticalwiththeN productofthe
same operators. To be m ore specifc,consider'
the frstpair of operators in
Eq.(8.22). TheirFproductisgivenby
F(#t+'(x)'
#t-)(J')1H f7(+1(x)#C-1(y) tx> ty
. +#-)(y,)yy+)(x)
.
ty> tx (8-23)
where the + in the second line refers to bosons or fermions. But the seld
operator'($isalinearcombinationofinteraction-pictureoperatorsoftheform
cke-ia'
k'(compare Eq.(6.10f8). Thus,foreitherstatistics,Eq.(8.23)may be
rewritten as
F!#t+J(x)1Ji-h(.
p))= +fC-'(y)1;t+)(x)
because #(-)and ' ?
/t+)commute oranticommuteatany time. Notethatthis
resultistrue only in the interaction picture,wherethe operator properties are
the same asin theSchrödingerpicture. By the desnition ofa norm al-ordered
product,we have
Aë'/t+'(x)#t-'(>'
)1M :i:#f-'(.
$'Jt+'(x) (8.25)
and theircontraction thereforevanishes
(8.26)
TheothercontractionsinEq.(8.22)also vanish becauseallofthepaired inter-
action-pictureoperatorscom m uteoranticom m utewith each other.
Equation (8.22)showsthatmostcontractionsarezero. In particular,a
contractionoftwocreation partsortwo destructionpartsvanishes,and theonly
nonzerocontractionsaregiven by
y(+)(x)'y(+)t(y).= iGhxsyj tx> tv
0 ty> tx
y(-)(x)'y(-)#(y,)'= () tx7-ty
fGXx,
. .$ ty> tx
Forferm ions,thisresultisderived withthecanonicalanticom m utation relations
ofthecreation and destructionoperators(Eq.(1.48))andthedehnitionofthe
free Green's function given in Eq,(7.41). A similar derivation applies fbr
noncondensed bosons(see,forexample,Chap.12). Notethatthecontractions
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 89
arecnumbersin theoccupation-num berH ilbertspace,notoperators. Equation
(8.27)ismore-sim ply derived with theobservation
ttporr(PP)1m:')- (*(
. )!P'P'l*( .N (
)z +.tx*o;
s fJ'P).(tpa,= P 'P' (8.28)
since(*o1N(PP)1*o'vanishesbydefinition. Thedistributivepropertiesthen
yield thecontraction oftheNeld operatorsthem selves
,
?
;a(x)'.
,
/$j
1(3,
)'= iG'
çtj(x,è,)
a . (8.29)
4. z'
f convention : W e introduce a further sign convention. Norm al-
ordered productsoffleld operatorswitb m orethan onecontraction w illhavethe
contractions denoted by pairs ofsuperscripts with single dots,double dots,etc.
Two factors that are contracted m ust be brought together by rearranging the
order of the operators within the normalproduct,always keeping the standard
sign convention for interchange of operators. The contracted operators are
then to be replaced by the value ofthe contraction given by Eq.(8.27). Since
thiscontractionisnowjustafunctionofthecoordinatevariables.itcanbetaken
outsideofthe norm al-ordered product.
Nl.,
i''écq'b ...)- +At,g
t
-'cn./z')..,)-zbzzi.tl''Nlâb ...) (8.30)
Finally,note that
(.
/.P'= :i:p*C' (8.31)
wbich follows from Eq.(S.2l) and the desnition of r product and normal-
ordered product. ltisnow possible to state
5. W ick'stheorem :
.
X1Y ) (8.35)
Since P,P .''X, ? are alldestruction operatorsand thecontraction of2'
withanydestructionoperatorisacnumber,b hasbeentakeninsidethenormal
orderingexceptfortheveryIastterm in Eq.(8.35),where: isstillanoperator.
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS)
Considerthislastterm ,which,w eassert, can be written as
DNII/b> ...z
L'?k)- N(D'('
)P ...##:')+ Nlbob'
k...k?2)
(8.36)
Thisequation isreadily verihed.
DNIL'/Z ...z%?î4
= (-1),D2I)b7 ...k?
- (-1)1r(>:)PP '..#f'
= (-1)'X'2.PP ...vkLr+ (-1),,+*xlzb)tJ/P ...#fr
= ((-1)e)2b.(')P ...kfq.+ g(-1)r+t?)2Nlbl?b' y...k?kj
= ,( .
f).PP ...k?z'l+ slbfkb s ...##:)
Inthesecondline2 ismoved to theleftwithinthenormal-ordered product,intro-
ducingasignaturefactor(-1)P. Thefactorsnow'appearinnormalorder,and
the N productcan be rem oved. Furtherm ore, theproductbz isalready time
orderedbyassum ption. Thefourthlinefollowsfrom thedehnition ofa contrac-
tion,with a factor(-1)0 arising from the interchange ofX and 2. The last
term inthefourthlineisinnormalorder,becausePP .'.Xk'arealldestruction
operators. The sign conventions then allow us to reorder the operators to
obtainthesnalform,whichprovesthebasiclemma(8.33).
The rtsultcan be generalized to norm al-ordered products already con-
taining contractions ofEeld operators. Multipl y both uidesofEq.(8.33)by
the contraction oftwo m ore operators,.l'
t''S'',say,and then interchange the
operatorson both sides. Each term has the sam e overallsign change which
cancelsidentically. Thuswecan rewritethebasiclemma(8.33)as
N(PP--.-.#'-?42 = sr(t' )P''...#..17 -.2.)+ ...
+ N(0'P**...k.'Lr 2.j+ x(I?'f-''...k ''92) (s.38)
7.Proofof Wick'stheorem :Againthetheorem willbeprovedbyinduction.
ltisobviously truefortwo operators, by thedefnition ofacontraction
z'
(t7f')= x(t7P)+ t'
)'P. (8.39)
Assum e itistruefornfactors, andmul tiplyon therightbyanoperator(1with
atim e earlierthan thatofany otherfactor.
FIPPT .'.X#2)t' 1
- rlr-
/fzlfz...8?2th4
- N(I?b7çk'...Eî2)fl+ x(r J?'P')l'...- f'::)j1+ ..
- xt pr-
zl,fz ...##'zû)
+A'
-tsum overalIpossiblepairsofcontractions) (8.40)
92 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
The operatorL can beincluded in the F productbecause itisata timeearlier
than any ofthosealready in theF product. On therightside,weuseourbasic
lemma (8.33)to introduce the operatorLh into thenormal-ordered products.
The restriction on the time ofthe operator(1 can now be removed by sim ul-
taneously reorderingtheoperatorsin each term ofEq.(8.40). Againthesign
conventions give the sam e overallsign on both sides of the equation,w hich
therefore rem ains correct. W ick's theorem has now been proved under the
assum ption thatthe operators are either creation or destruction parts of the
fleld, The T product and the norm al-ordered product are both distributive,
however,and W ick'stheorem thusappliesto theheldsthemselves.
ltm ustbe em phasized thatW ick'stheorem is an operator identity that
rem ains true for an arbitrary m atrix elem ent. Its realuse,however,isfor a
ground-state average (*al''. ! *0'
),where al1uncontracted normal-ordered
productsvanish. In particular,theexactGreen'sfunction (Eq.(8.9)Jconsists
ofallpossiblefully contrad ed term s.
X R' X
X'l à
.
j
A Jz z' #t .
X1 .X'1
A' #, A. y.
'
A1 X1
8
Y!# e
.
#
(zd) (#) (C)
X A'
, #E
A-1
à rz p. A
Xl
à lt, xî
Jz' A,
'
xî X1
A
.X'1 .
A
# #
b'
. A A
(f)) (E) (F)
Fig.9.1 First-ordercontributionstoCaplxsy).
-
(*ol#;(x)#a(x)I*o)
-
- - (2.
8+ 1)-1b ja0(x)
&xbN
= -(2 unform system (9.2)
J+ 1)P'
fora system ofspin-xfermions. Herea0(x)istheparticledensity inthe un-
perturbedground state(compareEq.(7.8))and need notbeidenticalwith a(x)
in the interacting system because theinteraction m ay redistribute the particles.
Forauniform system,however,n0= n= NIV,becausetheinteractiondoesnot
change the totalnum ber ofparticles. The term s D and F thus representthe
lowest-order direct interaction with a11the particles that make up the non-
interactinggroundstate(hlled Fermisea).whilethetermsC and E providethe
corresponding lowest-orderexchangeinteraction. Heretheterm sS'directl'and
ç'exchange''arise from the originalantisym m etrized Slater determ inants,as
discussed below Eq.(3.37).
2.The term s.
,
d and B aredisconnecteddiagram s,containingsubunitsthat
arenotconnectedtotherestofthediagram byanylines. Equation(9.1)shows
thatsuch term stypically have G reen'sfunctions and interactions whose argu-
m entsclose on them selves. A saresult.thecontributionofthissubunitcan be
factored out of the expression for C. Thus,in the terms ,
4 and # above,
fGa
0j(x,y)representsonefactorandtheintegralrepresentsanotherfactor. To
hrstorderintheinteraction.weassertthatEq.(8.11)canberewrittenasshown
in Fig.9.2. Each diagram in thishguredenotesawell-desned integral,givenin
Eq.(9.1). The validity ofFig.9.2 isreadily verihed by expanding theproduct
and retainingonlythehrst-orderterms.whicharejustthoseinFig.9.l. The
1R.P.Feynman.Ioc.cit.
2F.J.Dyson.Phys.Rev.,75:486 (1949);75:1736 (1949).
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 9:
denomi
natorofG#(x,y). <*(j1J1% > - l+ + + ...
integral. These integralsare preciselythesame asthose apm aring in the terms
A andB ofEq.(9.1). Wethereforeconcludethatthecontributionofthedenom-
faa/orin Eq.(8.9)exactly rlaeellthecontribution of thedisconneeted dl
Wgr-
in thenumerator. Thisimportantresulthasso far% en verihed only to lowest
orderintheinteraction,butweshallnow proveittoallorders.l
A disconnected diagram closeson itself;conm uenuy,itscontribution to
G.j(x,y)factors. n usthevth-orderterm ofthenumeratorofEq.(8.9)r>n
bewritten as
* * -i >+- 1 >.
! * *
fJt
.'
#'
(x,y)- -A- 3...+--!a,m ! ..dtl - -.
v
dt.
@-0 PI-Q
x4:*(
,1F(41(/1)---#l(f-)#.(x)#)(z)!I*:).....,-
x
j-
**df,
.+1...J
(*
-*dt.(*cl
r(#l(l.+,
)-..#1(f.)1I
*,)
(9.3)
which cà
'n be seen by applying W ick'stheorem on both sidesofthisexpression.
n e second factor,containing n interations,in generalconsists of many dis-
connected parts. n efactorv!/a!m !representsthenum-rofwaysthatthev
'Herewefollow the proofgivenby A.A.Abrikosov,L.P.Gorkov,and 1.E.Dzyal- hiMkii,
op.cit..= .8.
:6 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
operatorsPl(/j)can bepartitioned into twogroups,and,asnoted before,Xj
canbem ovedinsidetheF productwith noadditionalchangesofsign. Equation
(9.3)mustnow be summed overallp,which is trivially performed with the
Kroneckerdelta,andthenumeratorofEq.(8.9)becomes
'<' - fm 1 = *
I'
f.#(x,y)- h- ,n!
- -. dtL.-' -. dtm
m -0
x'
:molrEzhltr,l --.Iljltmt1/
1.(x)v'#
ftzlllmolcennecteu
* n co co
-
i 1
x dtj .. . #/n
n=0 * -X -X
x ((1)()JF(H'
-j(tj)--.H-I(t,))p*()) (9.4)
Thesrstfactoristhesum ofal1connecteddiagram s,whilethesecond isidentical
with the denominator (*f
)IXi*o). We therefore obtain the fundamental
formula
* - im 1 co c
o
iG(
xj(x,y)= h m! dtj''' -. dtm
m=0 OX
x(*(,IrE.
f?.(?.)-..4l(/mlfztxl4ltzllrmnlconnecteu (9.5)
which expressesthefactorization ofdisconnecteddiagram s. A related ççlinked-
cluster''expansionfortheground-stateenergywasfirstconjectured byBrueck-
ner,lwho verihed the expansion to fourth order in the interaction potential;
the proofto allorders was then given by G oldstonez with the techniques of
quantum seld theory. Equation (9.5) isimportantbecause itallows us to
ignoreal1diagram sthatcontain partsnotconnected to theferm ion linerunning
from y to x.
The expansion ofG.j(x,y)into connected diagramsiswhollyequivalent
to theoriginalperturbation series. ThesearethecelebratedFeynmandiagrams,
and we shallnow derivethe preciserulesthatrelatethediagram sto the term s
ofthe perturbation series. Itmustbe em phasized,however,thatthe detailed
structure ofthe Feynm an rulesdependson the form ofthe interaction ham il-
tonianX1,andthepresentderivationappliesonlytoasystem ofidenticalparticles
interacting through atw o-body potential.
3.For any given diagram .there is an identical contribution from all
similardiagram sthatdiSer m erely in the perm utation ofthe labels 1 ' '.m
in theinteractionhamiltonianIîj. Forexample,thetwodiagramsin Fig.9.4
havethesam e numericalvalue because they difl'erm erely in the labeling ofthe
dum m y integration variables. In addition,they have the sam e sign because
1K .A . Bruœ kner,Phys.#0 .,1* :36(1955).
2J.Goldstone,Proc.Roy.Soc.tf, ()ndt/al,A239:267 (1957).
GREEN'
S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 97
lz Xz x1 x'
1
m X! x2 xz'
Xz xa
easilyseen byexpanding(*01X 1
*0)withW ick'stheorem. There isonly one
way to contracta1loftheselds,and the diagram obtained by the interchange
x:xl '= xzxa'doesnotcorrespond to a new and diferentanalytic term. This
distinction between connected and disconnected diagrams is one of the basic
reasons for studying the G reen's function;the sxed external points greatly
sim plifythecounting ofdiagram sin perturbationtheory.
W etherefore 5nd the following ruleforthe ath-ordercontribution to the
single-particleGreen'sfunctionG./x,y):
(J) Draw alltopologically distinctconnected diagramswith n interaction lines
U and 2n+ ldirected G reen'sfunctionsG0.
Thisprocedure can besimpliEed with the observation thatafermion line
eitherclosesonitselfoçrunscontlhuously from z tox. Eachofthesediagrams
9: GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
representsallthea!diFerentpossibilitiesofchoosing among thesetofvariables
(xjxJ) '''(.
L x;). lfthereisa questionasto theprecise meaning oftopo-
logically distinct diagrams,W ick's theorem can always be used to verify the
enum eration.
4.In oursrst-orderexample (Eq.(9.1))wenotethatthe termsC and E
areequal,asarethetermsD and F;theydiferonlyin thatxandx'(and the
corresponding matrix indices)areinterchanged,whereasthepotentialissym-
metric underthissubstitution (Eq.(7.13)1. Itistherefore suëcientto retain
justonediagram ofeach type.simultaneously omittingthefactor!.in frontof
Eq.(9.1$ which reqectsthefactor!.in the interaction potential(Eq.(2.4)).1
l /t
x y
z' p'
Fig.9.6 Matrixindicesfor&(x,y'
)zz....,.
W ethereforeobtain theadditionalrules:
(â) Labeleachvertexwithafour-dimensionalspace-timepointxi.
(c) Each solidlinerepresentsaGreen'sfunction(4j(x,y)runningfrom y tox.
(#)Eachwavylinerepresentsaninteraction
&(x,>'),A-,,
a.'- F(x,y)AA,,,.-bltx- ty)
wheretheassociation ofm atrixindicesisshown in Fig.9.6.
(e)Integrateal1internalvariablesoverspaceandtime.
5.W e notethatthe summationsappearingin thesubscriptindiceson the
Green'sfunctionsandinteractionpotentialsinEq.(9.1)arepreciselyintheform
ofa matrix productthatrunsalong the fermion line. Thuswe state the rule:
(/)Thereisaspinmatrixproductalongeachcontinuousfermionline,including
thepotentialsateâch vertex.
6.Theoverallsign ofthevariouscontributionsappearinginEq.(9.1)or
thediagramsappearinginFig.9.1isdeterminedasfollows. Everytimeafermion
lineclosesonitself,theterm acquiresan extraminussign. Thisisseen bynoting
that the ields contracted into a closed loop can lhe arranged in the order
(:11(1)*
1/(1)'')f##(2)'*
/42)*'')''.I y1(A)'Jwith no change in sign. An odd
number ofinterchange's offerm ion operatorsis now needed to move the last
seld om ratorover to itsproper position atthe left. Thusweobtain the rule:
(g)Aëxasignfactor(-1)Ftoeachterm,whereFisthenumberofclosedfermion
loopsin thediagram.
'Note thatthisresultagain appliesonlytoconnected diagrams,asisevidentfrom Fig.9.12
andB.
GAEEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) D
7.Theath-ordtrterm ofEq.(9.5)hasanexplicitnumericalfactor(-ilh?,
whjle the 2n+ 1contractionsofheld om ratorscontribute an additionalfactor
f>+l(=eEq.(8.29)1. W ethereforeobtaintherule:
fh)To compute G(x,y)assign a factor(-f)(-#â)*(f)2a+l= (ilh? to each ath-
orderterm.
Finally,theearlierdixussionofEq.(9.2)yieldstherule:
(f)A Green'sfunctionwithequaltimevariablesmustlx interpretedas
Gî/XJ.X't'
/)
X
à
Xl
/
l !:
Xl
A, #
x;
.K1 ,
# #
#
Fig.9.7 A1le st-orderFeynmandiarams
forG #(x,.
y). @) (:)
The foregoing arguments provide a unique prescription for drawing a11
Feynman diagrams that contribute to G(x,z) in coordinate space. Each
diagram corresponds to an analytic expression thatcan now be written down
explicitly with the Feynman rules. The calculation ofG thusG comesa rela-
tively autom aticprocess.
Asan exampleofthe Feynman rules,weshallnow writeoutthe complete
srst-ordercontributiontoG./x,z),showninFig.9.7,
G$(x,y)=fâ-lfd*xkJd*xl((-1)G2z(x,xl)U(xI,xJ)zz,,pg.Z .#xI,z)
xG1'/xJ,xJ)+ Gîz@.xl)U@l,x1)AA',p,#'G0
à./xl,x1)G:'/x1,XJ (9.6)
Hereand henceforth.an implicitsummation isto% carriedoutoveralIrem ated
spinindices. Thecorresponding second-ordercontribution GtRx,y)requires
morework.and we merely assertthatthere are 10 e ond-order Feynman dia-
grams(Fig.9.0. Thereadtrisurgtd toconvincehimselfthatthesediagrams
exhausttheclassofe ond-ordertopologically distinctconnected diagrams,and
to writedown the analyticexpression associated with each term .
100 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
)) )
(J) fb) (c) (d) (e)
V)# @)
(pr) (#) (h4
Fig.9.8 Allsx ond-orderFeynmandiavamsforG.#@ ,y).
= fâ-l(2r8-8Jd*k#4##4#jd*qGjztk)U(g)zA.,ps,
xGj,#(p)G0
M,/pI)ekk'xe-fp:.'êf4)(,+q-kj3(4)(pj-q-pj
= (2z4-4J#4kelk'lx-Db(fâ-1GJA(k)(2,4-4Jd*p
x&tk-79,,,,..'cî,r,(79G:,,(k)) (9.12)
wherethefour-dimensionalD iracdeltafunctionhastheusualintegralrepresenta-
tion
3f4'477)= (2,
0 -4Jdkxelp'x
Note thatEq.(9.12)indeed hastheexpected form,and comparison with Eq.
(9.7c)identisesthequantityinsquarebracketsasthecorrespondingcontribution
toGajlk)H Gz/kstsl.
Thisapproach isre#dilygeneralized. Considerthetypicalinternalvertex
show n in Fig.9.9. ln accordance with our defnitionsofFouriertransform s
in Eqs.(9.10)and (9.7*,wecanalsoassignaconventionaldirection x'-. >.x to
theinteraction Utx- x'). (Thisconventioncannotaltertheproblem sincethe
potentialis symmetric Utx- x')AA,,vv.= Ulx'- xjvv..AA..) The coordinate x
14' GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
- qq:x
e
e/40.7
e/4p*J:
FI:.9.9 Typicalintenœ vertexina Feynman diagram .
now apm nm only in the plane-waveexponential,and thereisa factore+'4'xfor
each incoming line and e-tq'xforeach outgoing line. The integration over x
thereforeyields
jd4xef(4-4'+4D'x=(2.)43(4)(ç-q'+q') (9.13)
whichconsea esenergy andmomentum atele/linternalvertex. Theonlyremain-
ing question istheend points,wherethe typicalstructure isshown in Fig.9.1û.
x
IqYx
e
q##- q#
/d;J.,,
.-.
Thetranslaiionalinvarianceensuresthatq'= q',asseenexplicitlyinEq.(9.12);
theremainingfactore*''(x-'tisjustthatneededinthedehnitionoftheFourier
transform ofG.b(q').
w e can now state the Feynman rules for the ath-ordercontribution to
G.l(k,œ)> G./k):
1.Draw a1ltopologically distinctconnected diagtamswith n interaction lines
andln + 1directed Green'sfunctions.
2.A ssign a direction to each interaction line;associateadirected four-m om en-
tum with each lineand conservefour-momentum ateachvertex.
3. Each Green'sfunction correspondsto a factor
Gyj(Kts)= 8.jG0(k,ts)= &xô L9
o(lkI
0- kpy.q + (8
k+. s(-
k,.
o-
u.IkI
)
-y (9.14)
.
k
k #
à !&
kl kl k-k,
z' () >
k
k
R g.9.11 M lM t-order Feynnx diagrams # #
forG./k). (J) (â)
GL)(k)-fâ-1(-l)(2,
/4-4Jd*kb(4z(k)&(0)AA,.vp.Gl,/k)fC,s(kI)elu't'
+fâ-l(2=)-4J#4kjGkz(k)U(k-kjlzv,gp,
XGl's(kl)G:'#(k)el'
*'1'l
=
fl-lG0(k)((2=)-4J#4kj(-U(0)aj,sj,G0(k1)etœt'
+ &(k- k1).4,.!,,GQ(kl)e'''''?!)&'
*(k'
) (9.15)
where the spin summation has Y n simplised with the Kronx ker delta for
each factorG*. Here,and subsequently,weuse the conventionsthat
U40)= &(k= 0) (9.1* )
F(0)- F(k= 0) (9.16â)
To makefurtherprogress,we shallconsiderspin/ particleswith two distinct
possibilitiesfortheinteraction potential.
1M GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATU8E) FO RMALISM
l. Ifthe interaction is spin independent,then ithasthe form 1(1)1(2)in spin
space,namely,the unitspin m atrixwith respectto both particles:
&(t
?).j,zp= Ulqjôaj3Apz (9.17)
The m atrix elem entsthen becom e
Uub.p'pz= 2673,j Uxv,sj= &3zj (9.l8)
2.Iftheinteractionisspindependentoftheform l(l).c(2),then
Ulqjxb,àv= U(ç)@(1)zj*c(2)As
and the relevantquantities are
lzjwlps= 0 Gxv-làzj= ((c)2Jaj= 33aj (9.20)
These results have been obtained with the observations trl = 0 and tr1= 2.
Forinteractionsofthe form
â.
Zf1)(/,
:)= 1
*(2=)-4fdnkjg-2P%40)v'l
Gtk -kl)
+ 3lz-jtk- kl))GQ(kI)eicotn
Thefrequency integralcan now be performed explicitlywith Eq. (9.l4)
* dœ j j.,q % 1kl1- kF4 #(/cs- ikl1) gLk
2= e u)1 - tzlkj + l+ (t'j- ttlkl - i'
i'
r b = i s jkj1
-
,)
where the convergencefactorrequiresusto close the contourin the upper-half
plane. The momentum integralin the firstterm ofEq.(9.23)then gives the
particledensityn = N(P'(compare Eq.(3.27)j,and we5nd
âXt1'(/t
-)MâY(1)(k)
= nFL(0)- (2rr)-3fdqk'(I
Gtk- k')+ 3Ujtk - k')Jblky- k')
(9.24)
GgEEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 1QB
Note thattheflrst-orderself-energy isfrequency independent. The two terms
appearing in Eq.(9.24)have the following physicalinterpretation. Thesrst
term representstheBornapproximationforforwardscatteringfrom theparticles
inthemedium (Fig.9.I1J),and thesecond representstheexchangescattering
withtheparticlesinthemedium,againin Bornapproximation(Fig.9.1148.
ovsoN's EQUATIONSi
W eshallnowclassifythevariouscontributionsinan arbitraryFeynmandiagram .
This procedure yields Dyson's equations, which summarize the Feynman-
Dyson perturbation theoryin a particularlycompactform.
l.Self-energy insertion:Ourgraphicalanalysismakesclearthattheexact
Green'sfunction consistsoftheunperturbed G reen'sfunction plusa1lconnected
x x x
A'l
= + Self-enelgy X
x;
Fig.9.12 GeneralstructureofXéx,yj. .p y y
terms with a free Green's function ateach end. This structure is shown in
Fig.9.12.where the heavy line denotesG and the lightline denotes G0. The
corresponding analyticexpression isgiven by
G'a;(.
A-,A'
)=Gîj(x,.
O +fd*xbJ#*xJG.
0A@,xl)X(xi,xl
')zsfcjtxt
',y) (9.25)
which desnestheself-energy Z@1,xj
')As. A self-energy insertionisdehned as
any partofadiagram thatisconnected totherestofthediagram bytwo particle
lines(onein and oneout).
W enextintroducetheconceptofaproperself-energy insertion,which isa
self-energy insertion thatcannotbe separated into two piecesby cuttinga single
particleline. Forexam ple,Figs.9.84,9.8:,9.8c,and 9.8#allcontain im proper
self-energy insertions,while the remaining termsofFig.9.8containonlyproper
self-energy insertions. By desnition,the proper self-energy is the sum of aIl
properself-energyinsertions,andwillbedenotedX*(xj,m').#. ltfollowsfrom
1F.J.Dyson,/oc.ct'
t. (Adiscussionofthevertexpartandthecompl
etesetofDyson'sequations
ispresented inChap.12ofthisbook.)
1x GROUND-STATE ('ERO-TEM PERATUHE) FOY ALISM
thesedesnitionsthattheself-energy cœ sistsofa sum ofallx ssiblerem titions
oftheproperself-energy.
Z(xI,xl
')=X*(xl,x;)+Jd%xzd*xz
'X*(xl,.
n)G0(xz,x1)X*(xJ.xl')
+ fd*xzdkxz'j'd*xsd*xs'X*(xlvxz)G'
'lxzqxl)
x X*(xa',x3)fP(x,,xJ)Z*(xa',x;)+ '' (9.26)
H erc each quantity denotesa m atrix in the spinorindices,and the indicesare
thereforesuppressed. ThestructureofEq.(9.26)isshowninFig.9.13. Corre-
X1
Pro- rself-eneqy
z* %1
.
Al X1
Self-ene
tr-gy - +
x'
l xf
xf Fig.9.1: Relationbetween self-energy
f1
. 1:and properself-energyE*.
spondingly,thesingle-particleGreen'sfunction (Eq.(9.25))becomes(Fig.9.14)
G(.
x,y)= G0(x,y)+ jJ4xjdnxj
'G0(x,xj)X*(xj,xJ)G0(xj
',y,
)
+ f#4x1#4xJfdfxgdhxz 'GotxsxjjX*(xjsxj
')
x G0(xj
',xa)X*(xz,xz')G0(xzz,.
p)+ ... (9.27)
Proxrjelf-energy
Y
œ
The inverseofG%isgiven by
IG0(k))-!- IG0(k,o3)-l=(
.o- (z)kM ttl-â-lek (9.32)
becausethezkiylinEq.(9.14)isnow irrelevant,and we5nd
G 1
. /k)> Gz#(k,tt))= œ - ,-j4 - xwjk,og %ô (9.33)
In the generalcase,thisexpression mustbe replactd by an inversem atrix that
solvesthematrixequation (9.30). Asshown inSec.7,thesingularitiesofthe
exactGreen'sfunctionG(k,tM,consideredasafunctionoft,),determineboththe
excitation energies ek ofthe system and theirdamping yk. Furthermore,the
Ixhm ann representationensuresthatforrealo)
Im X*(k,tM > 0 (
.
o< p,
/â
(9.34)
Im X*(k,o4< 0 o)> +lh
sothatthechemicalpotentialcanbedeterminedasthepointwhereImX*(k,o))
changessign.
Asan example ofthe presentanalysis,We shallconsideral1the irst-and
second-orderdiagrams,shownin Figs.9.7and 9.8. Itisevidentthatb0th Erst-
order terms representproper self-energy insertions;as a result the Nrst-order
properself-energy E?k)isgiven bythediagramsin Fig.9.15. Herethesmall
arrowsatthe endssm cify how the Green'sfunctionsare to be connected,and
the diagramscan be inttrpreted either in coordinate space or in momentum
space. The situation is considerably m ore complicated in second order. ln
particular,the diagrams in Fig.9.8/ to d represent a1lpossible second-order
iterationsofX!l)and thereforecorrespond to impromrself-energyinsertions.
1e8 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
1.
t
z*
(l)= +
t
t
(J) (b) Fig.9.15 First-orderproperself-energy X4*1,.
On theotherhand,theremainingterms(Fig.9.8,tojja1lcontain properself-
energyinsertions,andwenow exhibitalIcontributionsto)2!z)inFig.9.16.
A particularly simple approximation isto write X*(k,f.
t));
k;Xh)(k,(z
'
))>
Xh)(k)(seeEq.(9.24))inthesolutionofDyson'sequation(9.33). Thisapproxi-
mationcorrespondstosumminganinhniteclassofdiagramscontainingarbitrary
t
*
1 1
Z t2)-
t
'
t (c)
1
t 1
t
t
(e) (f)
Fig.9.16 Second-orde.
rproperself-energyE(1).
)')'
)'
)'
)
Fig.9.17 ApproximateGobtainedwiththesubstitutionX*= X1).
ofl-aIlthe other particles. The integralterm depends on k and arises from
Fig.9.13b. Inthepresent(srst-order)approximation,theproperself-energyis
rec/,andthesystem propagatesforeverwithoutdam ping. Thisexam pleclearly
dem onstrates the power ofD yson's equation,because any approxim ation for
X* generates an inhnite-order approximate series for the Green's function.
Dyson'sequation thusenablesusto sum an insnite classofperturbation term s
in acom pactform .
TheexplicitsolutionforG (Eq.(9.33))allowsustorewritetheground-state
energyofauniform system (Eqs.(7.27)and(7.32))inaparticularlysimpleform.
ConsiderEq.(7.27)forspin-. çfermionswith Y*and G diagonalin thematrix
indices. A combinationwithEq.(9.33)yields
s--,
.p-
(c,s1)jjjk
).-,--.L,.-);-+,)t(k,
-j
= - fl'(2x+ 1)(20-4jd*keit
apntlE.k+ JâX*(k,œ))G(k,op)+ !.â)
= - fF(2J+ 1)(20-4f#4kcia'9(4 +. RX*(k,a)))G(k,(z>) (9.36)
wherethelastlineisobtained with thelim iting procedure
1im * dt ..
u-oeku''l- lim lim * e-E1a''efa'g#f
-.t)
.
n-,o+ -x 2rr n-yo+ :-+9+ -. 2*
l e
= li
nm
-
. 1-i
e'b e m()+n'
. -Ta+ E'a
=0 (9.37)
ltisreadilyveriEedthatthisisthecorrectlimitingprocessbyapplyingEq.(9.36)
toanoninteractingFermisystem. Inthesameway,Eq.(7.32)canberewritten
as
E-Ez--!.
fp'(2,+1)J0
'J
-
jA
-J(f
z
-
,
',
'
k
-
I
'
Re'-nhgho--eA
k
;
-
7
--ât
ek
*A(k,(
-
s)1
=-!.
fF(2J+1)(20-4j0
'JAA-'J#4/
t
-E>
it
'9âX*A(k,
tg)G1(k,oa)
(9.38)
whereb0th Z*Aand GAmustbeevaluated forallAbetween0 and 1.
41: GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPEM TUBE) FORMALISM
2.Polarization insertionkA similar analysis can be carried out for the
interaction G tween two particles,which always consists of tht lowest-order
interaction plus a series ofconneded diagramswith lowest-ordtrinteractions
cominginandout(Fig.9.18). W ecanevidentlywriteanintegralequationfor
. p œ p . lz à :
x z x A
- N + N
T' 'r e :1 r
Polxn'ution n
FI:.9.18 GeneralstructtlreoftheeFe ivelteraction U...p..
theexactinteraction;thisequationagaina comessimplerfora uniform system,
whereitispossibleto work in momentum space. IfUlqjxb,p.and &;(q).#,p.
denotethtexactandlowest-orderinteractions,thecorresponding equationtakes
theform
Ulqtxp.
p.= Ua(ç).#,
pm+ L%(4).#,s.lR.v,,?A(ç)t&(ç),
?z,pm (9.39)
which defnes the polarization insertion 1Rsv,,
?z(ç). It is also convenient to
introducethe conceptofa prom rpolarization 1R*,which isapolarization part
thatcannotbeseparatedintotwopolarization partsbycuttingasingleinteraction
lint(Fig.9.19). Equation(9.39)canthen bertwrittenasan equation Gtwetn
Thisresultcanbeusedtodesneageneralizeddielectricfunctionv(ç)
U(q)= Unlqj (9.46)
Klqj
which characterizes the modihcation of the lowest-order interaction by the
polarizationofthemedium. ComparisonofEqs.(9.45)and (9.46)yields
Klqs= 1- UzlqjI1*(ç)
Go kDs-ro NE's THEOREM
Theapplication ofquantum fieldtheorytothemany-bodyproblem wasinitiated
byG oldstonein 1957.1 H eproved thecancellationofthedisconnecteddiagram s
to allorders,and derived the following expression for the energy shiftofthe
ground state
* z 1 n
E - En- '
:4)01
'Jf
-l * - Jf
-1 14)oz
N'connecteu (9.48)
a=0 Eo- H o
where/% and .
4:arethetime-independentoperatorsintheSchrödingerrep-
resentation. Thisresultcan beinterpreted by insertinga com pletesetofeigen-
statesoflîobetweeneachinteractionXj. ThePointhedenominatorcanthen
be replaced by the corresponding eigenvalue. A l1 m atrix elements of the
operatorin Eq.(9.48)thatstartfrom theground state 1
*0)and end with the
groundstate1*a)aretobeincluded. Wecanvisualizethesematrixelementsin
thefollowingway:theoperatorlî'jactingonthestateI*g)createstwoparticles
and two holes. Thisstatethenpropagateswith (.
G - Sc)-1,and thenextXj
'J.Goldstone,loc.ctt.
112 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
canthencreatemoreparticlesandholesorscattertheexistingqarticlesorholes.
Theresultingintermediatestateagain propagateswith (f%- Ho)-t,and so on.
ThesnalXjmustthen returnthesystem to theground state1*c). A typical
processm aybepictured asshown in Fig.9.21,wherean arrow running upward
l% >
lèj 1
Eo-lh
W!
1
Eo-%
z?1
1
HtEo-lh
1
*07.
Fig.9.21 TypicalGoldstone diagram in theexpansion
ofE - Eo.
o- En
(9.49)
,#0
ThecorrespondingGoldstonediagramsforahomogeneousmedium (seeProb.
3.13)areshownin Fig.9.22. Thefirsttwo diagramsrepresenttheusualdirect
andexchangecontributionsin(*:141t*0).
In applying Goldstone'stheorem to a uniform system ,we observethatthe
m omentum willbeconserved ateveryinteraction becausethem atrixelem entsin
/% involvean integration overallspace. Furthermore,theparticlesin the
intermediatestatestuvephysicalunperturbedenergiesezrelatedtotheirmomen-
tum q,and thevirtualnatureoftheinterm ediatestateissum m arizedintheenergy
denom inators. In contrast,the Feynm an-D yson perturbation theory forthe
GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND FIELD THEORY (FERMIONS) 113
G reen'sfunction,from which wecanalso com puteE - Eo,conservesbothenergy
andmomentum atevery vertex,buttheintermediateparticlescan propagatewith
any frequency f. t),independent of q. For this reason. the Feynm an-D yson
approach hasthe advantage ofbeing m anifestly covariant,which isessentialin
any relativistic theory. Neyertheless,the /u'
t?approaches m erely represent /wt?
dterentw'
cy-
sofgroupingandl'
nterpretingthetermsd??//
?(,perlurbationexpansion,
andaI1physicalresultsmustbe l
dentical.
.
. x
!' '
x(*(
)f
rEl?,#l(r!
)---4l(/n)1$
*n)cJ-
0*dtn-
.,---J0
-œdtn..
m
x (*olrE4l(K+l) ---4l(fa+,211*o) (9.52)
justasin Eq.(9.4). (For simplicity,we now use a subscript C to indicate
connected.) Thesummationoverm reproducesthedenominatorofEq.(9.50),
and wethusobtain
* -f & j p t)
E - f'
t
l= - -j. dtL .' ' dt.
n=0
pj n. -. -.
x'
C
:*oIr(4lP14/1)...H'-l(/,)1I*clc (9.53)
which demonstrates the cancellation of the disconnected diagrams in this
expression.
wenow proceedtocarry out//7:timel htegratîonsth Eq.(9.53)explicitly.
Considertheath-ordercontribution and inserttherelation between4 14/)and
41from Eq.(6.5)
.
'.'- .n 0 tI 1..-,
(E- E()('''= h/
. dtl dtz --. dtneftîi+fz+ '''+'.'
- . -. -.
'
'
*1efR()t,/h/
x(*:1/.
f j
,le-f#otl/'efR()
. tz/hJjle--R()fz/h..v
gjIe-l/lota-l/:elR'
ntplh.Jjle.
-.tRq%lhjm()
jc
Here wehave observed thatalln!possibletimeorderingsmakeidenticalcontri-
butions(see Sec.6)and thereforework with onedehnitetimeordering ofthe
operatorsin thism atrix element. The adiabatic dam ping factorhasalso been
explicitly restored. Changevariablesto relativetim es
X j= tl
, tj= x j
xz= fz- tl tz= xc+ xl
':)= tj- tz
. tj= xa+ xz+ xj
W iththechoiceofadesnitetimeordering,eachofthen!diagramsnow represents
a distinctprocess. The integraloverrelativetimes(0> xi> -cc)then yields
n!distinctGoldstone diagramscorresponding to the n!possible timeorderings
ofthe originalFeynm an diagram . Thus the setofal1possible tim e-ordered
connected Feynman diagramsgives the complete set ofconnected Goldstone
diagram s. The Feynm an-D yson and G oldstone approaches are clearly
equivalentto everyorderinperturbationtheory,buttheFeynm an-Dysonanalysis
Flc.
ç thefundamentaladvantage of combining many terms of time-independent
perturbation theory frl/o asingleFeynman diagram . W em aynotethata sim ilar
analysis applies to any ground-state expectation value of H eisenberg feld
operators,forexample,the single-particleGreen'sfunctionG(x,y,(s),which is
theFouriertransform ofEq.(9.5). Iftheintegration overa1ltimesiscarried
outexplicitly,the resulting perturbation expansion m ay be classised according
to the intermediate states,justasin Fig.9.21. In thisway wecan obtain a
uniquecorrespondencebetweenagiven Feynm an diagram and asetofGoldstone
diagrams(ordiagramsoftime-independentperturbationtheory).
116 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Goldstone's theorem (9.48) was originally stimulated by Brueckner's
theory of strongly interacting Fermi systems. This Brueckner-Goldstone
approach hasformed thebasisforextensivework ontheground-stateproperties
ofnuclearm atter,l14e3,2and atom s.3
PROBLEM S
3.1. Show thatwhent< G theintegralequationfor0lt,tzlcanbewrittenas
àf
* l()
L'
/lt,tè = 1+ j dt'#j(f')Cl'
lt',toj
Henceshow that
* j nj .
lq le
t7(/,fp - s o
. dtL'. . dtn/(z?'
j(rj)...z?'l(f,)J
D=() '* '''- t r
SExV1e().
IFg:u(-x)lbub
'-
p))'Y1'
-?
.'
ilhx.ytEE yvj s-. s'-'
.
- -.
..
a: (jz
withthedensityfuctuationoperatordehnedby
i(xJH 'J)(x)'Ja(x)- (Y-()l1J'
? 1(X)
Y-
v '
t
;
j!(
-,
y cX.
-)2i
'
-Ff
ft o. o'
Show thatD(k,f.
t))isameromorphicfunctionwithpolesinthesecondandfourth
quadrantofthe com plex ( .
v plane. lntroduce the corresponding retarded and
advanced functions,and constructa Lehm ann representation fortheirFourier
transform s. D iscussthe analytic propertiesand derive the dispersion relations
analogoustoEq.(7.70).
118 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
3.9. M ake the canonicaltransformation to particles and holes forfermions
ckz= 0(k- kslckA+ %kF- k)X kA. By applying W ick's theorem,prove the
relation
clelcxc3-ytclclcxczl+elkr-kz4(3zxytclcz)-:a:#(e1e.)!
+hkF-kî)(81:1(c1c4)- 3l4#(c1c:)l
+ %kF-k1)%kr- ka)(3lzîa4- :l4:z:)
wherethenorm al-orderedproductson therightsidenow referto thenew particle
andholeoperators,andthesubscriptsindicatethequantum numbersG.A).
3.10. Verifythecancellationofdisconnecteddiagrams(Eqs.(8.11),(9.3),and
(9.4)Jexplicitlytosecondorderintheinteractionpotential.
3.11. Considerasystem ofnoninteractingspin-èfermionsinanexternalstatic
potentialwithahamiltonianXex= J#3xyJ(x)F.#(x)#j(x).
(t8 UseW ick'stheorem to5ndtheFeynmanrulesforthesingle-particleGreen's
functionin thepresenceoftheextcrnalpotential.
(b)Show thatDyson'sequationbecomes
Ge
zqtx,y)-(4gx-y)+:-'fd5z(4A(x-z)LA,(z)c7#(z,A)
(c) Expresstheground-stateenergyinaform analogoustoEqs.(7.23)and(7.31).
W hathappensiftheparticlesalso interact?
3.12. Considera uniform system ofspin-è fermionswith spin-independent
interactions.
(J)Use theFeynman rulesin momentum spaceto writeoutthesecond-order
contributionsto theproperself-energy;evaluatethefrequencyintegrals(some
ofthem willvanish).
(b4 Henceshow thatthesecond-ordercontribution to theground-stateenergy
can bewritten
e't-a)
-# -
2mh-2f...f(2z8-9dqkJ3p#3/#3a3(3)(k + p- l- n)
. .
1.
t ,t
*
= j2(1J= +
t
Fig.10.1 Lowest-orderproperself-energy. Y
however,sincethebackgroundparticlescontributingtoZh)aretreatedasnon-
interacting, ln reality, of course, these particles also m ove in an average
potentialcom ing from thepresence ofa11the otherparticles. Thusinstead of
justthetwoself-energyttrmsshowninFig.10.1w'eshouldincludea11thegraphs
shown in Fig. 10.2. The shaded circles again denote the proper self-energy,
whichisthequantitywearetryingtocom pute. SincetheexactG reen'sfunction
canbeexpressedasaseriescontainingtheproperself-energy(Eq.(9.27))allthe
122 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
t 1 # 1
= + '' + + ...
-
è '
t è
Y Y i
+ +
$ + +.
Y Y 1'
Fig. 10.2 Series for proper self-energy in Hartree-Fx k
approximation.
= +
Fig.10.4 Dyson'sequationforG.
spondingtoIhq,andtheheavylinedenotestheself-consistentG. Thecorre-
spondinganalyticequation isgiven by
G(x,y)= G0(x,y)+ Jd4xLd4xj
'G0(x,xI)X*(xl,x()G(xJ,y)
wherethe K roneckerdelta inthem atrix indiceshasbeen factored out. Exactly
as in Chap.3,the Feynman rules yield an explicitexpression forthe proper
self-energy
âX*(xI,xJ)=.
-iblt,-tLj(î(xI-xJ)(2J+ 1)Jd3x2Glxz/a,x2t(j
x Ftxj- x2)- Ftxl- x;)GtxlJj,xlt))) (10.4)
which isvalid forspin-lfermions. Notethatthefrstterm hasan extra factor
(2s+ 1)relativeto thesecond term ;thisarisesfrom the spin sums (compare
Eq.(9.18)).
= + +
x (#(/- t')tllpfjl
m JJ(*(j)- 0(t'- tjtkmljlt4cgI*a))
2(X)el(X')*eXp ieqlht- tJ)
.-
=
Z
J 7.
x(p(/- t')pteî- e;)-0(t'-t)p(ek.- 4)J (10.9)
where e;istheenergy ofthe lastslled state. The Fouriertransform can be
computedexactlyasinEq.(7.44),whichyields
Go(x,x,,(s)- 1)g',?(x),f(x')+ #(e--CD
' 'tey-4)
J œ- s-jsg
J
o.gq+.-s-:s,
g.,.
x) (10.10)
Weeannow evaluatetheparticledensitya0(x)intheunperturbedground state
1*0)
a0(x)=-j(21'+ 1)(2./4-1Jltselu''lG0(x,x,ts)
=
(2J'+ 1)Z
p
l@Xx)12#(6î.- 4) (10.11)
whilethetotalnum berofparticlesisgiven by
. N0=J#3xn9(x)=(2,
g+ 1)j)û(eî.- 6k) (10.12)
because thesingle-particlewavefunctiqnsareassumed normalized.
Equations(10.6)to(10.8)andEq.(10.10)deEneasetofcoupledequations
fortheself-consistentGreen'sfunctionG. SinceX*isindependentoffrequency,
itisnaturalto seek asolution forG in the sam eform asG0:
G(x,x', eley- es) pte.
s- ep
(s)= JJ(p/x)+J(x')* f.'A- h-1ef+ fn + t,l ,-jcy. j.y)
. (10.13)
.
-
Ztxl- xl
')X fpJ(xl)+j(xJ)*dtes- 6'
J) (10.16)
Notethat1:*dependson +j'
,acombinationofEqs.(10.6)and (10.16)thenyields
anonlinearintegralequationfor%yintermsof(theassumedknown)pq.
Thisequation m ay besim plihed with thedipkrentialoperator
h2V!
LI= hœ + 2m '- &(xI)= ht.
o- Ho
IfLjisappliedtoG0(xj,xl
',r
.
z?)weobtain
-
h)((
r)îtxll+T(xi
')*
=
hblxl- x;)
wherethelastlinefollowsfrom theassumedcompletenessoftheset(( J?9
,) Thus .
f-1Gtxj,x!
',t,?)= â3(xl- xj
')+ .f#3x2âZ*(xl,x2)G(x2,x;,(s)
Itisusefulto inserttheexplicitform sofG and l- j:
ât hlV) ,+ 0(Ey- ej-) heti- ej)
t?+ --j-
z?7 - b'(xI) (p,(xj)%.y(xI) a-
)-.-.
j-y. .-/n.- (------j--f.. j
e,v
..-
J o-
. ej. . .
q
âX*(k)=J#3(x-x')e-dk*tx-x')âX*(x-x')
=
(2J+ 1)F(0)(2=)-3J#3k'0(kF-k'j
(2.)-3Jdsk'F(k-k')%kp-k')
-
Since the Schrödinger equation is trivially soluble in the region outside the
potential,each phaseshiftcan be obtained explicitly with theboundary condition
Fig.11.1 Repulsivesquare-wellpotential.
âE*(k)=j#3(x-x')e-ïk*tx-x')âX*(x-x')
= (
2.v+ 1)P'(0)(2,4-3Jd'k'8(#z.-k')
(2=)-3J#3k'F(k-k')%kF-k')
-
Fig.11.1 Repulsivesquare-wellpotential.
!,(x)> z
-vreâ
uzP-(x)- &lU
h'
(x)
z
and znreu= à.
?'
rlis the reduced mass. In scattering problems,itis generally
convenienttorewriteEq.(11.4)asanintegralequation,usingtheoutgoing-wave
G reen'sfunction
Gt+)(X - y)= (d 3
. fp@(x-y) ! eLklx-yl
2=p)3pce- kz- y = k-é jx- yj (11.6)
Thefunction G(+)satissesthedifïerentialequation
(V2
X+ k1)Gt+)(x- y)= -3(x- y)
and G reen'stheorem then yields the following equation forthe scattering wave
functionkJk+)(x)representinganincidentplanewavewithwavevectorkplusan
outgoing scattered wave:
l
Jk+)(x)= efk*x- j#3yG(+)(x- y)p(y)/;+)(y)
Theasymptoticform of/k+1(x)isequalto
ikx
/k+'(x)...efk-x+ f(kt,k)ex
. -
x.-.
>.(zn
which desnes the scattering am plitude for a transition from an incidentwave
vectork to a snalwave vcctork'
/(k',k)= -44z4-1.f#3yc-ik'*y?
p(y)4k+)(y)
Equation (11.9)iscorrectforanyfinite-rangepotentialr(x),and wecan now
examine itsbehaviorfora hard core. In thislimit/k*'vanisheswhereverv
becom es insnite, so that the scattering am plitude rem ains snite. Thus the
lx GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
potentialdrastically altersthe wave function from its unperturbed form ,and
this eflkct is entirely absentin the Born approximation (Eq.(11.1)). Any
perturbation expansion ofEq.(1l.9)for such singularpotentialswillatbest
convergeslowly,and itisthereforeessentialto solve the integralequationexactly
if the m odiscations ofthe wave function are to be properly included. This
exactsolution evidentlycontainsa11ordersin perturbation theory.
SCATTERING TH EO RY IN M O M ENTUM SPACE
The preceding discussion hasbeen consned to the coordinate representation,
butitism oreusefulforthepresentanalysisto expressallquantitiesin m om entum
space. Sincethe resulting Schrödingerequation islessfam iliar,weshallderive
theexpressionsin som edetail. W ith thedesnitions
/k(p)= J#3xd-iP*X/U'(x) (11.10X
r(p)= Jd3xe-ipex!
7(x) (11.10:)
theSchrödingerequation(11.8)mayberewritteninmomentum space
/k(p)-(2=)33(p-k)-p
-,-kl
u-i
yJ(2
4.
'
.
'-
)j!
?(q)kzktp-q) (1l.11)
whereEq.(11.6)hasbeen used ontherightside. Furthermore,itisusefulto
introduceam odihed scatteringam plitudewritten in m om entum space
yRk',k)- -4=/(k',k)= (2zr)-3Jd3q&(q)hktk'- q) (11.12)
andEq.(1l.11)thenbecomes
k'k(P)= (2=)33(p- k)+ k2/Rp,
.
ak) (1l.13)
-
p .y.j.
jy
Multiply Eq.(11.13) by r(q- p) and integfate (2771-3j'#3/7;an elementary
substitution then yields
- d?q t,(#- q)/(q.,k)
.
/
'(P,
k)=r(P-k)+1(zgv
j;-/
cc-qc-
.r,
.
n
- .
(11.14)
whichisanintegralequationfbr/intermsofl.. Asnotedbefore,thescattering
amplitude/iswelldefinedevenforasingularpotential(r--
>.cc). IfEq.(1l.14)
were expanded in a perturbation series,each term would separately diverge;
nevertheless.the sum ot-a1lthe term s necessarily rem ains snite. N ote thatthe
solution ofEq.(1l.14)requiresthefunction.
/(q,k)foraIlq2 0,notjustfor
q2=k2:thisisexpressedbysayingthat/isneededûsofl-theenergyshell''aswell
as tton the energy shell.''
Ifthe potentialhasno bound states,as willbeassum ed throughoutthis
section,then the exactscattering solutionswith a given boundary condition form
acom pletesetofstatesand satisfy the relation
(2x)-3j#3:4k1)(x)/k4)(x')*= 3(x- x')
FERM ISYSTEM S 131
Thenum ericalfactorsherem aybechecked bynotingthattheexactwavefunction
obeys the sam e com pleteness relation as the unperturbed wave function elk*K
(compare the hrstterm in Eq.(11.8)). A combination ofEqs.(11.10c)and
(11.15)yieldsthe corresponding completeness relation in momentum space:
(2.
*-3J:3k/k(p)/k(F')*=(2,
03Xp- p') (11.16)
Multiply Eq.(11.l2)by /k(P')*and integrateoverk;theabovecompleteness
relation leadsto
(2*-3J#3k.
A p,k)4k(p')*=!)tp-p')
whichmerelyrepresentsacomplicatedwayofwriting!). Thecomplexconjugate
ofEq.(11.13)maynow besubstitutedintothisrelation:
d3k x . 1
L'
(P-P')=/(P,P')+ (2=)3J(P,k)J(p',k)*ka- p,c u .
JRp,
p'
)-.
/
Rp',
p)*-J(d
Jt
)J(p,k)/(p',
k)*(,c-sla.
j.y-kz.y),
z.yj
(1l.l7)
Ifthem agnitude ofpisequalto them agnitudeofp',theprincipalpartsin
Eq.(11.17)vanish,andweobtain
JRp,p')-yRp'.p)*--2=f(2zr)-3J#3/c.
Ap,k)JRp',k)*&(p2-k2)
Ipl- Ip'l (11.18)
where theradialk integraliseasily evaluated. If,in addition,the potentialis
spherically sym m etric,then the scattering am plitude./i
safunctiononlyofpl
and 9.j',and the leftside of this relation becomes 2fIm .
/*. The resulting
expression
Im Jtp,p')= 16Pz
-
JD
k/RP.
.
k)./RP',k)* 'k1= 1P' =)1P'!
(jxI (11.19)
zr t'= ?J
isa generalization oftheordinary opticaltheorem forthescattering amplitude.
LA DDER DIAGRA M S AN D THE BETHE-SA LPETER EQUATION
Thepreviousdiscussion hasbeen restricted to the scattering oftwo particlesin
freespace,and wenow turn to the m uch m orecom plicated problem ofa dilute
m any-particle assem bly interacting with singular repulsive potentials. The
hard core clearly precludesany straightforward perturbation expansion in the
strength oftheinterparticlepotential. Instead,itisessentialfrstto incorporate
132 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
the efrectofthe repulsive potentialon the wave function oftwo particles in the
m edium '.only then can we considerhow the m any-particle background aflkcts
the interacting pair.
A lthough the potentialissingular.a diluteFerm igasstillcontainsone sm all
param eter,namelykpa.wherekpistheFerm iw' avenum ber,and a isthe scattering
length (equalto the particle diameter for a hard-sphere gas). W e therefore
expectthe ground-state energy to have a series expansion ofthe form
E hlk2
h = ..2-,,7Fj,
gf+ BL.ya-pC(kya)l+ '.'j (I1.20)
which should bemeaningfuleitherforsmallscattering length (a -.>.0)orforlow
density (ky--
,.0). In thlssection wecalculate the t
irstthree coemcientsin this
series. In addition, the techniques developed here can be used as a basis for
realistic theoriesof Ferm isystem s atphysicaldensities.
A trtlly inGnite repulsive core introduces certain artihcialcom plications,
because every term ofany perturbation expansion diverges. W e shall instead
considera strong butf inite potentialjFig.ll.1.w ith lz
':< :cJand pass to the
limit IG -->.:
x.only atthe end ofthe calculation. As shown in the fo1lowing
calculations,this procedure yields hnite answers that are independent of U(
,.
Forsuch a ûnite potential,the two-particlescatteringequations(l1.8)and (II.9)
in freespacecan beexpanded as
(Jk
çb)(x)r
su
ré'ik*x- )'(.
. /3)'Gç-F)(x.
- -y)ljy)é'ikey
+.fd?y#3zGt+J(x- y)!'(y)Gt*1(y- z)l.(z)faik*z+ ... (11.21tz)
/(k',k)= --(4=) )-lj'#3r'trz-ik'erI.
,
(y)/k*'J(y)
The term sin the wave function have asim pleinterpretation asthe unperturbed
solution plus propagation with one or m ore repeated interactions. W e may
evidently represent the terms in the perturbation series (Born series) for
-
4=/(k'.k)diagrammaticallyasindicatedin Fig.11.2(therulesforconstructing
these diagram sfollow by inspection). These are notFeynman diagrams but
-
4.r'
.flk'
,k)
h)
Fig.11.2 Perturbation expansion fortwo-bodyscatteringamplitudein freespace.
FERM I SYSTEM S 13z
areagainjusta wayofkeepingtrack ofthetermsthatcontributeto thetime-
independentperturbation seriesforthescattering am plitude. A weak repulsive
Potentialcan beadequatelydescribedwiththesrstfew termsofEq.(11.21),but
zsfrongrepulsivepotentialrequiresalltheterms. Asisevidentfrom Eq.(11.21c)
the higher-orderterm s representthe m odiscation ofthe wave function by the
Potential,and the sum oftheseriesgivestheexactwavefunction.
Inasimilarway.thehrst-orderproperself-energyhttkt(Fig.10.1)istotally
inadequateforastrongrepulsivepotential,and wem ustretaina selected classof
higher-order Feynman diagram s. From the presentdiscussion ïtisquiteclear
which diagram s m ustbe kept;every tim e the interaction appears.itm ust be
allowed to actrepeatedly so asto include the eflkctofthe potentialon the wave
+ + + + ''' + + + '''
function.therebyyieldingawell-definedproductè'/. lnotherwords.therele-
vantquantity in a two-particle collision is the two-body scattering am plitude in
the presence of the m edium .which rem ainswelldesned even for a singular
two-body potential. W e therefore retain allthe ladder diagrams indicated in
Fig.l1.3. 'thisehoiceclearlyrepresentsa generalization ofthe abovediscussion
becausetheterm sin Fig.11.3denoteFeynm an diagram sandhencecontain b0th
holeand particlepropagation. ln particular,we sum only theladdersbetween
G reen-s functions with arrows running in the sam e direction. Sincethetwo-
particleinteraction isinstantaneous,thissetofdiagram sincludesasa subseta1l
thoseprocesseswhere both interm ediate fkrm ionsareparticlesabove the Ferm i
sea atevery step. Such particle-particle contributions come from the particle
partofthe Feynm an propagator,which propagatesforward in time.
A sshown below,thediagram sin Fig.ll.3 suë ceto obtain the srstthree
termsin Eq.(11.20)forahard-sphereFermigas. Thisresulthasadirectphysical
interpretation:the firstterm in theexpansion isthe energy ofa noninteracting
Ferm i system . The second term , which is linear in the scattering length.
represents the forward scattering (both direct and exchange) from the other
particles in the m edium . This identiscation follows because the 1ow density'
(/t
's-->.0)allowsustoconsideronlylow-energycollisions.wherethefree-particle
scattering am plitude reducestoa constant
f(k,k')--.
. >..
-a k= k'-->0 (11.22)
1% GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
AlthoughEq.(11.22)maybederiveddirectlyfrom Eqs.(11.2)and(11.3)inthe
caseofhard spheres,italso servesasageneraldesnition oftheJ-wavescattering
length a. In thepresence ofthemedium,however,the actualscatteringam pli-
tude disers from f Y ause the other particles limit the intermediate states
available to the interacting pair. The Pauliprinciple restriction srst appears
when a particleisexcited abovethe Fermisea and isthen de-excited;ifthe sum
ofladderdiagrams in Fig.ll.3 is reexpressed in termsofthefree scattering
length,thisesectgivesacorrection oforder(kralltotheground-stateenergy.
Any otherprocessthatcontributesto the ground-state energy involvesat
Ieastthreedistinctcollisionsand thusyieldsa contribution oforder(#sJ)3to
Eq.(11.20). In particular,considertheFeynmandiagramsshowninFig.11.4,
#
) + ....
where the shaded box denotes the sum ofladder diagrams. These processes
clearly include the scattering ofan intermediate particleand hole,which really
representsthe transferofan additionalparticleinside the Ferm isea,slling the
originalhole and leaving a new one in itsplace. Thusa collision between a
particleandaholealwaysinvolvesanextraparticleand introducesanextrapower
ofkpa. Itisevidentfrom Eqs.(11.2)and (11.3)thattwo-bodycollisionsin
relativepstatesalsoleadtocorrectionsoforder(kFaj3,whichisagainnegligible
in ourapproximation. Weshalljustify ourchoiceofdiagramsin moredetail
attheend ofthissection.
Beforeproceedingwith thedetailed analysisofthesum ofladderdiagram s,
wenow show thattheforegoingdiscussionimmediatelyyieldsthesrsttwoterms
intheseries(11.20). Considerauniform system ofspin-èfermionsinteracting
through a spin-indem ndent nonsingular potential. Then the lowest-order
ground-stateenergyisobtainedfrom Eqs.(10.21)and(10.22)
E 3âak/x l kr :3k krd'k'
P=Jlm#'
612J (2,
*3J (2,
036
2ZP)-Z(k-k'
)1 (ll.
23)
FERM I SYSTEM S 13:
Foranonsingularpotential,however,Eqs.(1l.9)and(11.22)show that
4=h2 4*:2
F(0)> .
f#3xF(x)= - .&(k,k)-* Js (1l.24)
where the subscript B indicates the Born approximation obtained with the
substitution4k+1(x)-.
->.eik*x. Itisclearthatourdescription ofscatteringfrom
theparticlesinthemedium can beimproved bythesimplereplacement
as-+.a (1l.25)
Here a t
's ?/?t2actualscattering Iengthforfree two-particle scattering,which
remains welldesned even for singular potentials. ln the low-density lim it
wherekr-+.0.wecanfurthermoreapproximate
F(k- k');
k;F(0)
' # # q p
t, +
k- p
k
+
p- q
k+ q k
k- q
k p+ q
k- q -p
# p p -q p
p p
Fig.11.6 Properself-energyinladderapproximation.
Thesefactors can be com bined with the Feynm an rulesto yield the second-order
contribution
hXn&jlpl= 2h-142,77
1-8(d*kG'0(#)(dnq(z rotq)G0(p-q)GQ(k-yq)Uoq-qj
h-l(2'
-
;r)-Bfd*kG0(/f)fdkqU()(ty)G0(p +.q')G0(# -q)&/
r0(/(-q- p)
It is clear that this procedure can be carried out to alI orders and the general
form ofY*(r)willbe(seeFig.11.6)
hY*(p)= -2/(2.
,)-4f(/4/fG'0(/c)I-tp/fipk)+ j(2rr)-4fd4kG0(*)Lykpipk)
(1l.28)
wherew'
e have desned an efective two-particleinteraction r(pipz'
,p)p4)that
m ay be interpreted as a generalized scattering am plitude in the m edium . ln
J1 pz
N q z'
Jl #1
F(:1#2,#3p4$ = N.x . Z
w + /1- q #2+:
r pj- p? -N'/4
pj
A ;7)- q- p?
#3 #4
Fig. 11.7 Series expansion for efective interaction in ladder
approximation.
FERM I SYSTEM S 1a7
pï #2 #1- q 72+ q
N Z
#1 72
N A +
:3 74
A N #4 p?
A N #4
pj
Fig.11.8 Bethe-salpeterequation forefrective interaction.
z(p,p',#)H(2=)-1jPdpzQ(1'
#+p,I'
.
#-p;'
è'.
#+#','
L'
P-p'
4
-
(2=)-1(p#lloQlptJ'2,
.,3,.)
A sim plerearrangem entthen yieldsan integralequation fory
y(p,p'.#)- (2=)3(
5tp--p')+ m-1(2rr)-1fdpzG0(!.
# + pjG0(!# -pj(2. ,)-3
s fd3q&a(q)à'
. lp- q-p',#) (1l.34)
which,asshown in Eq.(1l.39),isvery similarto thescatteringequation in free
space (Eq.(1l.l1)). lfthisequation isiterated asan expansion in Uo,each
term dependsexplicitlyonthevariables(p,p',#),thusjustifyingournotationin
Eq.(11.33).
Itisnow necessaryto evaluatethecoemcientof-thelastterm in Eq.(11.34).
Sinceeach G0hastwo terms(Eq.(9.14)J,theintegrand hasfourtermsin all.
Two ofthese term shave b0th poleson thesame sideofthe realpoaxis;in this
case,weclose thecontourin the opposite halfplane,showing thatthese term s
make no contribution. ln contrast,each ofthe rem aining two term s has one
pole above and one polebelow the realaxis. These contributionsare readily
evaluated with a contourintegral,and weEnd
i * ocn(!
j2,, ,+,)ce(!.
.
,-,)--
'
-
f1
'P
hh+p
-le
-d
t;
'+
rp
)-
#fe
l
'
#
lP
p-p+
p.i
l
h
-kè
- #(l-sh-
-
p0IJ
. -P
-e+
$.ep+1
)-0-Lk
'p Fp--pI
eî JP
-iT-$) tjj'yj;
-.
FERM I SYSTEM S 4z9
This expression has the physical interpretation that the pair of interacting
particlesin the interm ediate statesofFig.11.3 can propagateeitherasa pairof
particlesabovetheFermiseafthesrstterm inEq.(1l.35))orasapairofholes
below theFermisea(thesecond term inEq.(11.35)). SinceFeynmandiagrams
contain allpossible timeorderings,both modesofpropagation areiMcluded in
thediagram ofFig.ll.8.
Theform ofEq.(11.35)canbesimplisedby introducingthetotalenergy
h2/2
E - hpo- 4m (1I.36)
oftheinteractingpairin thecenterofmassfram eandthefunction
X(P,P)e l-?10
1p+p-ntp-p (1l.37)
wherenk=ptks-p)istheoccupationnumberintheunperturbedgroundstate.
ThusS(P,p)= 1ifb0th statesI. P + p are outsidetheFermisea,A(P,p)= -1
ifboth areinside,and A'(P,p)= 0 otherwise. Withthis notation,Eq.(11.35)
assum esthecom pactform
' * ù e e+
ija.c(.# pbc%!.
#-p)-s-scpZ
Xjm
tP.
j
'
Pj
-',x(p,p) (11.38)
andEq.(1l.34)reducesto
X(P,P) d%
y(p,p',#)= (2=)33tp- p')+ s .
jjzpaym . J(;x)3
j.uxtpyp;
X Uo(q)ZP- q,p',#) (1l.39)
Correspondingly,P may bereexpressed in termsofcenterof-massand relative
wavevectorsusingEqs.(1l.31)and(11.33):
1Xp.p'.#)H f'
(i'
# +p,i' -p;!'#A-p','
è'
# -#')
-
(2,,)-3jJ3t?r
srgq)y(p- q,p',#) (11.40)
WehavealreadynotedthatEq.(1l.39)issimilarto thescatteringequationfor
thewavefunction/p,(p)oftwoparticlesinfreespace(Eq.(11.11)). Thepresent
equation ismorecom plicated,however,because theexclusion principlerestricts
the available interm ediate states through the factor N , and also because the
function l-'mustbeevaluated forallvaluesofthefrequencyPoEcompare Eq.
(11.28)).
GA LITSKII'S INTEG RAL EQ UATIONS
U ntilthispoint,the equations have been written in term softhe interparticle
potentialUo. Such an approach can neverdescribe an insnite repulsive core,
and wenow follow G alitskiiby rewriting Eqs.(1l.39)and (1I.40)intermsofthe
scatteringamplitude/fortwoparticlesinfreespace. Indeed,thelowestapproxi-
140 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
m ation to l-'isproportionalLo.?andthehigher-ordercorrectionsari
seexplicitly
from the many-particle background. It is convenient to desne the reduced
variables
v> m f70h-2 t.JBm Eh-2 (l).41)
and to consider a simplihed version of Eq,(1I.39)obtained by replacing the
exclusion-principle factor N by l. N ote that this substitution becomes exact
as ks -. 0 and thus describes the low-density 1im it. lf à'
()denotes the corre-
sponding solution to Eq. (l1.39) w'
ith h'-=Is m ultiplication by e- p'- l
h
yieldstheequatioll
Thisrepresentatiol
liseasilyveriéed by substituting Eq.(1l.44)i1)to Eq,(11.42),
and using Eq.(l).43)and the completenessrelatiol )tEq.(11.164). A com-
binationwiththecomplexconjugateofEq.(1l.13)thenyields
whereEqs.(11.12)and(11.41)h.avebeenused, Thisexpressionhastheimpor-
tantfeattlrethatitcontainsonlytheG' ee-particlescattering anlplittldesalld thus
rem ains m eaningfuleven fora singldar repulsive potential.
FERM I SYSTEMS 1*1
Tbefunction lnadependson theparam etere. lfwesete= p'2,then
rrll''lâ-2= .J(p,p?
) (11.46)
which isjustthefreescatteringamplitude. MoregenerallysEq.(11.45)deter-
m inesraforscattering ofl-theenergy shell,nam ely,forvaluesofp'1# k. N ote
thatwe also need the quantity./of l-theenergyshell,forallvaluesofitstwo
m om entum argum ents. ln a free scattering experim ent,however,the scattering
am plitude ./ is measured only for equalmagnitudes ofthe two momentum
arguments jp)= 2p'!(we here consider only elastic scattering). Thus the
simplicity of Eq.(1l.45) is slightly deceptive,for the evaluation of./
-'ofl-the
energy shellrequiresa detailed model.such asa potentialP'(x). Nevertheless,
Eq.(11.45)isvery useful.
W e now try to solve for the fullscattering function z in the m edium.
W ith the reduced variablesofEq.(1l.41),theexactEq.(11.39)becomes
p'.
ytp' E:-p.Y+J-putc,
pj- .-z
??x)-
. .
tP,
pjj(2
d.3
y
1t
,(q)y(p-q,p,,p)-(a.)33tp-p,
)
and a slightrearrangem entyields
xtp.
pz,p,
4-6-p1j-g-p
z?j(2#,r
3
ç
,3r(q)k(p-q,p,p)
=(2,.)3,
!tp-p,
)+(6. -.p)+(
-P
yx
!)
?
N)(p,p;-,
y-g1z+j,
yjp
D1Ia(p,p,.
p)(jj.
4,
y)
Comparisonwith Eq.(11.42)dividedby6-.p2+ i.r
)showsthattheoperatoron
theleftsideofEq.(1I.47)isjusttheinverseof;o,which meansthaty can be
expressed in term sofxoasfollows:
d3k
:(p,p',#)= :0(p,#,P1+ (2 3:0(#X,P)
=)
x N(
ï P,k) 1 m ,
n#(P,k)- e- kz+ i.
E - i'+ ï rljyjrtk,p.Pj
Thisequation can beveril
ied bycarrying outtheoperation indicated on the left
sideofEq.(11.47)and byusingEq.(11.42). W enow taketheconvolutionwith
t'EsteEq.(11.40j3,which yieldsourfinalequation forthescattering amplitude
in themedium
Intp.
p',
#)-rn(p.
p',
#)+j(c
d=
'k
)aro(p,
k,
#)
x(p,k)
'le-kz+,'?.
N(P,k)e-kl
z+iyjj
m'
-
is(k,
p,w)(jj.
z
s)
Since Eqs.(11.45) and (11.48) are expressed in terms ofthefreescattering
amplitudes,wemaypasstothelimitofanininitehard-corepotential(#%--+( :s).
14a GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Asnotedbefore,however,/(p.p')mustbeknownforaIlvaluesofpandp'(q#-
theenergyshell),whileitcan bemeasured onlyon theenergy shell. Roughly
sm aking.the quantity ln()(Eq.(11.45))containsthe e/ects ofscattering off
theenergy shell,while Eq.(1l.48),which isstillan integralequation for I',
incorporates the exclusion principle in intermediate states. W e shallrefer to
these equations as Galitskii's integral equations.1 (These equations were
derived jointly with Beliaevqzwho studied similar problemsin an imperfect
Bosegas-)
THE P:OPER SELF-ENEBGY
Fora low-density Fermigas.Eq.(11.48)can besolved iteratively asapower
series in kFa <t 1. This expansion is possible because the integrand vanishes
when thevectorsI.
P + k both lieoutsidetheFermisea;sinceweareinterested
inenergiesoftheorderes,thelastterm ofEq.(11.48)canbeestimated (apart
from numericalfactors)asï'okpmvhz. Thustht orderofmagnitude ofthe
correction willbe given by (r- rp/r;4Jkrmlnqlhl;z:krîxfI-stz<:
t1,where
.
Eqs.(11.46)and(11.22)havebeen used.
Before attempting a carefulexpansion ofEq.(11.48),we notice thatthe
fullsetofvariables(p,p',#)isneverneeded in anycalculation. Indeed,a11that
isrequiredistheproperself-energy(Eq.(1l.28)J:
hX*(p)=-2f(2zr)-4Jd*kG0(#)Vpkipk)+ï(2zr)-4Jd*kG0(1)Imlkpipkj
(11.49)
Dehnetherelativeand totalwavevectorsand frequency
:x*(,)--2f(2.)-.Jd.knnlk)r(q-q,e)+f(2=)-4JdnkGzlktr(-q,q.#)
(1l.5l)
W enow expand 1''to second orderin kra. By thedesnition ofthew-wave
scatttring length a.the J-wave phase shift has the long-wavelength expansion
#3/
c' l ,
?/
=
4=ë+ (4=w)2 (2 j ,
-j- .-+ -,j. c + .'.
-
rr) E- k + ln k - q
where.
@ denotes the principalvalue and the im aginary partcancels the term
-
4=iqa2. Thisexpansion to ordera2 now can be combined with Eq.(11.48)
to obtain
m r( d?k' zV(P,k') .
'
#
.
D q,q,#)= 4=a+ (4=*2 (2=)) -
6--k,
-j.+ I.
T-y;(s-
,
kpj-yggz t
y-z + ... .
(ll.54)
sinct the termscontaining (E- k'2+ f,
j)-1in theintegrand cancelidentically.
NotethatEq.(11.54)isanexplicitrepresentationforF(q,q,#)intermsofknown
quantities'
,furthermore,itiseasilyseen that
F'
tqsqs/')= F(-qsq,#) (1l.55)
144 GnOOND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
tothisorder. Thusthesecondterm ofEq.(11.51)cancelsone-halfofthehrst,
andweobtain
ht*(p)=-f(2=)-4jd4kG0(k)l>(q,q,#) (11.56)
which is valid through order a2. This cancellation typifesthe generalresult
noted in Sec.10thatthedirectand exchangetermsarecomparablein magnitude
forashort-rangepotential.
Theexpansion ofl-'inEq.(11.54)leadsto acorresponding expansionof
the self-energyin powersofa
âX*(;)-âYh)(p)+httLblpt+ ''.
where
d*k 4=ah2 ,
âZ?'
k3(;'
)--ij(
-jp)
-4Goçksm ,. '09
d%k ( ) i,nn'lnralzâ
httqlçp)=.
-,
ij(z.)4G(k)e m2j( d
zs
'k'
3 -
x ,#(
a P,
k')
- , -> ,a.
@ a
e- k + iTN(P,k) k -q
and the subscriptshere denote powersofa,notordersin perturbation theory.
Thefrstterm iseasily evaluated byclosing thecontourin the upperhalfplane
Itheconvergencefactorcikn'
n'playstbesameroleasinEq.(11.27))
âi! d3k 4nah2 dk yy
hk- /
)
(#)=-ij- (s-
)
-jm-J- V-e ka-o,,f+s.
oy;, ) ptks- kj
'
pj+ko-g
o,-i
y
4,- 52 #3k
- -
m J(2,43oçkr-O
hlk;2/csJ
= - .- -
(1l.57)
m 3. )
7.
Thesecond term isconsiderably m orecom plicated.becausethefrequency
kzappears in the denominator through the combination e= mlvh- iP2=
mpzlh+ mkvlh- .JP2. It is precisely this dependence that necessitated the
solution for r os the energy shell. The evaluation ofthe ko integralisvery
similartothatofEq.(11.35),and wehnd
âX)2)(p,P0)
:2 z z #3kdjk' ptj-s- kj$j
.
jP+k'1-ks)%IJP-k'(- ks)
=ul6.
=aj.
js-y-(- t
ngvj
y.-jy
)z.
- .
j.ga.
-g,
z.
j.yy .
+ hk-k'y-
yj-j-
ks.
S JP+k'1)%kF- t.
iP-k'1) .
@0(kF- k
.l
- - - --
tytgnjs- jg-c+ qz- k,c- j,y - qz- k,2 1
(1l.58)
FERM I SYSTEM S 145
whichhasbeen simplihed bywriting gcompareEq.(1l50)) .
of
(l1.60)
hpl
J'o- 2'
m (1-
,-Olkeaqj
sve can therefore setJ
pc;4:hp2,
'2lz?in the lastterm ofEq. (ll.601,u'
hich isalread-j'
oforder(kya)2:thisconstitutesa majorsim pliscation. and the cxplicitsolution
then becom es
0(k - 1)0(l- i
. P - k')0(1- 1
. P - k')
qc .-- k .
@.- t.
,
y
.
- -7$1 -ytk4 y
,.
qj--- -r
s - ()(k).a3)/
- P = p- k.q= J(p- k) (11.62)
w here:heintegralhasbeenrendered dim ensionlessb)'expressinga1lu
i ravevectors
n term sofkr.
This equation resem bles a second-order expansion obtained with ti
independent perturbation theory for an interparticle potential 4 me-
:4 2tz'
. ,?2 in
m om entum space that is chosen to reproduce the correct -ç-wave scattering
:*6 GROLJNO-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERAIURE) FORMALISM
am plitude. The quantity in braces is proportionalto the proper self-energy
and has thephysiealinterpretation shown schem atically in Fig.1l.9. (These
are now m eantto be diagram s oftim e-independentperturbation theory, the
analog of the Goldstone diagrams. An arrow running upward denotes a
particle,whilean arrow runningdownward denotesahole.) Theterm oforder
kya in Eq.(1l.62)and in Fig.ll.9J representstheforward scattering from the
otherparticlesinthemedium withaneFectivepotentialnnhlalm. Thesecond-
ordercorrectionsin Eq.(11.62)incorporatetheeflkctofthemedium on the
intermediate states. Oftheselatterterms,thefirsttwo representtheprocesses
indicated in Fig.11.9: and c,whilethelastterm Lt
f
/hql-#'2)-1jmustbçsub-
tracted explicitly because the realpartofthe exactscattering amplitudew ould
4n'h2a 4zrâ1a
p. #m p
221:.+ k'
p
t lP+k' + y1P- k. k
k
4. 2#
1p- k'
p) l )
'
.
4.,r,?a 4x:2a
p
)m P m
(c)
Fig.11.9 Schematicexpansion oîproperself-energy.
PHYSICA L G UANTITIES
W enow examinetheimplicationsoîEq.(1l.62).
l.Lifetimeofsingle-particleexcitations:Itisevidentthattherealpartep
containsa shiftin the single-particle energiesforparticles with wave vectorp,
FERM I SYSTEM S 147
snitelifetimereqectsthepossibility'ofrealtransitionsandthusinvolvesIf 12v:a2.
2. Single-particle excitation JpEc/rur?
l:The present quasiparticle approxi-
m ation
G(p,p());4:(p0- k'
ph-'- iyp'
)-1 (1..64)
impliesthattheground stateremainsa Fermiseafilled uptowavenumbe ks,t
but with a diflkrent dispersion relation Ep. Since yv changek sign at ky,the
Lehm ann representation showsthatthe chem icalpotentialisgiven by y = càs.
Itistherefore necessary to evaluate ep atthe Ferm isurface. A lengthy integra-
tionwith Eq.(11.62)gives
(11.65)
1V . M .Galitskii,loc.cl
't.
2Thisdetailedresulttypisesageneraltheorem ofJ.M .LuttingerLPl;)'s.Rcl'
..121:942(1961))
thatIm E* vanishes like(t,
p- /
.
zâ)2nearthe Fermisurface.u' hich holds to allorders ofper-
turbation theory.
tA moredetailedevaluation based on Eq.(11,59)show'
sthatdistribution function npisslightly
altered.butthis does not afrectoursubsequentresults (V.A.Bell'akov,Sot'.#/?y. j
-
,-Jf-F#.
13:850(1961)).
148 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPE9ATURE) FORMALISM
which dehnestheeFectivem ass
m+-nzk,jp
De
pp!
j
ks)-' (11.
6,
7)
in term softheslopeof6patthe Ferm isurface. A detailedcalculationwith Eq.
(11.62)yields
m ...- . 8
m l+ 15.nz(7ln2- 1)(/csJ)2 (11.68)
correcttoorder(ksX7. NotethefollowingfeaturesofEq.(11.68):
(J)m*hasnotermslinearinkpa,which reqectstheconstantvalueofE)kjin
Eq.(11.57).
(/8 m*determinestheheatcapacity ofthe system in thezero-tem peraturelimit
becausetheheatcapacity dependson thedensity ofstatesnearthe Ferrhisurface
and thus on the eflkctive mass. A s is shown in Sec.29,the precise relation is
givenby(compareEq.(5.60)J
C!(gzrkjTm*k4-
- - (jj6:)
-P ?hl .
lAn excellentsurvey maybefound in J.W ilks,%h-l-he PropertiesofLiquid and Solid Helium q''
chap.17,Oxford University Press,Oxford,1967.
2Seeforexample, L.D .Landau,Sov.Phys.-JETP.3:920 (1957).
FERM I SYSTEM S 149
and wefind
J8(ksu)3-h...
j(11.72)
JUSTIFICATIO N O F TERM S RETAINED
Weshallnow furtherjustifyourbasicapproximationofretainingonlytheself-
energy of Fig. l1.3, in which two particles or two holes interact repeatedly.
One ofthese term s isshown in Fig.11.10J,along with a typicalom itted one
F
i
g
.
1.
1
0C
o
m
p
a
r
is
o
n
o
fd
i
a
g
r
a
m
s(
J
)
r
e
ta
i
n
e
d> >
and (:)om itted jn ladderapproximation.
(è)
Fig.11.11 Pieces ofgraphs (t8 retained and (b)
om itted in ladderapproximation.
Incase(/),thetwo Green'sfunctionscontainq withoppositesigns,whereasin
(d8.theyhavethesamesign. Thisdiflkrencehasacrucialesectonthefrequency
integrals,asisreadily verised by carrying outtheqointegration. In particular,
Eq.(11.73(M contains two terms,with the factors (1- n0
p,+q)(l- nT
02-'
- -
''
à and
n0
pl+q%0,-q,whi ()
lethecorrespondingtermsinEq.(11.73:)contain(1- wj+qlnp zl.q
and nj,+q(1- w9,+q)(comparethecalculation leadingto Eq.(11.35)). Forthe
presentlow-density system,momentum integrations inside the Fermisea have
very restricted phasespacebecausekF cc(#/F)1issmall,whilethoseoutside
areessentially unbounded. Thusthepresenceofa factora0(ahole)reduces
the term relative to one containing only particles. This calculation explicitly
illustratesthe distinction m ade between particlesand holesin the discussion of-
Figs.11.3and l1.4.
Itisinteresting to ask how thepresenttheorycanbeim proved. Them ost
obviousflaw isthelack ofself-consistency,because X*isevaluated withJree
G reen's functions G0,while X* determ ines the fully interacting G. The cal-
culation can bemadeself-consistent(in the senseofSec.10)by changing al1
factorsofG'0into G in Eqs.(11.28)and(11.30);ineflkct,thischangesthefree-
particleenergiese2=hlkl(2m appearing in Eq.(11.58)into interactingenergies
ekand introducesadditionalfrequency dem ndence. In thisapproach,X* thus
depends on the exactsingle-particle energies,which,in turn,depend on Z*.
A lthough diflkrentin detail,thism odifled theory isvtry sim ilarto Brueckner's
theory of-nuclearmatterand He3.1 Thesequestionsarediscussed furtherin
Chap.l1.1
1K.A.Brueckner,Ioc.dt.
.SeealsoA.L.FetterandK.M .W atson,n eOpticalM odel,- .V andW ,inK.A.Brueckner
(ed,),''Advancesin TheoreticalPhysics,''vol.1,p.115,AcademicPress,Inc.,New York. 1965.
FERM I SYSTEM S 151
IZUDEGENERATE ELECTRO N GAS
Forthefnalexamplein thischapter,wereturn to thedegenerate(high-density)
electrongastreated in Sec.3. The moststraightforward approach isto analyze
thehigher-ordertermsintheproperself-energy;justasinSec.-1l,thedominant
contribution arises from a partieular classofdiagram s that m ay be sum m ed
explicitly. Thisprocedure isstudied in detailin Sec.30,w'here we considerthe
electron gasatsnite tem perature. Forvariety,we here describe an alternative
form ulation, in w'hich the ground-state energy is expressed in term s of the
polarization insertions11and generalized dielectricconstant.
- rmalz3:*a)+ Fcorr
where the integralover the variable coupling constant A has been evaluated
explicitly in thesrst-orderterm . Forthe presentuniform system ,thisexpression
becom esm uch sim pler in m om entum space,where we 5nd
Ecorr-!.p'(2=)-4(0'JzA-,.
. flkzpetqlgfoztq,co)-footq-tslq (12.11)
Here P'(q)denotestheFouriertransform ofP'(x),and
DA(x,x')= DA(x - x'5t- t')
zu:z (
gnj-4j
-y4ggi
q.(x-x')g-it
zl(t-t')pZtq5(
x)) (j;.jgj
.
FERM I SYSTEM S 163
Wethereforeidentify(compare(9.44))
D0(x9x')= -ff4j(x,x')G0
. ja(x',x)
=
âH0(x,x')
ltis easily verifed thatthisstructure persiststo al1orders,so thatD(x,x')ish
tim esthe totalpolarization insertion
D(x.x'4= âI-I(x,x')= âH(x',x) (12.14)
1:4 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Furthermore,Dyson'sequation allowsustorewriteJd4xL(&(x,xj)H(xl,x')as
J#4xl&(x,xI)l1*(xl,x'),Where I1* is the proper polarization. The corre-
spondingrelationinmomentum spaceisgivenby&()
4t
?)114ç)= &(t
?)H*(ç),and
thecorrelationenergy(Eq.(12.1l)Jbecomes
ECor-+!.
fp4(2=)-4j0
bJzz-l.
fd.q(gA(ç)rI*A(ç)-zt&(:)IIo(ç))(12.15)
N ote that
I10(ç)M I1A)(ç) (12.16)
where1-
1$,(t
?)isthelowest-orderproperpolarizationpropagator.
X1 X
A' X
.
'= .G
X
> x'+
X X1
Fig.12.2 Expansion ofeFectiveinteraction.
= 1- x(q4= 1 - 1
Klq) K(#)
w hich yields
s--,-+à.
frm(2=)-.j0
'yzz-lj.#k(E
sA(ç)!-1-l-,
jvolq)n0(ç))(12.18)
RIN G D lAG RA M S
Equation (12.15)applies to any uniform system,and we now specialize to a
degenerateelectron gas,described by the hamiltonian in Eq.(3.19). Asshown
in Sec.3,the uniform positive background precisely cancels the q = 0 term in
the potential, so that U(0) vanishes identically. This reiects the physical
observation thatthere is no forward scattering from a neutral medium . In
consequence,a1lçttadpole''diagrams(Figs.9.7a,9.8/,c,#,etc.)disappearfrom
thetheory.which sim plifestheperturbation analysisconsiderably.
FERM I SYSTEM S 155
To understand the structure ofEq.(12.15),we shalltemporarilv expand
&H* ina perturbation series,asfollows:
& 11*= U011*+ &011*&0H *+ ...
= U017(
*0)+ &011*
(l)+ U0H*
(0)UOfl(
*0)+ '' '
where1-llcjisgivenbyEq.(12.16),and1-1)
t)isthesrst-orderproperpolarization
withthecontributionsshow'
n inFig.l2.3. ThelirstandIastterms(Fig.12.3/
ande)vanishinthepresentexamplegP'(0)= 0),andw'eareleftw'iththemiddle
three. Correspondingly,thecorrelationenergyhastheexpansion
fcorr= fJ+ f)+ Ef+ EC-t'''' (12.19)
wherethe varioussecond-ordercontributionsaregiven by
EJ=JïZ/i
(2'
z
r)-4j0
îdhX-1jd*qg
-1
2L%(g)Z0(t
?)12 (12.20)
e-t.c'd=.
jjp4(2=)-4j0(.
/AA-ljd4qgA&/(
)t(
y)I'
llj)j,,c,cjq)j (12.21)
Herel-
lh)t,,lllllc,and l-
1ljl,denotetheproperpolarizationsinFig.12.3: to d.
ltiseasily shown thatthecontributionsin (12.21)are linite(Prob.4.13).
In contrast,FJ diverges logarithmically (w'e explicitly exhibit this divergence
later in the discussion;see also Prob.1.5).and thepresentexpansion through
second order isclearly insum cient. The source ofthisdivergence isthe singular
behaviorofthe coulomb potential&()(t?)= U(q)= 4rre2y?q2atlong wavelengths;
in particular.ELhastwo factorsofL'
%(t?),leadingto a(q)-4behavior. A similar
behavior occurs in all orders.because there is always a single nth-order term
withtheintegrand(67t)(42)l10(t
y))n. Fortunately,thesesingulartermsarereadily
includedtoa)lordersinperturbationtheorybyintroducingtheeyeclit' ez'
a/tart
zt-//t?a
Ihlq)(compareEq.(9.45)).
Urlq)= b'
çjlq)-
i-U()(t?)170(t?)b'zlq)+ '''
t.
t- 1-l0)
(k(fjj
.
thlql (12.22)
166 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
* '* +
(j,,j:3'c
nn(ç)- zn
-1
)
#(c
I
q-+k
-l
--k-
F4
--
#-
tk+
sf
-,k)-0(k
.+
F--
l
q-+-k-I
)
--
0-
(k--.ks)1(12.29'
where,as before,o,k= â-1e2= hkz/zm. The second term can be rewritten
with thechangeofvariablesk'= .
-.
k - q;thistransfbrm ation leadsto
l'ln 2 d3k
(q.çn)-jJ(2=)jP(I
q+kl-k,'
)hkr-ks
l 1
x * V f'Ok - f'Oq-bk-f'ill- W -1-f'tlq+k - f'Ok- i'fl (12.30)
'
thenthesymbolicidentity(7.69)immediatelyyields
2.
7 ( d3k - n-. . ,-.n., , 2ttuk
RerI0(q.ç:)= y jtjx);L1-VbR'F-Ik+qlllUbKF-tlgj.40
-qklz
(12.32)
wherethesrststep function hasbeen rewritten with therelation
#(x)= 1- #(-x) (12.33)
Thesecond term ofEq.(12.32)vanishesidentically,becausetheproductofstep
functions is even under the interchange k m k + q,while œqk is odd;conse-
quently,Rel-Ioreducesto
2..
, d'k
Renetq.
t
?(
)-,J(a.)a#(k,.-k,
' l
x(f
s-Jip,,-ltq-k+l.
ç2-)-qo+ljpa-ltq-k +.p z)1(12.34)
W enow introduce thedimensionlessfrequency variable
v= hqoy yF (12.35)
and measureallwavevectorsin termsofkF. W iththesedimensionlessvariables,
Eq.(12.34)becomes
zmk.,
ReH0(q,v)=hzpj(2
:=
3k
)yyj-k)
..
I l
x(v-qkcose-lv,- v+qgcoso.jqz)
Thisintegraliselem entary and yields
Reuntq,v)- lmkF
,, y, tz(-l+jk
lgI-(t
--!)2jlntl
; j+
-f
(v
'/:-o'
i't
yp
ll
-jk
lj,-(k
v+!)2jInjl
j+
-(vp/
yç
:+j
'iç)t
j(lc.
36)
TheimaginarypartofH0canalsobeevaluatedwithEqs.(12.30)and(7.69)
Im I10(q,çp = -â-l(2x)-2fd3kptlq+ kl- kF)dtks- k)
X (3(#0- œqk)+ hh + œqkll (12.37)
ltisagain sumcientto consideronlyqf
t> 0,and thepairofstep functionsensures
thattsqkisalso positive. W enotethatIml10(q.e)hasadirectphysicalinter-
pretation,for itis proportionalto the absorption probability for transferring
3:o GeoklNo-sax-
re (zEqo--rEMF'ER>akJqE.
) yoquAt-lsM
four-momentum (q,f
?c)to a freeFermigas;theprocessmovesa particlefrom
insidetheFermisea(k < kF)to outside(!
k +ql>ks),whilethedeltafunction
guarantees thatenergy is conserved. This application of I10 is discussed at
length in Sec.l7.
W ith the same dimensionless variables as in Eq.(12.36), the identity
3(Jx)= !
Ji-13(x) (12.38)
canbeusedto rewritetheonlyrelevantdeltafunctioninEq.(12.37)as
3(ço- Yqk)= hmk;3(1 W z)
z- q@k- '
and wetherefore need to evaluate
Im l70(q,c>0)= -v/cs(2oW)-2j#3/c9()q+k)- 1)#(1- k)
x 3(v- q.k - .
!.
t?2)
The integration isrestricted to the interioroftheFermisphere(k < 1),whilethe
vectork + q m ustsim ultaneously lie outside the Ferm isphere. Furtherm ore,
the conservation ofenergy requiresthat
L'
it?+ I'k = -
'
which defines a plane in the three-dim ensionalk space. The integral in Eq.
(12.39)representsthe area ofintersection ofthisplanewith the allowed portion
oftheFerm isphere,asshowninFig.l2.6. Therearethreedistinctpossibilities:
l. q> 2 jq2+q> ry.jq2-q (12,40)
lfq > 2,then the two Ferm ispheresin Fig.12.6 do notintersect, and we need
onlytheareaofintersectionoftheplaneand theuppersphere. Thisareaclearly
vanishesiftheenergy transferwistoo large ortoo sm all,and thecondition that
l + ''
%.k = qq
q+ k -- - - -
q
Fig.12.6 Integration region for
Im H0forq> 2. (The Fermisphere:
areofunitradius.)
FEgM ,SYSTEM S 1e1
theyintersectisjustthesecond condition in Eq.(12.40). Theintegrationcan
beperformed with thesubstitution t= cos0
kt'
Imrln(q.v)- -4m.
n.hi2,Jv
'
/4-l:kzJ/
z
cJ-
'ldtq
)&(q
-
k-i
lk
Y-t)
and an elem entary calculation yields
m kF l v 1 2
Im I10(q,$ = - hz 4 1- q
-- jq (12.41)
,
a,
:
undertherestrictionsonthevariablessetin Eq.(12.40). IfvIiesoutsidethe
regionsdesned in Eq.(12.40),theintegraliszero.
2. q< 2 q+ jq2> Tz> q- l. ç2 (12.42)
Ifé< 2,thenthespheresdesnedbytheconditionsk< land I q+ kl> 1intersect,
with thetypicalconfiguration shown in Fig.12.7. Theplanew illnotintersect
k
q+ k iq+ '
' q.k= v/q
1
4
!--
l- à
aq
q g1-(#
'
-
?-j
lq)2j (l2.43)
os:vxq- !.
ç2 (12.44)
ln thiscase.the intersecting plane passesthrough the forbidden Fermisphere
atthe bottom ,and the allowed region ofintersection becomesan annulus,as
indicated in Fig. l2.7. The area of this annulus can be evaluated with the
geom etric relations in Fig.12.8,which show thatthe m inim um value ofk is
given by
â'lin= (,
1.
t?- 1
zç-')2+ El- (!4 + :/t?-1)2)= l- 2v
162 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
@# kmm
K
.
'
! ,
#/
' (l- ('
iq+ œ
q)2(
) Fig.12.8 Geometry in momentum space
àq usedinobtainingEq.(12.
45).
whilethemaximum valueistheFermimomentum (/cmax= 1inthepresentsystem
ofunits). Theintegralcannow beevaluateddirectly:
Im notq.v)- -mk,F '2 z=
, ,. j(
'
1-2v)
1'kq
t
''
cJ
(--
'1t
,sï
(
b
-v
qkï-2
.
1k
#-t)
m kF 1
= - hz 4=q (1- (1- 2$)
rrlks 1
= -
hz j'n.q2:, (12.45)
Equations(12.41).(12.43),and (12.45)determine ImFl0(q,v)forallq and p.
W esketch -(4=â2/v#s)ImH0(q,v)forfxed tqkin twocasesofinterestin Figs.
12.9/ and 12.9:.
Form any applicationsitisusefulto listsom elim iting form softhe zero-
orderpolarization part:
Fixthem om entum qand Iettheenergytransferp'approachzero:
Im H0(t
h0)= 0 (12.46/)
RerIo(ç,
o)-mhk
,F2.
1cg-1+q
1(1-tqzll
- nù
1
j+
-j
b'
qj
! (12.
46:)
2.Fix the energy transfer vand 1etthe m omentum transferq approach zero:
Im lR0(0,v)= 0 (12.474)
2
Re1R0(ç,v);k;mkF
âz 2lz2
jya
.n v
..
(12.47:)
mkF x
Im I10( -
2 i-é q-->'0,0< .
Y< l (12.48J)
ç,:.
x)= h
0 q->.0,x > l
R mkF 1 rl+ xl
erI0(g,çx)=-yzj
.
p(2-xln;j.xj
) q-+0 (12.48:)
FERMI SYSYEM S 16:
-1
2- q
q tt 2 2 > $'
l1 q+ l-
- 4 p'
q i4 -q
'
ùq + q
Fig.12.9 Sketeho.-(n=hzlmkè Im H Q(q,v)fortypicalvaluesofq.
TheexpressionsforH0(ç,v)can now beused to 5nd thecorresponding
dielectric constantK'
r(ç.$ = 1- &o(ç)I10(ç.$ in thering approximation. The
zero-order polarization has been expressed as ??7ks/âz times a dimensionless
function;consequently,the dimensionlessquantity t%110hasthetypicalvalue
(-ks/â2)(4rre2/#/.)=4=(#sJo)-1= 4gr(4/9=)1G (compare Eqs.(3.20) to (3.22)
and(3.29)3. lnfact,weshallrtquireonlythtthreelimitingcastsjustdiscussed,
and we5nd
1.Fixq,letv->.0:
lars 1-
1(j
,r
(t
?.0)-1+n.
qz q uz)InI
(
1-
l+j'
-
qj -
(12.49)
2.Fix v,1etq -.
c
,.():
$x%
s,(0,p)= l- 3'rrpc (12.50)
3.Fixv/qx x> 0,1etq.->.0:
4œr. x 11+ xl lixr-x
G((
A(
B )= l+ n'q; l- jln( t+ qL #(l- ,
;1 - xl x) (12.51)
wbereq and pareboth dim ensionlessand xisa numericalconstantt
4 1
x > j-g-j (12.52)
CORRELATION ENERGY
W enow returnto theevaluationofthecorrelationenergyofadegenerateelectron
gas. Although itispossibleto evaluate alltheterms in Eq.(12.26),such a
cakulation would largely duplicate thatofSec.30. Henct we here consider
onlyEv,whichcontainsapropertreatmentofthelogarl m' 'ergenceappear-
tWefollow thishistoricalbutunfortunatenotation;xisnotthehhe-structureconstan'inthis
problem.
:64 GROUNn-
STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FIRMALISM
inginF1andthereforegivesthedominantcontributiontothecorrelationenergy
.
Theintegration overA can becarried outexplicitlyin E
Eq. q.(12.23)and yields(see
(12.24))
E--!. fp4(2z.)-.fd.qj0
-
l;/zzkt.
&(t?)uo(t
?)Jcil-At&(ç)I.
Ic(t
?))-!
=-. jjp'
âtz,
rrj*jd*qllog(1-UéqjI10(g))+Uolq)J- l0(t
y))
= -
jiFâ(2J r)-4jd*
qfkog(xr(t
?)J+1-x,(( ?)J
lt is again helpfulto introduce the dimensionless
(I2.53)
q'= zlks. Theringenergythen becomes- with theva
ar
idi
abl
ofes
Eqps= nîqoji
hk; and
(329),and(12.52)-
.
(3.21),(3.22),
.
Nel
Er= er
2Jc (l2.54)
where
(12.55)
Theenergy ermustbereal, and we shallconsideronly therealpartofEq
(
li12.
55). Inaddition,Krisanevenfunctionofy', which aliowsusto simplify the.
mitsofintegration(wenow omittheprimeonqj:
g . 2d co s-'L-
(1-
,V
-j. - &,a(g,p)
L%az/.:2 0 q 0dv tan-l . vrl(ç ,v) (12.56)
wherethedielectricfunction hasbeenseparated intoitsrealandim aginary parts
Kr= Krl+ l'
gra
and wehaveused therelatian
logtvrl+ I.
'rz)=llntsr
2k+ Kh)+ ftan-j&'
&'
r2
r1
A s noted previously, the singular behavior of the electron gas a
sm allwav rises at
evectors(q.
<.
:1),and weshallthereforedividetheq integration into
tw oparts,q < qcand q > qc
eg1= a qc co s ,)
qîdq fop tan-k rz(4. ..
,- - x
2zrrxarz
a a ()
. .
xr)(t?,p) rzfqnv)
a . 2dq .dv tan-' lrz(f,-v) - v
- -
r2 azracrc: 4c 0 xrl(ty,v) ,2(4,r)
Thisseparation isolatesthe divergence, which occursonly in the firstterm e
forthisreason, erzissniteand can beexpanded in powersofr rI;
,. Furt herm ore,
ifqcischosentobem uch lessthan l,then<rmaybtapproxim ated byitslimiting
form (Eq.(l2.51)Jincvaluating e,l,thereby giving a tractable integral. The
FERMISYSTEMS 166
imaginarypartofx,isproportionalto -F(ç)1m110(:,v),which ispositive or
zero tsee Eq.(12.39)2. Thustan-l(<r2JKr2jvariesfrom 0 to =. ln particular,
tan-l(xrc/xrj)= 0 ifKrz= 0 and K,,> 0,whiletan-'(n2/Krj)= = ifxyc= 0and
n j<::0. In theregion0 < q < qc < l,theapproxim ateexpression in Eq.
maybeused,and w' etind
(12.51)
3
er.-j-
.'
r
tav).
(q
,cq3dq(a
'dxé
- -
jtan-1q
ll
zr-
f
-
T
p
-j%yy
1-j-
sy .
Y)
x)-2%rs.
. oYt
#
y(z1-.
z'
))
6
- 4.
4.
,.
j(
q
)-q3dqtj0
'dxtan-l(q,.
j
-
ly
xytx))-2
j-
(
H 1L+ lz
+jl
=p.
xvrof-ql-(Ay(x)y)
12
where 57)
.
isjustthesecond-orderexchangeenergystudiedinProb.l.4. The5nalexpres-
sion can only be obtained numerically,and the correlation energy becom es
E e2 2
---
.
N
sF-
rr= 2J0 =-j(j- In2,
)lnrs-(4.+)4+ ofrsjnr,)
2
= ja
-n (0.0622lnrs- 0.094+ Otr,lnrsl) (12.62)
correctthroughorderlnr:and4.1 Byanextensionoftheargumentspresented
here,DuBois2showsthatthesum ofthenextmostdivergenttermsin each order
inperturbationtheory(thosetermswithonelesspowerofL%(t
/))givesacorrec-
'
tionorOtrslnr,)to Eq.(12.62).
EFFECTIVE INTERACTIO N
W ehavealready m entioned thatthe perturbation expansionfailsbecause ofthe
singular(q)-2behaviorof&n(q). In contrast,the ring approximation to the
eflkctiveinteraction Url%sqzjhasaverydiflkrentbehavioratlong wavelengths.
Forsimplicity,weshallconsideronlythestaticIimit(qv= 0),andacombination
ofEqs.(12.24)and(12.49)yields
4.
n.e2
&r(q.0)-q
-u-+(j-
xrs/.)kkg
ygjks) (l2.63)
1W .M acke. Z.Naturforsch..5a:192(I950).
1Thelogarithmicterm wassrstobtainedbyW .Macke,Ioc.cit.,andthecompl
eteexpression
was then derived by M .Gell-M ann and K.A.Brueckner,Ioc.cit. Seealso L.Onsager, L.
Mittagaand M .J.Stephen.Ann.Physik,1*:7l(1966).
2D.F.DuBois.Ann.Phys.(N.F.),7:174,appendix C,(1959). DuBois'calculation was
repeated and corrected byW .J.Carr,Jr..and A.A.M aradudin.Ph-vs.Rel'.,133:A37I(1964),
whohndû.ûi8rslnr,asthenextcorrection to ecorr.
FERM ISYSTEM S 167
where
l 1 z 1-j.l.
x
j jx
g(x)- j- s (l- 1.*)lnI
I ..
(12.64)
Thusthemedium composedoftheelectronsandthepositivebackground modifes
Coulomb'slaw. ltisclearfrom Eq.(12.63)thatthismodifcationisimportant
onlyforwavelengths(q/kpjz< r,;inthehigh-densitylimitwherers-+.0,wecan
thereforeapproximateg(Wks)byg(0)= l,sothat
4=e2
Ur(q.0)ra
;
k qc+ (4.,
;o-
-, .
,/.):.
j (l2.1)
Hencetheeflkctivepotentialiscutofl-forql;
EGk/andishniteatq=0,which
consrmsthe assertionsbelow Eq.(12.23). Thisbehaviorprovidesa physical
basisforthecutofused to5ndkcorrinEq.(12.60)andinProb.l.5.
Although Eq.(12.65)isonlyanapproximationtotheexact&r(q,0)given
inEq.(12.63),itisveryeasytotaketheFouriertransform ofthisapproximate
expression,which gives a Yukawa potential. W e thereby obtain a qualitative
pictureoftheefectiveinteraction in coordinatespace
P;(x)= e2e-qrrxx-1 (12.66)
Hencethesimpleellx Coulomb'slaw betweentwochargesisttshielded'gwith the
Thomas-Fermilscreeninglengthqv
-ldehnedby
4ars 4 4 1
qIr= Tr
à'/= -
Tr
s rsk;= 0.66r,*/ (12.67)
In fact.the nonanalyticstructureof(12.63)complicatestheactualexpression
forFrtx)considerably,asisdiscussedindetailinSec.14.
lnthepresentsection,Urlqsça)hasbeenusedonlytoevaluatethecorrelation
energy,which isanequilibrium property. Asshown in theprecedingparagraph,
however,Urcontainsm uch additionalphysicalinform ation becauseitdeterm ines.
theesective static and dynamicinterparticle potential. Thisbehaviorisreally
a particular example of the response to an external perturbation. For this
reason,we shallhrstdevelop the generaltheory oflinear response (Chap.5)
and then return to the nonequilibrium prom rtiesofthedegenerateelectrongas.
PRO BLEM S
4.1. A uniform spin-.
s Fermi system has a spin-indem ndent interaction
PotentialF(x)= L x-le-x/q
(c)Evaluatetheproperself-energyintheHartree-Fockapproximation. Hence
hnd theexcitation spectrum ekand theFerm ienergy ep= y..
.The Thomas-Fermitheory isdescri- d in Sec.14.
16a GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FonMAulsu
(!8 Show thatthe exchangecontribution to Es isnegligiblefora long-range
interaction(kya> 1)butthatthedirectandexchangetermsarecomparablefor
ashort-rangeinteraction(kpa.c
41).
(c)Inthisapproximationprovethattheesectivemassm*isdetermined solely
by the exchange contribution. Com pute m *, and discuss the lim iting cases
kFa> 1and kra< 1.
(d)W hatistherelationbetweenthelimita--+.,
x)ofthismodelandtheelectron
gasin a uniform positivebackground?
4.2. UseEq.(11.70)todeterminethefirst-ordershiftintheground-stateenergy
fowthe system considered in Prob.4.1. Comparethiscalculation with a direct
approach.
â)2)l/q)--s
e2(/
c/-
qq2lnt
(
J
:
fs-
+qj
(+ggFj
Sketch the resulting single-particle spectrum . D iscuss the eflkctive m ass
m*lqjdehned bym*lq)- (hlqllDkqjèql-b.
4.10. Apply Prob.1.7to an imperfectspin-! Fermigas and show thatthe
ground statebecomespartiallymagnetized forkFa > */2.
i
I
I
I
!
l
l
i
k
l
1
!
l
l
l
t
1
I
t
l
5
Linear R espo nse and
C ollective M odes
ihPl'1'
-
est(?))= 4 $
%1.,
.s(;))
with theexplicitsolution
(
:.
1,
-(r))= tp-fz-
?r/ntl,(0))
Supposethatthe system isperturbed att= tsbyturning on an additionaltime-
dependent ham iltonian X extf). The new Schrödinger state vector ,tl--stf))
satissesthemodihedequation(?> ?0)
ih8)'
-
Ps(J))- (4 .#.z'
ot ?.ex(tlj;,.
ps(t)y
, ,
wheretheoperatorz.
i'
(J)obey'
sthecausalboundarycondition
X(J)= 1
A combination ofEqs.(13.3)and(13.4)yieldstheoperatorequationforvijt):
oziltl fs,/,g
,
*
jj. e
..t c
a
u
zjy .,Lt)e-jp,/,gtyj
- #g(?)vjjtl (13.6)
whereX74/)isintheusualHeisenbergpicturethatmakesuseof-thefullinter-
actingX.
Equation(13.6)maybesolvediterativelyfor?> tf
j
f(t)=l-ih-lJl
z.
'
adt'X'
7(t')+--'
where the causal boundary condition (Eq. (13.5)) is automatically satissed
because4extr)= ()ift< to. Thecorrespondingstatevectorisgivenby
f
1Ps(?))=e-iW'7
.
'(
kI
's(0))-ih-te-f
J
?'/'Jê
'
odt'P7(r'
)t
'
Fs(0)'
)+''.
LINEAR RESPONSE AND COLLECTIVE M ODES 173
A 1lphysicalinform ation ofinterestiscontainedinm atrixelem entsofSchrödinger
pictureoperatorsös(J)(whichmaydependexplicitlyontime)
tJ(?))ex> tTx'(?)l:.s.
(?)l'-
Ps(?))
-
f'1p
-s
'(0)l(1+,-â-'J'dt-47(/3+..- 1ei *t /'osl'
tsc-i
/r
/.
x
(l-ih-1jf '
:dt'Xjxtf' )+-.. 1l
'
Ps(0))
-
(kl's
'(0)I0,(r)I'1',(û))+xïâ(-'rkl
'z
'
,(0)IJl
'cdt
z?7(?'),:s(?)!f'.
'
l'
-s(0))+ .. (13.9)
OnlythelineartermsinXe'havebeenretained,andthesubscriptH denotesthe
Heisenbergpieturewith respecttothetime-independenthamiltonianX (compare
Eqs.(6.28)and(6.32)). Thefrst-orderchangeinamatrixelementarisingfrom
an external perturbation is here expressed in term s of the exact H eisenberg
operators ofthe interacting butunperturbed system. In particnlar,if 1 àFs)
and I
tP'H)b0thdenotethenormalizedgroundstate ( 11P0,
)h,thelinearresponse of
the ground-stateexpectation value ofan operatorisgiven by
8rö(?))- tötrllex- (:(?))
=
m-lJC
'
Qdt'(.
I.
'
-
(
)!
gz?7(?'
).
Js(r))J
'.
1%) (13.10)
A sa speciscexam ple,considera system with charge e perparticle in the
presence ofan externalscalar potential+f'(x/),which is turned on at t= G.
Thecorresponding externalperturbation isequalto
*bxltj- J#3xgstx/ltyeztx/) (13.11)
wheregs istheexactparticle density operatorin the unperturbed system . The
linearresponsem aybecharacterized bythechange in thedensity
b'
Lhlxtl?
b=/
â-lJ!
'
:#?'.
f#3x't
yextx't'
)(YI
%Jys(x't'), Hs(x/)))Y
1Pa)
=1
4-1Jt
'
o#?'j
i
-#3x'E
'
+*'(X'J'
)(V'0l(
Hl
f(x't'),Hzf(X?)1l
Y'
%) (13.l2)
wherewehavenow introducedthedeviationoperatorsl qt
jlxtj= ?in(xJ)- Itàktlxtjf
(compare Eq.(12.3)). (Note thatthe c numbers always commute.) If the
retarded densitycorrelation functionisdefined in analogy with Eq.(12.5)
a , , (:
1'
*g((? 1zf(x')1(.1-q)
1 (x),?
-
iD (x,x)=0(t-/) -.-#(-5-wo.-.1,
...- ...
.
Y.
-oj--- ..
thenEq.(13.12)mayberewrittenas
3(?
Xx/))=â-tj*dt'J#3x'DRlxt,x't'
jt
ve'tx'l'
) (13.14)
174 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
whertthtcausalbehaviorisenforced bythe retarded natureofD R,and wthave
used thefactthat@exvanishesfort'< ?(). Equation (13.l4)typisesageneral
result that the linear response ofan operator to an externalperturbation is
expressibleasthespace-tim eintegralofasuitableretarded correlation function.
Ifthesystem isspatiallyhomogeneous,thenDR(x,x')= DR(x- x'),andit
isusefulto introduceFouriertransforms
+extk,a))= J#3xJdte-ik*xeico'+extx/) (13.15)
3(H(k.to))xJd5xfdtE'-ik*xeizo'3(H(x?)) (tl3.l6)
XR(k,(z))>j#3xjWe-ikeltzftufDR(xt) (13.17)
Equation(13.14)immediatelyreducesto
3(H(k,t
x)))= â-1DR(k,f
.t))etpextk,tsl (l3.18)
which showsthatthesystem respondsatthesam ewavevectorand frequency as
the perturbation. This relation is som etim es used to dehne a generalized
susceptibility
3(?i(k,ts)) -îoatk
J
walkrtzalN rxk ( .
,) = h '(.
,) (j?.j9)
et ( ,
Such relations art especially useful in studying transport coeë cients, which
representcertain long-wavelength and low-frequency lim itsofthe generalized
susceptibilities(compareProb.9.7).
The foregoing analysis shows that the linear response is most simply
expressed in term soîretarded correlation functionsofexactHeisenberg opera-
tors. Unfortunately, such functions cannot be calculated directly with the
Feynm an-D yson perturbation series becatlse W ick-s theorem appliesonly to a
tim e-ordered produetofoperators. Consequently.itisgenerallyeonvenientto
detine an associated time-ordered correlation function ofthe same operators,
which necessarily hastheform ofEq.(8.8). W ick'stheorem can now be used
to evaluate thetime-ordered correlation function in perturbation theory. The
remaining problem ofrelating the time-ordered and retarded functionscan be
solved with the Lehm ann representation. A specific exam ple has been given
in Sec.7,whereG(k,te)and GR(k.(
.
t
p)wereshown to satisfy Eqs.(7.67)and (7.68).
Thtm ethod isclearlyverygeneral,and westateherethecorrespondingrelations
forthedensitycorrelation fknctions(Prob.3.8)
Rep(q,o4 = ReDR(q,f.
t))
lm D(q,o4sgnf
.
tl= Im .
DR(q,oa) (13.20)
which are valid for real(,
t). (In thisexpression.sgnts> f
.u/'jf
.
z
al.l Equations
(13.20)areveryimportant,becauseans'approximationforD(q,(z?)immediately
yieldsan approximate DR(q,u))and hence theassociated linearresponse. ltis
also clear from the Lehmann representation for D(q,to)that the poles ofthis
LINEAR RESPO NSE AND COLLECTtVE M ODES 175
function occurat the exactexcitation energies of those states ofthe interacting
assem bly thatare coupled to the ground state through tl
ne density operator.
xr
'(q,
0)-,
o(q.
0)-1+4ar,F
cs
zt=f
?2)-igjj.j
176 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPFRATURE) FORMALISM
Herethefunctiong(x)(Eq.(12.64))isgivenby
r(x)=1j-jlk(1-'
$xa)jn I
1
1
j+
-è
jxt
,
(j
4.g)
and hasthefollow inglim itingbehavior
:(x);k;1+ O(x2) (14.9c)
g(x);=!.+ .
t(x- 2)lnR1x- 2l) Ix- 21< 1 (14.9:)
g(x)e-jx-2 .
x> 1 (14.9c)
Equation(14.7)may besubstituted into Eq.(14.4);theinduced chargedensity
then reducesto
3t)(x))r- -p3(?1(x))r
dTq iq-x 4ars=-1glqlkè
- -
Zej(a.)3e (wks)2+yxrs=-lglqlkp (l4.10)
wherebpwstx)isthatobtained in theThomas-ll
krmiapproxlmation.
2 h2
P= 5
-2
- -(.
3v:2)'
in! (14.16)
zA?
lfweputachargeZeintoauniform electrongaS(imposedonaunifbrm.positive
sxed background of charge density (v?a that m akes the unperturbed sl'
stem
neutral).then the condition oflocalhydrostatic cquilibrium requiresthat the
forceson a small(unit)Nolumeelementmustbalance
N'Fj= 0 = -V# - ta/?tj
7
where& istheresulting electricfleld. Poisson-sequation becom es
2-k2
--(
l
3,
;r2).
i.- vjp:= rvv (l4.20)
3 2p? n%
Since the leftside isalready linearin sm allquantities,wecan use Eq.(3.29)to
m'rite
2 lt2k2 I
. - - z--
32 --
v j??= ev t
j-
z?7 ??f)
178 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
orequivalently
(V2-f
?1.
,.
)3p(x)- zeqlw3(x) (14.22)
wheretheThomas-Fermiwavenumberisdesned in Eq.(14.13). Thesolution
tothisequationisthatquotedinEq.(14.15)
V rstx)= -ZeqIw(4=x4-te-qrrx (14.23)
Theapproximateresultin Eq.(14.15)isincorrect,however,becauseglx)
has a singularity at x = 2, where its srst derivative becom es infnite. The
presenceofthissingularityintherangeofintegration(0< q< co)gives3()(x))r
analgebraicasym ptoticdependenceon x in contrastto theapparentexponential
behavior arising from the approxim ate sim ple pole at q= il '
(
?rs. W e m ay
extractthe correct asym ptotic behavior of3t.)(x))rin thefollowing manner:
firstrewritethelogarithm appearinging((
#ks)as(seeEq.(14.8))
ln;t+ Lk.:.-I /2+yl
-
2/fs; fq- 2/:
ni
.m
+o.
jIn-
(q+uj.sju-y-'
n.
j
-- - ...
llog(q-2
î2
..
k
--
..;
-.
.)
2
2.-.
.
-r
.)
2 =j
2 . onCj
tfy- 2l-s) -
?-î; )-= onC2
l a
F
t
i
g
on
.
1
o
4
f.
1
8
(
/C
(
x
o
)
nr
t
.
o
urf
ora
s
y
mpt
o
t
i
ce
v
al
u
-
LINEAR RESPONSE AND COLLECTIVE M ODES 179
where u'
ï indicates the value ofthe phase on the rightside of the cut m inusthe
value of the phase on the left. Because of the decreasing exponential in the
integrand,allthe slowly varying functions in the integrand can then be replaced
by theirvaluesatthe startofthe branch cut. Thus we have
q2
ïH 2k
j;z
r
..
s
which was first deri:ed by Langer and N'osko.1 The expression (14.2647ô i<
qualitatively differentfrom thatpredicted in L-q. (l4.1f)and eNhibits1ong-rangc
oscillationsN.Nith a radialwavelcngth =,Ik'y and an enN'elope proportionaito .v''.
It is clear that 3 .p
'k(x),is an im proN' em(!1-
1t oN't
?r èf.
lz.
f(x).s1!
-1cc t1-
1e forrrle1'i11-
corporates the distribution ftlnction of the interacting mediun) i1- 1com pLlti1- 1g
theresponseto theexternaltield.
From a phl'sicalpointofs'ieu . the long-rallge ost?illations in the scrccl)iI)g
chargearisefrom thesharpFerrriiSurface. because ltis Ilotpossible to construct
a sm ooth functio1 outo1 -the restricted setot -$5a'ke vetzt0rsq -'-ky. T hisetlkct
was tirstsuggested by Friedeljzand such Frie(l('Ioscillatiotls have been obser:etl
asa broadening ofnuclearm agnetic resonancelinesin dilute alloys.3 A sin- lilal -
eflkct also occurs i11dilute m agnetic a1loj$,'the conduction electrons lnduce : ).il
indirectinteraction between magnetic in'
lpuritiesoftheform xl/cos(-
7.
1/..vj,).
where xi.l is the separation of the im purities.4 .A t lou butfinite telnpcrattl1'es.
the Ferm isurface issm eared overa thickness/ .'sF in energy. and itturns otlttllat
iJ,S.Langerand S. H .Vosko,J.Ph-vs.(-/?t????.Solit1î.12:196(l960).
2J.Friedel,Phil.At ftzg..43:153(l952):N'llot'oC'
I
'?'
>l
é'??/(
?,7:287,St
lppl.2(l958).
3N .Bloem bergen and T. J.Rowland,Actu -Wtz?.,1;731(1953);T.J.Rowland.Phb' s.Ret'..
119:900(I960);%V.Kohnand S. H .Vosko.#/lp. î.Rek'..119:912(1960):scealso.J.N.
1.Zlnpan.
op.cit.,secs,5.4.qnd 5.5.
4M .A.Rudermanand C.Kittel, Pll.b' s.Ret'.,96:99 (1954).
18c GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Eq.(14.26J) must be multiplied by the factor expt-zzrn?/ksrx,
//j2:'s). The
im portance ofa sharp Fermisurface isconsrmed by the behavior in a super-
conductor,where the Fermisurface issmeared overan energy width -.
î<-
.tE'k.
evenatF = 0(seeChap.13). ln thiscase,theasymptotic form ofthescreelling
density isproportionalto x-3coslz/csxlexpt-/
fsxl/ey),completelyanalogous
to thatfora norm alm etalatsnitetem perature.l
Thisquantity vanishes at
v2
J'
j= 4=rs(3=)-1
Rewriting thisexpression in dimensionalunits (see Eqs.(3.20)to (3.22),(12.35),
and (12.52))we hnd a collective excitation atthe classicalplasma frequencyz
given by
4=nel
j)2
#j= -- (I5.4)
W e shallinvestigate these plasm a oscillations in m ore detailby considering
the linear response of a degenerate electron gas to an im pulsive perturbation
extxf)= pïq-x(
I
)?a3(:)
whose Fouriertransform isgiven by
%*'(k,f
.
o)- +0(27r)33(q - k)
The corresponding induced density perturbation becomes
3(l
i(xp))= -t>(2=)-4j-#3/fdulcik*xe-il
x'tI4R(k(sl(
?cextk,(z?l
- -e+()piq-xtzvl-l.(dole-iu'fI-
IR(q'(,,)
= -e(;)c:iq*x(2=)-1.
fdcop-ia,!&0(q)-1tgxR(q,(.
s)j-l- j)
tA . L.Fetter.Phys.Reï'.,140:,
*1921(1965).
2Theclassicaltheoryofplasmaoscillationsisdiscussed attheend ofthissection.
- W '
o-tt
okq-.upk)-v/'?/
--
whereso
k= f?(/fs--k). Thus110RdiPkrsfrom l-
lt
2on1y in the lntinitesim als zix). .
The frequency and Iifetim tlof the coIlectlve modesare determ lned by the poles
ofthe integrand in Eq.(15.7).J These occuratthe values!
.jq- iyqthatsatiSfy
the equation
1-- k'(q)1-10R(q.f..
. 1q --iyq)
In general, this equation can be soll
ked on1). u.ith 1
)um er!caI a:
1a1jsls: it
-the
dampingissmail(' yqw'
ktjq).houever.thentherealand imaginar),'partsseparate,
and w e lind
PRe1l0(q.o,) -l
= sgn.
t2qIm l-l0(q-t2#) . .
do th
Equation (l5.1l)determines the disperslon relation (1# ofthe collectise mode,
while Eq.(l5.l2)then yields an explicit form ula for the dam ping constant.
This approxim ate separation of real and im aginary parts u illbe àhow'n to be
valid atlong wavelengths.and we now consider the expansion oflI0R forq -'.0.
A1though itispossib1e to expand Eq.tl2.36)forsm a1lf/.&&e insteadwork
directly with Eq.(l5.9). A sim ple change ofN'
ariablesin the firstterm ofthis
lln general, fl&also hasacutin thecompl ex (splaneJustbelow'therealaxis. with adiscon-
tinuity proportionalto Im 11R(q.u?)(see,forexanlple, Fig.12.9). As?--'cc,how'ever,thiscut
makes a negligible contribution to Eq.(l5,7);hence the donlinantlong-tlnle behaviorhrre
arisesfrom thecollectivem ode,whlch isundam ped in thepresentapproxlnlation.
182 GROUND-GTATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURC) FORMALSSM
expression reducestheintegralto
no'tq,(
sl-- 2Jjjk
j
2v2 dqk
)s,,
kgo,-(.,-1 .-
k-q
).
l
,.i
,-.--(.k+ql-.,)..
j
,
-
.j
-
Jta.p''
m kt-
&--:-
q.k/-
,,-
+iylz-(hqï/zm'b-
z (15.l3'
itisclearthatlmH0R= 0if1(z
J1>hkrqlm + hqllzm;inthisregionoftheq- (.
o
plane,ReI1oA= Rel40may beevaluated asan ascendingseriesinq. To order
4 we have
Re11os(q,ts)- 2y2 #3k 2âk.q âk.q 2
J(ayjjnîl+-m
...
syt,-2
,
-(.
o+3(s;
t
s)+.
k). y2
3 â/çsg 2
-'
j4
--1m(-
s
-il+3(m( ..
,)+''' (15.14)
lJtd
z,
'
r
k
/Nk-p
x-3 k
=;
'
i (l5.l5)
and themean value ofklforthe Fermidistribution is.
j.
#/. The dispersion
relation(Eq.(15.11)Jnow becomes
1 4,
s.
11c2 3 'hk q l
= yyy
-jjj
yj l+jj-
yyj
c
lt
'y +''- (15.16)
which can be solved iteratively to yield
where
jlq=+:
Dpll+j9
jtt
y
q
sj
,
j,2+...
j-j $=ne2 1
pj= -..
-?
?.1
...
- (j5.jg)
istheplasmafrequenc),andqvr=(6=ne2(e). )kistheThomas-Fermiwavenumber
introduced in Sec.l4. SinceIml-l0R(f/,j1q)vanishesifpflqr'
>hqkpt
lm + hqllzm,
these collective m odes are undam ped atlong wavelengths. Thisresultarises
f'
rom the approxim ations used in the presentcalculations;when higher-order
correctionsareincluded,theplasm aoscillationsaredam pedata1lwavelengths.l
Theresonantfrequencyatzerowavelengthistheclassicalplasm afrequency
and is therefore independentofh. To clarify the physics ot-these collective
m odes,weshallreview theclassicalderivationofplasmaoscillations.z C onsider
a uniform electron gas;the equilibrium particle density nnm ustequalthatof
the positivebackground nbto ensure thatthesystem iselectrically neutral. lf
'D.F.DuBois.Ann.Phys.(N.F.).7:174(1959);8:24(1959).
7L.Tonksand 1.Langmuir,Phys.Rev.,33:195(1929).
LINE'AR RESPONSE AND COLLECTIVE M ODES 183
theelectron density isslightly perturbed to
nfxt)= no+ bnlxt) (15.l9)
the resulting uncom pensated chargegivesriseto an electricheldJ*thatsatisfes
Poisson'sequation
V.d:(x?)= -4rreù(x/)- n,)= . -Anebnlxt) (l5.20)
Newton's second 1aw determines the force on the electrons in a small(unit)
volum e elem ent
m#
dln?
fl-mgpt
?
n/
v)+.(y.v)(?y)
j-.
-eni
pv
mno œ .
-ennéb
wherex= mœt
lhkFq. Thefactorx= 1x1sgnx intheimaginarypartretlectsthe
change from the time-ordered to the retarded function. An undam ped m ode
(I6.l2)
whichshowstheimportanceofashort-langepotential. Ifjz
'(4
2)wereunbounded
asq -->.0,the characterofthe dispersion relation would bequalitatively diflkrent;
inthespecialcaseofacoulombpotential(l
.
'(ç)= 4=e2/q2à,Eq.(16.12)reproduces
the plasm a frequency found in Sec.15. From this view point,zero sound and
plasm a oscillationsare physically very similar;they diflkr only in the detailed
form ofthelong-wavelength dispersion relation,which issxed by the behavior
ofql1
z'(ç)asq--
>.0.
Forcom parison,we shallbrieiy review the classicaltheory ofsound waves
in a gas,in which the equilibrium m ass density po= m nois slightly perturbed
Xxt)= Po+ 5P(X.
!) (16.13)
Therestoring forcearisesfrom thepressuregradient,and N ewton'ssecond law
becom es
d(P5')=0V!)+(v.V)(p&);
k:po0Y= -V #
ot
dt
... .
ê/ (16.l4)
Correspondingly,theequation ofcontinuity reducesto (compare Eq.(15.22))
obe -
'
-
tt -
v .(pv)x .--pov .v
v,p-v2z'(p,,s)-?
-(P
-
j
#
-
pjs3p-...;
z'
Pà#
-)srcap
p (16.17)
Hence3p obeysawaveequation
82àp,
a
3tl ,
..(yyv2jp.
where thespeed ofsound isgiven by
OP
ct= P
pm s
and the subscriptm now explicitly denotes the m assdensity. H ere the restric-
tion to constantentropy m eans thatthe process is adiabatic and thatno heatis
transfkrred whilethecom pressionalwave propagates through the system .For
aperfectFermigasinitsground state(5'= 0).Eq.(14.16)gives
Cj=j
(PPj1 hks uv
opyjj = sjyj= x.zZ
j
A comparisonofEqs.(16.10)and (16.20)showsthat
f'o= v'jcl (16.21)
in thew'
eak-coupling limit. A m oregeneralanalysisbased on Landau'sFerm i
liquidtheorylshowsthatt-oliesbetweenthespeed ofl
irstsound and x'1times
the speed ofsrstsound for a1Icoupling strengthsand thatthe two speedsare
approxim ately equalfor strong coupling. There isnow desnite evidence for
zero sound in liquid H e3,which is a strongly interacting system . Experim ents
indicate thatz(c(
)- t-jlycl;z0.03,in good agreement with the theoreticalesti-
m ates. Landau's theory also allowsa detailed study ofthe attenuation ofzero
sound and firstsound,
'experim entsfullyconsrm these predictions.
lL.D .Landau,Ioc.cit.;A.A.Abrikosov and 1.M .Khalatnikov.Rep.Prop.Phys.,22:329
(1959),J.W ilks,S'ThePropertiesofLiquid and Soli
d Helium,''chap.18,Oxford University
Press.Oxford,1967.
2B.E.Keen,P.W .M atthews,and J.W ilks. Proc.Roy.Soc.(London).A2&f:125(1965);W .R.
Abel,A.C.Anderson,and J.C.W heatley.Phvs.#el..Letters.17:74 (1966).
188 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
I7JINELASTIC ELECTRO N SCAU ERINGI
W e nextconsiderinelastic electron scattering from system s such asnucleiand
m etals. For sim plicity we retain only the coulom b interaction between the
electronsand thecharged particlesin the target
#ex= - p2 le1(X')l(X)d'Xd3X'
...-- .
lx- x'j
Throughoutthis section,the charge density operatorfor the targetisdenoted
éj(x),since,in principle,)(x)can difl
krfrom theparticledensityoperatorH(x)
(forexample,inheavynucleiwithalargeneutron excess). Thesmallvalueof
the 5ne structure constant(ezjhc ;
k'1/137)allows us to analyzethescattering
processin Born approxim ation. The m atrix elem entforthe electron to scatter
from an initialplane-wave state lkâ'h(ydenotesthespin projection)to a tinai
plane-wavestate !k's'bisjusttheoverlapoftheinitialand finalelectronwave
functions2
l
f
tk'-
s'')eJ(x')k.
s
-)= :fe.x,us
t'lk,)u,(k)
.
where the u'sare D irac wave functions forthe electrons, t1isthenorm alization
volum e,and we have introduced the three-m om entum transferred from the
electron
âq> âtk- k') (17.3)
ln an inelastic electron scattering experim ent.thethree-m om entum transferand
the(positive)energyloss
hf.
oEB(V- k')hc> 0 (17.4)
m aybevaried independently,theonlyrestriction beingthatthefour-m om entum
transferbe positive
V.
2% (k- k')2- (k- k')l= 4kk'sin2(.
j9)> 0
q2 - (
.
,,2c-2> ()
where we assume ultrarelativistic electrons with f= hkc and b isthe electron
scattering angle. W ith therelations
fefq-x 1 )(x)dsxdsx,= 4=
,
- jx x'1
-
qz â(-.q) (17.6)
/(-t0K fPCQ*X)(x)#3x
1Foradetailed accountofelectron scatteringfrom nuclei.seeT.deForestand J. D .W alecka,
Electron Scatteringand NuclearStructure,inAdvan.Phys.'15:1(1966).
2See,forexample,L.1.Schië Asouantum M echanics,''3ded.,chap.13,McGraw-HillBook
Company,New York,1968.
LINEAR RESPONSE AN D COLLECTIVE M O DES 189
the electron scattering crosssection for an unpolarized targetm ay be written as
#2 20-1 --q . f2)c1?k'
a= j-j/, s s' n
bg/jts-(En-f'
oljk'
.t.
I-,,:;(-q):
tF(),
)r2-jyyjj.
4.
n.2 c,2 2 /c. -l
s
(q?1(j2)I
u1'
(k'
)?
.,
(k)2tjj)
w hich follou'
sfrom Ferm i's -eciolden R ule--along u'
ith theincidentelectron flux
c/L1. ln Eq.(l7.8)thestates :1-t) and '1'
11)
'aretheexactHeisenbergeigenstates
ofthe targetparticles. The spi1-
1sum sare evaluated in the ultrarelativistic 11m 1t
w'
ith the relationl
lj',
1p
's(-
..qjtt'
(; 2jgho.
y- (E4
y- 1-()jj
g.
2 24).'2 j (p: 2 oos2((
'
è(2)
('',. -
?)-, (,c)4kzslI
(,c)q-cesz(- :-tt?c)
'-.-
Q .,.,,, -- .
t'7.'C))
(l7.12tz)
Im .N. xV
= - -
1oI; (-q)I H'n . n; --q : y
= n (
so. (u - y j. jly
= j)m
.,- -
.1-'
tj*
.g;'
F(-q.)
-!
'
-
'tj@
n'x
-- t
'
-j
-.).*
.n-?
.
- jl.
.(-q. j
-ao
.
.
n. N âr
.o - (En- Eo)- 11)
-.
-Xl-
'*(
?-
jJ
5
.
t'
s-
t.
t..
--
q-
).'
.
V.
l'
,
y-.-1
-
1
-X
.
,#(q)Vl-q-.j ()-;.)2,cj
.
. -
(En-z;0):r
s1,
3 )
190 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
Equation(17.12c)isequivalentto(17.12:)sincethelastterm inbracketshasno
imaginary partif(.
o> 0. Thetwo numeratorsinEq.(17.12c)areequalifthe
ground state isinvariantunderrotations,forthen the sum over n atsxed En
mustyield justafunctionofq2. W eshallhenceforthassumethistobethecase.
Notethatthe rightside ofEq.(17.12)vanishes at(. o= 0 and thusexplicitly
excludesthe elasticcontribution.
ln thisway we obtain the im portantresultl
1 dla 1
O.
M#f1,dz, =
- - - - rrIm rltq,q;(sl (l7.13J)
l #2c = 1
-
cM dL1't&'
- -
= Im l1R(q,q;(
sl (17.13:)
wherewehavedesned a generalpolarization propagatorforthetargetz
ïâI1(.
x,>')- (:'l'
-ohrE?,/(x)?'s(.
p)11%'-o) (17.1* )
mI1(x'y)- ( -d%
1,,)3 (#3 t?. dt .
v .
2.
*3 ' j-
zre'q-xe-foaflx-fy)c-iq.yfârltq'q';o.
))
(17.14:)
appropriateto both uniform and nonuniform systems(e.g.,hnitenuclei),and
corresponding retarded function
fâI1R(x,>'
)- bltx- /J ('l'o1(#,z(x).J,,(>')!!kF(
)) (17.15)
Equation(17.13J)isimmediatelyverised byinvertingtheFouriertransform in
(17.14:)andthensettingq= q',whichgives
I1tq,
q;t
z
')-)grklcol
pft-qll
f'
n'
l('l
'nI
#(-q)I
'l'o)
':(ht.
o-('
A-lfc)+i .
r
l-âf ,
a+lEn-
lsc)-i.
q)g(l,.j6)
Equation(17.13:)followsbecauseHR(q,q;f
.
t))diflkrsfrom Eq.(17.16)only by
having a+iy inthedenom inatorofthelastterm . Them om entum conservation
in a uniform system simplihes these results,
'comparing Eq.(17.12) and the
equivalentofEq.(7.55),wefindHtq,q';f .
t))= V3qq,I1tqstt)l,wherefI(q,(s)isthe
Fouriertransform in thecoordinate diflkrence x - y and P'isthe volum eofthe
target. Therefore
1 d2J F
cu #fl,deo= --
=Im Il(q,(
,?)
-
(17.18)
l 'x, 1 1
lRR(q.q;œ)= -
n. c Im HR(q,
. q;tz)') hœ ,- hœ - i.tt+ âf,a,+ xts + j, #(âœ')
ltispossibletoconstructsum rulesdirectlyfrom Eqs.(17.9)and(17.13).
forweobservethat
x
Jchdf
x'l-
t
wlko
#2
;
c
w,)---
.
h,*ImI1(q,q;œ)A
-'t'l%IJ#(--q)#('
--*lTn)
= (:1'01/1(-:)X--q)1'1%)- l(T :l)(-Y I
'I%)I2 (17.19)
Itfollowsthatthetotalintegrated inelasticcrosssection directly determinesthe
mean-squaredensityquctuationsintheground state. W ritingouttheoperators
ofEq.(17.19)indetailwehave
(9%l
?1(--q)?(-q)l
'l%)
-
fe-lq-x('1'ol'
/1(x),&(x)'
g(y)#j(y)I
'l%)eA-'dqxdqy
-
fe-iq-xt'.
l%I4)(x)4z(x)I
'.
l%)(val4,
1(y)4#(y)1 a)e'q-':3x:'y (17.20)
Thecanonicalcom m utation relationsim m ediatelygive
#1(x)'
(ktxl,g(y),i,gyl-&=bô(x-y)f4(x),/,gyl+41(x)4;(y)ygyl#zfxl
(17.21)
ahd
Jd'x#1(x)#atxl- Z (17.22)
wheretheeigenvalueof; isthetotalnumberofcharged scatterersinthetarget.
Thus we can write
h *
-
=
-
o
dœImH(q,q;tM =Z+Je-dQ**g(x,y)e**'#3x#3.
v (17.23/)
#(x,y)-('l%l#1(x)#;(y)f#(y)#.(x)l
'1%)
('l%I
#1(x)#.(x)i
-
'l%)('l%i#â(y)#/y)l
'l%) (17.23:)
Thefunctiong(x,y)isameasureoftwo-particlecorrelationsinthegroundstate.
192 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
In the specialcase ofa uniform medium,where g(x,y)= g(Ix- yl),we have
P'
â co a
- -
'/F o
dulIm l1(q,œ)=Z + F fe-iq'xglzjd z uniform system
(17.24)
Thematrixelementsin Eq.(17.23:)canbeevaluated fora noninteracting Fermi
gas(Prob.5.10)andgive
#04p
x-yj
)=-VJg51k
'6F
2j
S
x1
X
--yY
jJ
.112
X
X
- - - - - -
b(h.,-(En-Ef
j))- - --
X
X Fig. 17.1 Im fl in (J)perfect Fermigas
(J)II0(t?.to) (d))ringapproximation.
This im proved approxim ation keeps the quasielastic peak within the sam e
kinem aticalregionswhere Im I70(q,(s)# 0 butredistributesthe strength within
the peak.
In addition to the quasielastic peak,there are also peaksatthe discrete
collective excitationsofthe system . For an isolated resonantpeak atenergy
hto= âf aares,theintegrated strength givesthe absolutevalue ofthe inelastic form
factor
.
h lover dul jdfdj2
,a - !z-.o(q)'2 (17.31)
-resenance O'
M jye, .
where
Fa0(qJH paot-'
q)- 1
-E''q-*('1'
-*1'I
. )(x)l
'F0.'
)#3x
1- GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Atsxed energy lossâoares.theinelastic form factorcan now bem easured fora1l
42(stillwith therestriction q2> oQJ<2),allowing usto map outthe Fourier
transform ofthe transition charge density. By inverting this relation,we can
obtain the spatialdistribution of the transition charge density itself.l For
exam ple,to theextentthatthe uniform electron gasisagood m odel,thecross
PRO BLEM S
6.1. Consider a uniform noninteracting system ofspin-.çferm ions. Reduce
theretarded densitycorrelation function
iDR(x,x')= 0(t- t')(TcII:zf(x),?
'is(x')11
kF'o)h/'
(T-o1T0)
to desniteintegrals. Considerthefollowing lim its' .
'For a tunmition G tween discrete states,the phase ofFagqlcan l x determined from time-
reversalinvariance. (% eT.deForestand J.D.W al ecka.op.cit..appendix B.
)
2Thisresultneglectstheexchangescattering G tweenthe incidentelectron and theelctronsin
themetal. Italsoassumesasmalldamping oftheplasmaoscillations;however,theintegrated
:trengtha JTdœttt,p- t'
Iv)I+ yD-'Q$=inEq.(17.32)isindependqntofthedamping.
3'n e comparison with exx rimentsisdescri% d in D.Pinesand P.Nozières,el'
rhe Theory of
Quantum Li
quids,''vol.1,sec.4.4,W .A.Benjamin,Inc.,New York.1966.
LINEAR RESPONSE AND COLLECTIVEYMODES 196
(J) f= t' al1xandx'
(b4 x= x' t- t'< âe-l
(c) x= x'
.
t- t'>.neF
-1
and interpretthevariousterms.
5.2. RetainthesrstcorrectioninEq.(14.25)andderivetheasymptoticexpan-
sion(compareEq.(14.26))
w'here &z(x)= ,
(1txlttzzlay'
#,txl, and relate Dg(.
v-x') to Haj.as(x,x'). Use
Prob.4.12J to obtain Dclq)= âI1*
g(q) for a spin-! Fermisystem with spin-
independentpotentials. W hydoesDediflkrfrom D ?
t'F0Il
A.
#f
oA.
a1
'1%)- N.F..j-nz
is less than the totaldensity n= Nj#'. Nevertheless,the Bogoliubov replace-
mentofl(
)anda
?:
tbycnumberscorrectlydescribes,theinteractinggroundstate
in the therm odynam ic lim it whenever the num ber of particles in the zero-
momentum state remainsafnite fraction ofN . W earethereforeled to write
theboson field operatoras
(?(x)= #'(
,
)+ ;'
k
P'-1edkexck= (%+ (/(x)= nt+ (
/(x) (18.7)
wheretheprimemeanstoomittheterm k= 0. Theoperator/(x)hasnozero-
momentum components,and(0isaconstantcnumber.
Theseparationof'
;intotwopartsmodifiesthehamiltonianinafundamental
l
w ay. Considerthepotentialenergy
P= .
à.Jd?xdbx'()#(x)(/(x')P'tx- x')#(x')f(x) (18.8)
lfEq.(18.7)issubstituted into Eq.(18.8),theresultingtermscan beclassifed
according to the number of factors z?4. The interaction hamiltonian then
separatesinto eightdistinctparts
Eù= .
!.
rlàj
-#3x#3x'l
z'
-tx- x') (18,9)
f-l= èrztlfJ3x#3x'Ftx- x')c
/(x')(
i(x) (l8.10)
f'2= l.nOJJ3xJ3'
v'(
/A(x)(/ftx')1.
z
'(
.x--x')
Pa= 2(èrlf
))j#3xJ3x'(/i(x')P'tx- x')/(x)
Pj
z' ,e
# W
z #
x' N
Y'N y'N
& :5 :-
6
Fig.18.1 *rocessescontainedin f'forbosons.
entirely,a11rem aining destruction operatorsannihilatethe ground state,which
thereby beeom esthe vacuum
I0)H 1*0)- IA',0,0, (18.l9)
The vacuum expectation value ofthe totalham iltonian arises solely from Eq.
(18.9)
(01X )0)= En= !.P'-iNlF(0) (18.20)
whichisthefirst-ordershiftin theground-stateenergyofan interactingBosegas.
The use of Eq.(18.7) removesthe problem assoeiated with the zero-
m om entum state,butthefollowingdiëcultystillrem ains. Considerthcnum ber
operator
4 -Nz+fd?x4ftxl:(x)=Nz+1,
k
Jlak (18.21)
where Nzisacnum ber. Itisevidentthat.
V no longercommuteswith thetotal
ham iltonian
(T-+ Eo.
+ Pl+ ...+ P7,XJ# 0 (18.22)
z:2 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
since the various interaction terms alter the number of particles out of the
condensate. Asa result,the totalnum ber ofparticlesisno longera constant
ofthemotion butmustinstead lx determined through the subsidiary condition
N = No+ X'tt/kJk) (18.23)
k
where the bracketsdenote theground-state expectation value in the interacting
system . In Chap.10,we study an exam ple ofthisprocedure,butitisusually
simplerto reform ulate theentireproblem from thebeginning.
We thereforereturn to theoriginalhamiltonian X = 1%+ P,in which h
and Jc
lare stilloperators. Introducethehermitian operator
k - 4 - Jz# (18.24)
which hasa com pletesetofeigenved orsand'eigenvalues
2 1.P,)- A-
,t
'l%) (18.25)
TheoperatorX commuteswith,
9 sothattheexactproblem separatesintosub-
spaces ofgiven totalnum ber N. W ithin a subspace,the ground state clearly
correspondsto thelowesteigenvalue ofX
41
:F0(1))= A(/z,F,N)i
'1Cn(N))- Ef(l',A)-p,N)l'l'
-:(A-)) (18.26)
Theserelationshold forany valueofy.. Ifwenow chooseto look forthatsub-
spaceinwhichthethermodynamicrelation(4.3)holds
DE(V,N)
#.= (18.27)
thenwe willhave found the absoluteminimum ofK
:A'
()t,F.N ) 0E(P'
,N)
-
DN = ëS' - p,= 0 (18.28)
Equation (18.27)may theconsidered a relation to eliminateN in termsofthe
variablesp,and F. In thissubspace,theexpectation value (k1'06: 1:1'0))isthe
minimum value ofthethermodynamicpotentialatzero temptrature (seeEq.
(4.7))andfixedp.and F
r::1-0G)1: $
'F0G ))- fqT- 0,F,p)= (f - pA llr-o (18.29)
In accordance with general thermodynamic principles, !T%(/z)) therefore
representstheequilibrium stateoftheassem bly atExed F = 0,F,and y.. A llof
thethermodynamic relationsfrom Sec.4 now remain unchanged,forexample,
-df1(r,F,!z)
?pz -
8 v ( )!
r0,p,--y :,jz# )v (s))-(v,(s)).jp.*)
Fzr
, v,(s))
- ('l%G)lXI'1%G))- N (18.30)
wherewehaveusedthenormalizationcondition(X1%lN%)= 1.
BosE svsTEu s 20
Aslongasanand2()representoperators,b0thX and* provideacceptable
descriptions ofthe interacting assembly. W hen we use the Bogoliubov pre-
scription,however,thethermodynamic potentialofersa dehniteadvantage,for
itallowsa consistenttreatmentofthe nonconservation ofparticles.l Indeed,
p,m ay be interpreted asa Lagrange multiplierthatincorporatesthe subsidiary
condition(18.23). Wethereforecarryoutthefollowingsteps:
1.ReplacelcandIJbycnumbers
10-*Alà IJ-+n1a (l8.31)
Inthisway,# and# become
# -.No+;'4 au>Nz+X' (18.32)
k
7
# -..Ev-y.
NZ+ ;'
k
(e2-rzlallk+J)(6
-l
- Ez- gN.+ #' (18.33)
whichde:ne#'and#'.
2.Sincea11rem ainingdestructionoperatorsannihilatethenoninteractingground
state1*:2).itmayagainbeoonsideredthevacuum
lP(
))->'10) (1B.34)
W ick'stheorem isnow applicable,and wem ay usetheprevioustheorem sof
quantum seld theol'y.
3.A11theânalexpressionscontain thetxtraparameterNz%which may bedeter-
m ined asfollows. Since tlle equilibrium state ofany assembly atconstant
(r,F,p.
)minimizesthe thermodynamic potential,the condition ofthermo-
dynamicequilibrium becomes
êfltr=D0N,F,p,,Nè = (; tja.a5)
o s,s
whichisanimplicitrelationforNéV,y,
j.
I9QGREEN'S FUNCTIO NS
Steps1and2described abovearequitedistinct,anditisconvenienttotreatthem
separately. ln thepresentsection,weintroducea Heisenbergpicturebased on
X'and use the exactsingle-particle Green'sfunction to determine the thermo-
dynamicfunctionsoftheground state. In Sec.20,weintroducean interaction
!N.M .Hugenboltzand D.Pines,Phys.Rer.,116:489 (1959).
2- GROUNO-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FOnMALISM
picture and derive the Feynman rules for evaluating the Gretn's function in
perturbation theory.
TheBogoliubovprescription hasled usto considertheoperator
# = En- Jzyf
l+ X' (19.1J)
where
7
#'=Jd5x(/t(x)(r-la,
)4(x)+J=1
.
: (19.1:)
SinceX ishermitian,ithasacompletesetofeigenfunctions,and we shalllet
(O)denotetheground stateoftheoperatorX. ltisessentialto bearinmind
thatlO)isnotaneigenstateofX andthusdiflkrsfrom thestate$
'1'-a)pintroduced
inEq.(18.26). TheHeisenbergpictureisdesnedasfollows
t)x(?)> ei*''%t)se-l*t''
= efRL't1'(9se-tk'f/!
t (19.2)
wherethec-numberpartofX doesnotasectthetimedependence. ln particular.
thefeldoperator#(x)becomes
.
'
/?
'x(xJ)- ei#'flhfoe-ik't/:+ eik't/h/(
,x)e-ik't.
'
:
-(o+ 9Qtxl- nl+ t/xtxl
which showsthatthecondensate partofli'
Kisindependentofspaceand time.
Thesingle-particleG reen'sfunction isdesned exactly asin Sec.7
fG(x,y)= OIFIIL + 9Q(x)J(J1+/f
(010)
x(J')J)?O)
toj/xtxl+ ;;
f
K(1')jO) (O1rE#x(x)/,
x(>'))1O)
f
= ?u + a! (ty
j!o) . o yo j
o x,
-
jjq.4j
wherethe signature factoris+ 1foralltim eorderings.
W efirstprovethatthesecond term on therightofEq.(19.4)vanishes.
Thisresultdoesnotfollow from numberconservation,since!O)isnotaneigen-
stateofX;instead,theargumentmakesuse ofthetranslationalinvarianceof
thegroundstate. Thequantity(O l/1
x(x)lO)isalinearcombinationofmatrix
elements(OJ41O)fork#0,eachmultipliedbyac-numberfunctionofx. By
desnition,them om entum operator
ê= J
k
(âkt/kn =J
k
('âktzlak (19.5)
hasnozero-m omentum component. Henceê commuteswith#,which follows
either by directcalculation orby noting thatthe originaloperatorh itself
commuteswithê
(f%,êI= 0 (19.6)
BOSE SYSTEMS 206
so thatthe Bogoliubov replacem entdoes notalterthe translationalinvariance
orthe assembly. Each eigenstate ofX can therefore be labeled by a defnite
value ofthem om entum ,and theground statecorrespondstoP = 0:
f'To)- 0
The relation
(*,alJ=âkt/k (19.8)
impliesthat4 increasesthemomentum byâk,andtheorthogonality ofthe
m om entum eigenstatesshowsthat
(0 lt/k10)= 0 k # 0 (19.9)
therebyprovingtheassertionthatG(. x,y)takestheform
iGlx,lq- no+ iG'(x,y) (19.10)
fG'( tolrEt
. /'vtxl4'
x(y))lo)
x,y)> -- (0 1 ,0) - (19.11)
AsinEqs.(18.32)and(18.33),theprimedpartreferstothenoncondensate. With
theusualdelinition ofFouriertransfbrms,theexpectation valueofX maybe
written as
Ar= (9ïb= No+.P-(2=)-4(d4qiG'(q)piqnn (19.12)
where the limitT -->.0-isimplicit. Since G'dependson p.and - 6,
% through the
operatork 'intheHeisenbergpicture,Eq.(19.12)maybeusedto find . V(U,p,,Na);
alternatively,thisrelation maybeinverted to flnd /
.
z(Prs.
Y,-
Va).
The ground-state expectation value of any one-body operator can be
expressed in term s of the single-particle G reen's function. An interesting
example isthe kineticenergy
. 14
.. haa z
r=t.j'y= p'j
.
,.
-t
('
.-.T
2: -4?2mR-.
7.) ,c'(
.q)piqap (19.13)
v:hicb
,:shoN&s that the stationary condensate m akes no contribution to F.
also possibie to determ ine the potentlalenergy.butthe detailed proof -is m ore
ci-m plicatcd than in Sec.n'. Equation (19.2)m ay be rewritten as
ih-
Jj)x(x) (;s(x).<.,j
. -- (19.14)
t
Inthethermodynamiclimit.thefields('andf i%obeythecanonicalcommutation
relations.andthecommutatorisreadilyevaluated with Eqs.(l8.10)to (18.l6)and
(19.1).Aftersomemanipulation.we5nd
'#3x4l
xtxlLi
hj0
-
/-rssj(!
x(x)=2f'
c.
y.f'
q-1
-
'
4.
-2Cj-%.
v2f7
(19.15)
ax GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
where PIcommuteswith # and thuscancelsidentically. TheadjointofEq.
(19.15)maylx writtenas
fd,x(-,
:j-r+r
. z)4l(x)4x(x)
2Pl+ P3+ P4+ f'5+ 2P6+ 2P, (19
=
16)
.
whiletheiraveragebecomes
!.jdzxtutxltmj
:
-
j-w+(p
J'
)o(x)+gt-mj ê-
j-w
l'j+ Pz+ P3+ P4)+.
= !.
+p)::(x)j:hx(x))
(1% + Pk)+2b
.
gt-z
= 2;7- noD-n' (19.17)
z
wheref-isthetotalinteractionenergy
7
P= Eo+Jw1
)(b'
L (19.18)
Theground-stateexpectationvalueof(19.17)beeomes
J#3x1im 1im #.ihjê
.
-j- F(x)+ /. P,- F(x,)+ p,iG,(x?,x,t,)
t- ihèt
X .x t'-p,+
'-
= jê
2(P)- af èP (19.19)
no
therebyexpressing(P)intermsofG'.
Thethermodynamicpotentialatr = 0istheground-stateexpectationvalue
oftheoperatorX
f1(T- 0,P',/z,No)- (0 1
4 ,O) (19.20)
where iO)isassumed normalized. Thecondition (18.35)ofthermodynamic
equilibrium remainsunaltered,andwefnd
la
Px
f1
n)vp-eN
P,tol
fl
o)-rolap
xo)
o)-4o)d
PNP,-/
z1
o)-o (19.21)
This equation therefore provides a representation for the chemicalpotential
êP
p.= tOlONn lO) (19.22)
butitmustbenoted thatthestatevectorlO)itselfdependson /
.tand No. A
combinationofEqs.(19.12),(19.19),and(19.22)yields
E=;/+P)=jy.
N+.
if:3xx
l
i
'
-
mxt
l
j
.
-
m,
t+qih(1-a0
t,
j+F(x)jG'
(x,x'
)
(19.23)
BosE SYSTEM S 207
which may berewritten witha Fouriertransform
E-6N+.
iP-J(a
d,
o
*q4ju,.
j.hz
lm
q2jjoy
fg)nj
vav
l (19.24)
Thetherm odynam icpotential
otr-n)-E-sx--!.
sN+kvj(2
d,
*
4
q.jço+âz
2m
q2)i
o'lqlet
qz,
î(19.
25)
follow s im m ediately. Since Eq. (18.35) (
or Eq.(19.22))determines Nf
j(m),
whereasEq.(19.12)determinesN(y,,Nn),weare now ableto 5nd thethermo-
dynamicpotentialfrom (19.25)andthusobtainthephysicalquantitiesofinterest.
Theremaining problem,of-course,istheevaluation ofG'(x,y),which iscon-
sidered inSec.20.
*w
Fig.20.1 Basic vertices for bosons. Z /-
,
,
-
21n GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
thenumberofparticles. Theterm containing 97alsovanishesbecausetheonly
possiblediagramswouldinvolveholes. Weareleftwith/4and6,whichlead
l I
1 l
k A
l l
l l
I
1 l
1 Y
I l
l 1
(b4 Fig.20.2 Allhrst-ordercontributionsG'tl'
f 6
'
6 6
k
f )*v> . . ,& A
/' Y
:
A%
(:)
:
A 7,%l
A
Fig-20.3 A 11second-ordercontributionsG'f2'.
(g'
)
p p -#
/ -#
Z z
z' z
z .''
z z
z z.
p -p' p
Fig. 20.4 Proper self-energies
bosons.
)
J,*!(r) ).:l
*2Lr) 1:2
*l(r)
has one particle line going in and one com ing out,Fim ilar to thatforferm ions.
Theotheroneshavetwo partic1elineseithercoming out(Z' !
.'
a)orgoing in (Z% . j)
and reiectthe new featuresassociated w ith Bose condensatlon. 'the lou'est-order
contributions to these new self-energies m ay be seen expllcitly in Fig. 20.. 3:.
(ThechoiceofsubscriptswillbecomeclearinEq.(20.21).q
Correspondingly.A'z m ustintroduce two new exactG reen's function GI '2
and Gc 'j.representing the appearance and disappearance oftwo particles from
the condensate. They are shown in Flg.20.5.along NKith G'.where the arrows
indicate either the direction ofpropagatien in coordinate space orthe direction
ofm om entum llow in m om entum space. The Dyson'sequationsforthissystem
p -
p
-
Fig.20.5 Noncondensate Green's functions p
forbosons. G'
(J)) G !'
2(pj G2
'1(p)
212 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
were hrstderived by Beliaev.l They are show n in Fig.20.6 and m ay be written
in m om entum space asfollows:
(20.13t
7)
(20.l3>)
qt#
1
-
p
pz
'
Z
-J
p
7Z
d
e
z ,
P
Z
z
z'
#
Z
Z
Z
Z p
Z
-
p -p - /)
-
p
-
p W -p
z
/
z
z -p
# .
p p p Fig.20.6 D l'son'sequationsforbosons.
'S.T,Beliaev.Sol'.#/l>u.-./f'
'F#,7:289(l958).
BosE SYSTEM S 213
W hen these equations are iterated consistently,we obtain allthe im proper self-
energies and G reen'sfunctionsto arbitrary order in perturbation theory,
TheanomalousG reen'sfunctionsintroduced abovehavea precisedehnition
in term sofHeisenbergfield operators:
iG ,l2(x--).)- C'O
.
.-IF(
--r
. /y(-x)
,z .
k:t/'y
.a- .(-
T')jO . . ---. -
(20.14t7)
kx5u,:65.1: ',
C;'1
-c(/?)--tJ'(
'2(--J?) G-2,t(p) .
-C;
'c
'k(-.
/?)
The structure of Dyson's equations can be clarificcl by introducing a matrix
notation i1
)U hich
t'
L
- r/s(x)
.'Y)'
Rt ' ,'
-t
ys(xv) (20.l7)
() T-f
't1).F.f.'
.')f
-.
1's-
'(.'
k'
111()
0 0
E *'(A.,).)= ).-
' -* (v T') -
z
1
p1'' . N
.
-* (r ).
x-.l2''.') (20.21)
' ), .ac,(x.)') -j k.
I(1,.a.)
.
.
.
and
G0(x, G0(x.
-
)
.
, ;)-) g(
)--g ( 0
)
(.
)
,x) .
(20.22)
214 GROUND-STATE (ZERQ-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
Weshallgenerallyconsidera uniform medium,whereEq.(20.20)maybe
sim pliied to
G'(p)- G0(#)+ G0(,)Z*(,)G'(#)
G,(s-jG1'l(
p;
t)G,J
(2
-(,
p)j
c(() G0(#) 0 (20.23)
p)-g( ) cot-slj
E*(p)-(Y
X1
'
h'
l(
I#
X)X2'
ht2(
ç
-*
,)j
Itiseasilyverised thatthismatrixequation reproducesEq.(20.13). A matrix
inversion then yields
G,(78- pz+ (,?,- lxlh+ S(p4- Alpt
Dlpj
(20.24)
Gl'c(p)- - 1:)2(J') o'j,(s - -
X!1(:)
pl
D(,) gj
where
D(#)- Epo- z4(p)22- Eav -vh-,-
'-.
S'(p)12+ Eh(p)Et(J,) (20.25)
and
î'lp)- .
1.(12.
)1(J,)+ E'
r(-;)1 A(p4- .
iEY'
h(,)- E'
r(-p)) (20.26)
TheseequationsexpressthevariousG reen'sfunctionsinterm softheexactproper
self-energiesand arethereforeentirely general.
LEHM ANN REPRESENTATION
Before we study specisc approximationsforZ*,itisinteresting to derive the
Lehmann spectralrepresentation forG '. Theproofproceedsexactlyasin Sec.
7,andwefind (compareEq.(7.55))
c,(,)-
p'rg(P1
,,4-'(,
0)l
''p)fnp1:1(0)Io)
-,(au-x,o. ,.i
,
(0 I*1(0)In,-p)(n,-pI;(0)IO)
-
I I
j 1
A A
(J)
t
l p
'
-
# p -# 'h
l. p ,
#
I'-# # *'
' -# p -#
j ! 1 # ' .J. .
...- LI. I 1 I I 1l 1 I
k m' 1 .' k 1 1 '
t k k
(d) fc) (d) (e) (fb
+l eh
1
p -p
tI'(#)1I $4- 11
' +l +1 +p +$ +$ +l
G2,1(2ï: +! +l .1.
, +I
A' p -p -# k # k -# P k -p # -#
(h'
) (i) (j) (k) (l)
Fig.21.1 A11srst-and second-ordercontributionstoG3
'1andGa'l.
proper selflenergies need only be evaluated to lowest order,and Eq.(20.12)
showsthat
âXtl(X - NnE1z
'(0)+ P'(p)) lowestorder
which isindependentofpv. The Feynm an rulesofSec.20 also apply to Gl 'z
and Gc'I,and we exhibita1lnonvanishing srst-and second-ordercontributions
in Fig.21.1. W esee by inspection thatthe srst-erderproperself-energiesare
â12'
)c(p)= âE!l(J?)= nvF(p) lowestorder (2l.2)
again independentoffrequency. Thisequality of Xt2(p)and Y1l(p)for a
uniform Bose gasatrestcan be proved to a1lordersby examining the diagram s.
Sincethearrowsdenotethedirection ofm om entum flow,reversingthedirection
ofal1thearrowsisequivalenttotakingp+-+-p. ThusYtc(p)= Y1'
1(-p). The
symmetryofthediagrams,however.showsthatboth)Zt2and12ljmustbeeven
functionsofp,whichalso followsfrom Eqs.(20.16)and (20.24).
216 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMALISM
Before the solution of Dyson's equation can be used, it is essential to
determinethechemicalpotential,which can bedonewithEq.(19.22). lfthis
equationisrewritten in theinteraction representation,weobtain
*
- jm j x) r
m . u ajp
h m!
.- - dtj.. . #;m (.0tF #jLtj)...xj(/m).. =. (0)
m=0 * -.x) -co c'A o
8= *
?-f m 1 co cc .
- ,
.
m=0 $
-h- m
--.
y -a)dtj... -rdtg
t(
:
t
0jT(
A'j
(tj.
j...Kj
(u)jj
())
,
(2l.3)
wherethe operator0f-/foA% isassigned thetimef= 0. Thedenominatorserves
tocancelthe disconnected diagrams,exactly asin ourdiscussion oftheproofof
G oldstone'stheorem in Sec.9. Thuswefind
* m x
- i 1
y,= .h
- dtj..
m =0 m ! -x
The lowest-ordercontribution is
:f'
pt- '
ï0ôUNL,10N
p
-
lEoAa
-l+:v(
-
)l(0pPI+ P2+ I
h + 6 J0)+(2zVc)-1(0pP5+ % 10)
= atjp'(0) (21.5)
where the m atrix elem ents vanish because they are already norm al ordered.
ComparisonofEqs.(21.1),(21.2),and(2l.5)showsthatthesehrst-orderquantities
satisfytherelation
p,= /i)2tl(0)- âE'
t2(0)
Thisequation isin factcorrectto allordersinperturbation theoryand washrst
derived by H ugenholtzand Pines.;
Thesingle-particleGreen'sfunctionisnow readilyfoundfrom Eq.(20.24).
W enotethatz'
1(p)vanishesidentically,and a straightfbrward calculation yields
G'( po+ h-1gE0 p+ noF(p))
p)= z
J'J- (f'
p/â)
G'' :-1nop'(p)-
12(
:)- GL1(J')= pl- (Fp/â)c
where
Ev= ((ep
0+ ngp'(p))2- (n()p'(p)j2j+
= ( 02 + 2,6(,)nop'tplj1
:p (2l.8)
:N .M .Hugenholtzand D.Pines,loc.cit.
BOSE SYSTEM S 217
(2l.9J)
GI
'2(p)- Gz
,1(J')- - --N.è'p -F +. --)-t
-P lPP
: ,p . (2l.9b)
plj kp4 +l,
-
rl pe p/h-fj.
where
uv=(4.
F-1(ep
0+ nvp'(p))+ Jjl
(2l.10)
l'
p= (JFp
-lg60
p+ n()U(p))- !.)1
and theinsnitesimalszt
zthhavebeendeterminedfrom theLehmannrepresentation.
The m oststriking feature ofthese expressions isthe form ofthe excitation
spectrum Ep. ln the long-wavelength limit,Ep reduces to a Iinear (phonon-
like)dispersion relation
X n.(
?.lz'(0)+
;
4:h:
p!g-t
ytj
with thecharacteristicvelocity (com pare Eq.(l6.11)1
nvP'(
C=gm?-
)j1 -- .
This expression shows that the theory is welldesned only if l'(0)> 0. The
presentcalculation does not allow us im m ediately to identify c-as the speed of
com pressionalwaves,since fp is here derived from the single-particle G reen's
function rather than the density correlation function. N evertheless,a detailed
calculation ofthe ground-state energy (Sec.22)show'sthatc'isindeed the true
speed ofsound. Thisquestion isdiscussed attheend ofSec.22.
The behavior of Ep for large momenta depends on the potential l'(p).
and weassume that P'(x)isrepulsive with a range rv. Itfollowsthat l'(p)is
approxim ately constantfor p .< ro
-l,and we also assum e that
hl
??()P'(0)<:
.
t2n1-
-q
66
(21.13)
which lim its the allowed range ofdensity'. The dispersion relation f'
p then
changes from linear to quadratic in the vicinity of p ;4:lz?'
nnaP'(0),
'â2J1 and
becom es
Ep;k;e0
p + nf
jP'(p) ply>2mnoPr(0)â-2 (21.l4)
for large wave vectors. The lastterm represents an additional potentialenergy
arising from theinteraction with the particlesin the condensate.
2!8 GROUND-STATE (ZERO-TEM PERATURE) FORMALISM
Itisinteresting to evaluatethetotalnumberofparticlesfrom Eq.(19.12).
Onlythepoleatpv= -E,/h+ i' rlcontributes.and weobtain
13= ??o+ (2=)-3 1-d3p :.2 (21.15)
Thusl.p
2m ay beinterpreted astheground-statem om entum distribution function
for particlesoutofthe condensate. The m ostnotable feature isthe behavior
ofè.p
2atlong wavelengths,where itvariesas Ipl-i. ln addition,noisdesnitely
lessthan?tbecausetheintegrand ofEq.(2l.15)ispositivedehnite. W eseethat
the interaction alters the ground state by rem oving som e particles from the
condensate,exciting them to states of finite m omentum . From this point of
view,the increase oft.2
p as Ip)-.
+0 reiects the macroscopic oceupation ofthe
zero-momentum state. In the limit P'(p)-.->.0,theenergy spectrum f'
preduces
to eo whileù'
p
2vanishes,properlyreproducing thebehaviorofa perfectgas. A n
p,
equivalentobservation isthatthesecond pole in Eq.(21.9J)arises solely from
the interactions between particles,and G'(p)reduces to G0(p) as F(p)-+.0.
' '
t t
' t
' t
* 1 f
ZI2(,)= + +
/
#
ï*
/ ï l !
4 * .4 K.
!' f $' '
y I ! /
h /
Z*
21(/7)= + +
t ; Fig.22.1 Laddersum mation forproper
1 f. f' t self-energies.
1S.T.Beliaev,Sot'.Phys.
-JETP,7:299(1958).
BosE SYSTEM S 219
and itbecom esessentialto sum aselected classofdiagram sto obtain theproper
self-energy. ln particular,note thatHg.20.3/ and g and Fig.21.1.fand l
representthesecond term sina sum ofladderdiagramsforY* (Fig.22.1). This
sum m ation m ay be evaluated with a Bethe-salpeter equation,exactly as in a
diluteFermigas(Sec.l1),whichyields
x(p,p',#)- (2,,)33(p- p')+ (e+ 2my.h-2-,2+ fn)-l(2, 7.
)-3
s fd'qr(q)xtp- q,p',#) (22.1)
mh-2F' tp,pza' )= (2.
77.)-3fdàql.(qjy(p- q,pz,p) (JJ.2)
The/ .tinthelastterm ofEq.(22.1)arisesfrom theform ofG0(p),which depends
explicitly on thechem icalpotential. Theseequationsaresim plerthan thosefor
ferm ions because the theory has no hole propagation;forthis reason,they are
justthosesolvedasà'land 1M(
)in Sec.11,and theirsolution maybewrittenas
(seeEq.(1l.45)J
1->(p,p',#)--,.4=ahl?z?-l jpjt
z<,
t1,pp'!
.J-,
x1 (22.4)
where a isthe J-wave scattering length. H ence the corresponding proper self-
energiesbecomegcompareEqs.(1l.30)and(1l.40. à)
/iZtl(P)= N()F'(1-P,1-P.#)v nf
lF(-1'p,àp.#);
kr8'
zr??oahl?A?-l
:Zt2(J')= noF(p,0,0); k;4=.
noahlrn-i
/iY1l(C)= K0F(0,P,0)Q:4nnzahlrn-1
w eagainseethatYtctp)= E!l(p).
lt is interesting to com pare these expressions with those for a weakly
interacting Bose gas. For a short-range potential,the results of the previous
section can be written
â12tl(J')- 2/70F(0)
âYh(J')- âY!I(J')- nzL'(0)
ln Born approxim ation, the Bethe-salpeter scattering am plitude reduces to
Fs(p,P',#);
k0â2X(0,0)/,
zp-l= F(0)=4rraah2m-l
and thesum m ation ofladderdiagram stherefore replacesthe Born approxim ation
csbythetruescatteringlengtha. (CompareEqs.(11.24)and(11.25).1
22c GROUND-STAJ'E (ZERO-TEMPERATURE) FORMAUISM
The corresponding chemicalpotentialisdetermined from Eq.(2l.4). ln
thepresentapproxim ation,thedom inantterm sarise from theexcitation oftwo
particles out ofthe condensate, where they interact repeatedly and then drop
back into the condensate. Thisprocessisshown in Fig.22.2,where the hrst
term isjustthatstudied in Sec.21. Thernth-ordercontribution mustcontain
one factor 6-2to excite the particles,m - 1factors $7-7to allow them to scatter,
and a factor P1 to return them to the condensate. Since the operator
PP/JAOdoesnotcontain Pc,itmustfurnisheitherthe f'1orthe Pz. Theprecise
'
k' # T$ '
J#
& /
+
Fig.22.2 Ladderapproximation forchem i-
/ N
.< *. ?
'%
1
M calpotential.
(22.l3)
??- n 8 na? 1
.
-y-.
?=yj.
y-
.
which issmallin thepresentlimit. Notethatwehaveused Eq.(22.l0)foral1p,
includingtherangeIpi tz%-1:itiseasilyveriéed thatthisapproximationintroduces
t 1 because the integralover )'= (qa),
negligib1e errorin the lim it/7473<: - '(SnJloab)'
1
'
in Eq.(22.l3)converges.
In a similarway,theenergy isdeternlined from Eq.(l9.24):
E Z-i= jym +.(32=3)-1fJ3g(6q0- Eq)(Fq
.
-l(c0
Q.y 4=.nvah1m-1)- lj
=jyn-..hzfbrrllv(7.
)Y(l6=2p?)-l(X
0.
y)24.
.y,((.
2.
4,3-;
-.
3.
y7j(.
).
,
24-j-.
.,2
2)-1
- 2,, - .
jj
64=1(,7qg)1'hl 64'
;r1(>7fz)1'hl (22.15)
= jyn- - -.l.
5
.
u?7J-u-- ;
.
4:iua- - -l-ju-
=' ?-z7--
InbothEqs.(22.13)and(22.15),theintegralrepresentsasmallcorrectionof-order
(?7()tz3)1relativetotheleadingterm.andwehavetherefbresetnfj;4Cn. Thefnal
determ ination ofE and p.is m ost sim ply performed with therm odynam ics.l
Assum e that
p.= tWnahlzn-lgl+ a(nJ3)1)
where a is a numericalconstantthatwillbe determ ined below. Substitution
into Eq.(22.l5)yields
E 27z/2ah2 .
32 na3 '
i'
y,---sy I.(
xqna3)4.-j
-
j(--
#.
-j ,
p=-(e0f
vls=2=n
m2ahlLr*
ju
'
.-
6
j
4-h
/n=
J3,
j
/+j (22.22)
2. DP 1 OP
C 8pm m- ik 4yr
. .
mna
lhlL
n
g*
ju
'
.*
jx
uh/=
J3j+j (22.23)
Itisclearthatwemusthavearepulsivepotential(J>0)toensurethatthesystem
is stable againstcollapse. To leading order,the speed ofsound agrees with
theslopeofE.inEq.(22.12)asIp1.-. >.0;inaddition,Eq.(22.23)alsogivesthe
ârst-order correction to c. Beliaev has evaluated Epjhi
p)to next order in
(nJ3)+forsmallIpIand verihed thatitagreeswith thatfound above,buthis
calculationisverylengthy. Indeed,ithasbeen proved to allordersin perturba-
tion theory that the single-partide excitation spectrum vanishes linearly as
lpI-->.0,with aslope equalto themacroscopicspeed ofsound.3 Thislinear
dependencecanbeobtaineddirectlyfrom Eqs.(20.24)to(20.26),thesrstequality
inEq.(21.2)andtheHugenholtz-pinesrelationEq.(21.6)
D(#)-*#I- 2% Xt2(0) p-+0 (22.24)
whereweassumeXt2(p)iswellbehavedasp -->.0.
1T.D .Lee and C.N . Yang,Phys.Rev.,105:1119 (1957);see also K.A.Bruecknerand K.
Sawada,Phys.Ren.,106:1117(1957).
2T.T.W u, Phys.Ret'.s115:1390 (1959). Thisvalue hasbeen verihed by N.M .Hugenholtz
and D.Pines,loc.cïl.ywho introduced the techniqueused in Eq.(22.16),and by K.Sawada,
Phys.Aer..116;1344(1959).
7J.Gavoretand P.Nozières,Ann.Phys.(N.F.),M :349 (1964);P.C.HohenY rg and P.C.
M artin,Ann.Phys.(N.F.),M :291(1965).
BosE SYSTEM S 223
Theladderapproximation (Fig.22.1)includesa1lârst-and second-order
contributionstotheproperself-energy. Asaresult,thecorrespondingsolution
ofDyson'sequation (20.13)containsa1lthesrst-and second-orderdiarams
forthesingle-particleGreen'sfunction (Figs.20.2,20.3,and 21.1). W henthe
remainingthird-ordercorrectionstoX*arereexpressedin termsofa,theleading
contributionscontainthefactorsn4/3anddonotafectEqs.(22.14),(22.19),or
(22.20).Henceweseethatourmethod correctlytreatsadiluteBosegastoorder
(aJ3)1.
PRO BLEM S
6.1. UseW ick'stheorem toevaluateG'lpj,G'
lc(J),andG114#)tosecondorder
in the interaction potential. Hence verify the numericalfactorsstattd in the
Feynman rules,and obtainthediagramsin Figs.20.2,20.3,and 21.1.
6.2. IteratetheDysonEqs.(20.13)consistentlytosecondorderin F,andthus
reproducethe resultsofProb.6.1.
6.3. (J) Usethe Bogoliubovprescriptionto expresstheIeadingcontribution
tothedensitycorrelationfunction D(k,(s)intermsofG',Gl 'a,andG11. Show
thattheresultingD(k,u))hasthesamespectrum astheexactG'(Kfz)).
(!8 EvaluateD(k,tM explicitlyforadiluteBosegaswithrepulsivecores.
6.4. Provethe Hugenholtz-pinesrelation (Eq.(21.6))to second orderin K
6.5. Considera dense charged spinlessBose gasin a uniform incompressible
background(forchargeneutrality).
(J)Show thattheexcitationspectrum isgivenbyEk= ((âDpI)2+ (d)2)*where
Dplistheplasmafrequency(Eq.(15.4));compareitwiththatderivedinSec.22.
(:)Show thatthedepletionandgroundstateenergyE aregiventoleadingordér
by1 (a-np/n=0.21lr1 and ElN =-.0.803r, -1'e2/2e, resmctively, where
r2= ql4nnaé,J(
)= â2/-se2,andmpisthemassoftheboson.
(r)Deducethechemicalpotentialand thepressureintheground state. Inter-
pretyour results.
6.6. Suppose Bosecondensation occursin a state with momentum âq,which
describesacondensateinuniform motionwith velocityv= hqlm. Show that
the condensate lines now include a factoret'Q*K. D erive the analogs of Eqs.
(21.9)and(21.10). Find anexpressionforthedepletioninadilutehard-sphere
gas asa function ofv,and compare with Eq.(22.14). Show thatthe total
momentum densityisnmMand notnomy. Explain thisresult.
tL.L.Foldy,Phys.Rev.,1M :649(1961);125:2208(1962).
par: three
Finite-tennperature
Form alism
7
Field T heory al Finite Tem peralure
DEFINITIO N
In treating system satsnitetem peratures,itwillbe m ostconvenientto use the
grand canonicalensem ble,which allowsforthe possibility ofa variablenum ber
ofparticles. W ith thedesnition
k-
4
4 - Jz#
thegrandpartitionfunctionandstatisticaloperator(seeSec.4)maybewrittenas
zG= e-biù= Tre-lA (232) .
IG= z-
o1e-j#= el(f1-A) (;?.3)
whereweagain usetheshort-hand notation #= l//csF. TheoperatorX may
be interpreted as a grand canonicalham iltonian;forany Schrödingeroperator
ös(x),wethenintroducethe(modihed)Heisenbergpicture
dK(xm)- ekr/h0S(x)e-krlh (234)
.
Particularexam plesofinterestare
(*)=mfJ3xtr(cF(xr,xm+)) (23.11J)
- â2/2
(1-)=+Jd?xXIim '- lm t rF(x'
r,x''
r+) (23.11:)
+x
zx FINITE-TEM PERATURE FoaM Aulsu
Two-body operatorsarealso important,buttheensembleaverageofsuch
an om ratorusually requiresa two-particle tem perature G reen's function. In
the slxcialcase thatthehamiltonian consistsofa sum ofkineticand two-body
potentialentrgies (Eq.(7.12)1,however,the mean potentialenergy can be
expressed solelyin termsof@,exactlyasinEq.(7.22). Thecalculation starts
from theHeisenbergequation ofmotion
ê 0 s -
hà-
T
1
X z(XT)= ht-
iEeXT/W (X)e x./A)
= (X,#xa(XT)! (23.12)
Forsimplicity,weshallassumethatthe potentialisspin independent(compare
Eq.(10.2)),asisusuallythecaseinapplicationsoftheinite-temperaturetheory.
Itisstraightforward to evaluatethecommutatorin Eq.(23.12),which yields
(compareEq.(7.19))
h? h2:72
y;#xztx'
rl- zm-#x.(xm)+ rz#xatxm)
-
Jd3x'Cxytx'm)#xytx''
r)F(x- x#)yxztx'
r) (23.13)
Thusthesingle-particleG reen'sfunction satisfiestherelation
li ? ,, # , y:
m hj.
.
jFajtx'
TP- T 'F ,r,x r) =7:Tr)(;fk/xm) y Qxztxm)
-
.F
-
'
rr(â(
;f4,(x,-)g(>a
2m
:72+,)4x-tx-l
--
J#3xeYl
xylx'm)'
h ylx',
t r)F(x- x'
')'
fxatx'
r)
The lastterm isessentially the quantity ofinterest,and wefind
(P)-JJdnxdqxnP'tx-x#)Trgl(;'
(1(x)'
G#(x*)'
/ytx-l1Ja(x)J
p
P h2V2
=
UFJ Jd3xXl'im,x r'li
-
m -hV + lm-+ p,trFtxm,x'm')
-,m + (23.14)
where the cyclic properties ofthe trace have been used to change from the
Heisenberg to theSchrödingerpicture. Equations(23.11:)and (23.14)may be
combined to providetheensembleaverageofthehamiltonian,whichisjustthe
internalenergyE (seeSec.4).
E - tz?) = t/+ P)
ê hlV2
=E
FI.Jd3xAlim.x .'li
,.m
'-.. + -hX - lm + p.trF(xm,x'r'
) (23.15)
Them eaninteractionenergycanalso beused to obtainthetherm odynam ic
potentialf1,by m eansofan integration overa variable coupling constant. If
23I
u. Q.k#.s.. R,s wvg- ws
z
H(
xx)=jv+xlzd
s, zkxok
s mo +yk,
zx
#6.-'
l@=#.-yv
' az%=Q,a4erw vwuex=îaeamk?eueA d # 123.16)
e.cJ M %,
* 1esmvptveske,- 4>+ @v .IV >e V '
caaot.go> & w
:w-v.vwyfw wow- j-llu,kl .<'< k v '
ww mee o .hfw
4.r- à p*v> .fwn- .
j> #t>)' V x= e-M K=7ke-/At& , t,1.l7)
% aesvazzœw<
. N e.
a wx lx4..jt- N 3aJx
1>=-&'
rztx?a
-Gx
x '(x?.3t)
T* zhweà'A*jmil'w Lskwv < cacaa œ.> Aygve we..eytg.uw:
l/,x-hd #>*A% E1.tttlqlzlh.C (n ')1 L-f)> T.(>k.+xRln -
e .
J: V# qe s G -1 >a. 3=1 m
:7x
+ .x
- .
xx (x?
) (-j)?ss x o+xA; .
1. 4e m: +- dW
zx A
'eyzwl)< iwxvpkvi- 1 V + .4 * *.2 .f
V.nfwa- k.wykl% < .Y àc,ljâwu,m/- :ww u ew:th
JG -îl% a > 44 yrvâ&mws.IQ qcs'cjyywq 4ue<u.uloptk
<wA 4 4œ >Awsa A Le vepzpwex Jz-ovaju .4J y a J,- op.
1.<' *u ,41 G âvm ve 1.c,oe:
::@s
3% . .
=1 (m?
V
w -
)'
i(-j)hnTv(/:0+z%,)*-IîI) .
=-f*
+o((ns)?2-'f-pb-qT.((Aq+yî,)mH$,.
s )
=-fTx(efytgoj1)= -;
-
w
e-Flïszx/j,yx t.;.I,)
wl- 4...1 ûevzelhe- ;e .- M4 u)W 4* ejeye &y(:) #
.
x-kxwva 4 Els.(z3.
lî)%/Ejtz1,h)jxwta
ë;s x :-1zynk
31 -
jyN=x'
d4xv x (xyzp)
Iaejym é.v.,x=p % x=$
t
un-m.=J.x 1jx zs$,yx
-
(a3.<)
K w.x: dt.u +. 4wwsslh;cjv
o sa y
ue4. w . g.
Mku #e4.>1 ea # eo ai;j.(z3.
x)Ver* #vVoezaevtr.-
Jwölw W -wwo' g- w S- Jd 4.w w> om 'j< w
JlW *&< :x24% ow la' cm- .
+ .j- l;xu & yewsx.
a3I
EXAM/I.
E:ygyzvTgkàcTlyj.&ï&D M
k:w'AV .-+ 4,> aaG w-c' # or ehetv e t
G >'
: . #*
# (4xz:,=9f'
A e.'
-< ' e - .1.4* G <e
' &,W ew/-/* ?e40 m P ew- ,x 4 <
4o/w:d jW
t % (.7.3J). L -/,
'y.
4+ .
) '.t4?= ?-)x
k e7.
4-
4qsakx;0
1+(
.
0 k-zl .
. kl
- @ e qs:
=
x
. > fzxas)
*- w 4w oaze'a < e w- f- - m je 4w-zva
G &.:- we> c- G * W e - w!- vm ey4 % !,,.)
*Ae > ' ur e,,<.c- uc.t m- * twige,w,J
A k&é.. > '- 4- %*Q v* ,W W Yvto i% Ej.(R.%
> % . W< = .;'
r*'
.a.9.// .QeH<% >m 4.,- ,Tv
Ve '
w > ' - taaall
.
zx,tf,
1i t)= ?-z
x.zeA'
4'4r..o*%
. qyse-%*ya,>
%1t'
tzl=k-)zi
.
k -à
14xe
+'kx
é$.
s/
x
a k-x -(x3= e
'
-'
%c%
l% (o
k /
v yg e-<' /* = - c:e
k-y)ayxto)
37, D'M ' , ks wx)
.
FIELD THEORY AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 233
NoteagainthatEq.(23.26:)isnottheadjointofEq.(23.26*.
ThenoninteractingtemperatureGreen'sfunction isdehned as
Fyjtxm,x?m')= .
--ebx Tr(e-lXcFr('
#xa(xm)Ql/x''
r'))) (23.27)
and,fordehniteness,wesrstconsiderthecasey.> '
r':
F0
xb(xr,x'r')=-F-lkk
)j'Ajz1l
'
eltk*x-k'ex'ltyyjlajxjj,jj
x exp (4 -
h rt),
.+ (e2,-hp).
v' 't:lkzck
f'A,)a
-
gjk.(x-x?):xg (60
k- p.)(,
r- ,
r/) vxa..kAu.
-
m.a . jz-jjxbN jA10
-k
v h
which follows from the translational and rotational invariance of the non-
interacting system . ln addition,the ensem ble average m ay be rewritten as
tJkAJk
fzlg= l:
h:tJk
1l&k>)0= 1:i2Alk (23.28)
wheretheupper(lower)signrefersto bosons(fermions)andn2isknown from
statisticalmechanicsgEqs.(5.9)and(5.12))tobe
n2-lexpEjtef-p,
)1::
F:1J-' (23.29)
Theseequationsm aybecom bined to yield
f#'1b(x' r')= -3ajU-1jét?îk*fX-X'1exp (62- p,
r,x''
-
)('
r- m') (1:i:n(
k))
k h
(23.304)
A n identicalcalculation for '
r< r'gives
@L
) ' ' = F: kwtx-x')exp (e0
k- pJ
.)(r - m/) ?70
-
œj(XT,X T) U Jajpr-lN
t ef
' j k
r< r' (23.30:)
Asexpected,f#'
0isdiagonalinthematrixindicesand dependsonlyon the com -
binations (x - x',r- m'). It is interesting to evaluate the mean number of
za4 FINITE-TEMPERATURE FORMALISM
particlesNgandmeanenergyEnwithEqs.(23.9)and(23.15);astraightforward
calculation reproducestheresultsin Sec.5.
Xn(F,U,/z)= Zk Flk= Zk ICXPEl(4 - Jt)1E:
F11-1 (23.31J)
f:(r,F,/z)= Zk fzDî= Zk Ezfexp(j(eî- p,)1:
Y:1)-1 (23.31:)
where
Xl('r)= eX0T/'#le-hr/h (24.7)
Itfollowsthattheoperator#('
r,'
r')obeysessentiallythesamedilerentialequation
astheunitaryoperatorintroducedinEq.(6.11),and wemayimmediatelywrite
down thesolution
# C
D 1 a1 m .
(r,r')=
n=0
-j g-j ,
- -- r
drk--.j.,#,
rnFz(
Xj(,
rI)...Xj(mJ)(24.8)
Finally,Eq.(24.3)mayberewrittenas tAhzxm@('
ZY.DQ Y$ :
e kp!h= e-xar/.Qqy,(j)
- g4,p
lfrissetequaltojâ,Eq.(24.9)providesaperturbationexpansionforthegrand
partition function
ev-jja= a-re-jA
- Tr(e-i'c#(,â.0))
'''
-n
z
=0(-à
1j*à
1
-ijo
bht
s,...jc
bh#zaTr(e-fforr:41(,
r,
)...#,(a))J
(24.10)
wherea11oftheintegralsextend overasnitedomain. In practice.thisequation
islessusefulfordiagrammaticanalysisthan Eq.(23.22)becauseofdiëculties
associated with counting thedisconnected diagram s.
The exact tem perature G reen's function now m ay be rewritten in the
interaction picture. Ifm > m',wehave
Fajtxz.,x'.
r?)=.
--ebiùTr(e-##Qx.(x,
r)!4/x'm.))
=.
--ebiùTrtc-ifnJ#(#â,0)(#(0,,
r).
#zatx,rlT(.
r,0)!
x(J#(p,,..)#l/xzgzl#(,r',0)j)
- Tr(e-/fc#(jâ,m)'
#
;z.tx.
rl#(m.,
r')fl/x'm')'
:('r/.0))
Tr(e-/xo#(jâ,0))
(24.11)
where Eq.(24.
9)hasbeen used with m=$h. A similarcalculation for'
r< r'
yields
:
!:TrEc-f'nJ#(jâ,'
r')fljtx'm')J#@',m)f'zztx'
r)#('
r,0))
@(
z/txz,x',
r')= Try.-jx;wtjpj,oj
(24.12)
236 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
Equations(24.11)and(24.12)havepreciselythestructureanalyzedinEq.(8.8),
and itisevidentthattheym ay becom bined in theform
Thecondition'
r- r'< 0necessarilyimpliesr- 'r'+jâ>0intherestrictedrange
0< r,.
v'< jâ. Itisinterestingto seehow Eq.(24.15)issatissedforthenon-
interacting Green's function F0. Comparison ofEqs.(23.30/)and (23.30:)
yieldsthe relation
akej(,k0-B)= 1cszzk (24.16)
which m ay also beverifed direetly with Eq.(23,29).
= (e#e?:F1)-l (24.23)
The generalterm in the perturbation expansion (Eq.(24.17))typicall
y
containsthefactor
Trllo:T.L.LAC .../)J- (T.b.ihC .' (24.24)
where.
'f,A C ...,/ areEeldoperatorsintheinteractionpicture,eachwith
itsown rvariable,and
)G0= vplih-nb (24.25)
D esneacontraction
J'h'- (r.(,iW!)o- TrlâcnrzlyiWl) (24.26)
For exam ple,
'
Jzatx'
r)'l/
lljtx'm')'=-F0j(x,
r,x'm') (24.27)
FIELD THEORY AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 239
Thegeneralized W ick'stheorem then assertsthatEq.(24.24)isequalto the sum
overal1possiblefullycontracted term s
(rvEzi'
/c -../(12h(,- (.
z
f'.
â'C--.../.'-)+ E. ,
i'.
â.-(!'-.../.'')+ .-.
(24.28)
where(zi-'.
:-'C'.../--')isinterpreted as:
ici?f-C-.
. J''-../'--). Itisclearly
suëcientto proveEq.(24.28)forthecasethattheoperatorsarealreadyinthe
propertime@)order,becausetheoperatorsmaybereorderedonbothsidesof
theequation withoutintroducing anyadditionalchangesofsign. W etherefore
wantto provethealgebraicidentity
l.i.
âc ..-/)()- (,f-â.C--.../.'')+ Evi'
. -.
â''ê-.../-.')+ ..
(24.29)
subjectto the restriction '
rx>'rs>rc> '''>'rs,which allowsusto remove
theT.signontheleftsideofEq.(24.28).
It is convenientto introduce a generalnotation for an operator in the
interactionpicture,and Eq.(24.21)willbewrittenas
'
;zorW -7)
J
y,(xm)x, (24.30)
wherex)denotesajorJy '
tand xJ(x'
r)denotest
poltxle-eg,'
/'or+0
J(x)#eelrlh* w ith
thissimpliscation,theleftsideofEq.(24.29)becomes
tZkYC .../):- )g)2)(...I yaz,yc .u
J b c .f
xTr()s()n aoa.c' (24.31)
SinceXacommuteswithX,thetracevanishesunlesstheset(% '''(v)contains
an equalnum berofcreation and annihilation operators;asacorollary, the total
number of om rators must be even. Commute n successively to the right
Tr(p
-ccxax,xc ...ar)= Trtp
. Acoltu,t
vlvac...czl
+ Trlp
-ont
xNlaa,œclv '.'az. l+ '''+ Trlp mc:xtac '.'l(
u,t
xy.
lvl
zjzTrtp
-ccxbxc'.'ara.) (24.32)
.
where,asusual,theupper(lower)signsrefertobosons(fermions). Thecommu-
tators(anticommutators)areeither1,0,or-1(compareEqs.(1.27)and(1.48)),
dependingonthepreciseoperatorsinvolved, and m aythereforebetakenoutside
thetrace. Inaddition,asimplegeneralizationofEq.(23.26)showsthat
ejA;(
xae-bh = aaeàle. (24 33) .
l(
x4,sx,(
lv (24.37)
Xa
'Gj= 1::
Fnenabea
and we5nd
Tr()G0xatx,œc
(24.38)
which deines the traee of an operator expression containing a contraction.
ln practice,m ostoftheterm svanish.and theolïl)nonzero contractionsbetween
thetime-ordered operatorsin Eq.(24..
78)are
e
at' L
-a
-..t
j.a
-.j)
c = ---
..
p
--
j--. = ---..--1--.. = ).?a.
j aJ:= .:
.
. - v,be.? 1uucîe- ; e, nt 'z.--1 J
c.
(24.39)
t7.ut.= i
>,,t/,1v.= l - = 1+ nj
()
a J 1 uce-beJ 1 m e-bej
Both ofthese contractionsare also equalto the ensem ble average ofthe sam e
operators,and weconcludequitegenerally that
K't
xà= lxat
xpè
.0= ttfrlt
xaapll'o (24.40)
FIELD THEORY AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 241
because rx > '
rs > Tc > ' ' '> '
TF. A combination ofEqs.(24.31)and (24.38)
yields
tXWC . ../)0
-
i é)X '''.
N 5-Xax,xc'''X,.t-f'rEp
'
-c()xa
'(
x,
't
xc'
a b c ,.
+ Tr(p
''coxa't
x,xc
' '' 'ay1+ .
. /'.)v
(24.41)
The contraction isa c num berand m ay betaken outofthe trace,leaving a struc-
turesim ilarto thatoriginallyconsidered. Thesam eanalysisagainapplies,and
wethereforeconclude
. . # ..'u()
+.qX'h ''C ' ... f%-''))()+ . .. (24.42) .
Fotxjgj,xi'
rjl= .rJl
. im Fotxj'
.-+.r3+
rj,xi-
rJ..
F(1,2)=F0(l,2)-h-1fdbxj#3x4J;î
' G.
0
hdvj#,
ugukta
zu
'y+ 1)F0(1,3)
x 070(3,2)tf0(4,4)yz-c(3,4)A-@70(1,3)q70(3,4)q$0(4,2)4r0(3,4))A-...
(25.7)
Herethefactor(2J+ 1)representsthedegeneracy associated with particlesof
spinJ. Asnoted inrule7,F0(4,4)isinterpretedasF0(4,4+). ltmayalsobe
identihed asa generalized particledensity
(25.8)
thatdependsontheparameterp ;itthereforedifl -ersfrom theunperturbed particle
density unlessJ,
tisassigned the value appropriate to thenoninteracting system .
2*4 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORMALISM
FEYN M A N RULES IN M OM ENTU M SPACE
ThereisnodiëcultyinwritingoutEq.(25.7)indetail,butthediflkrentform of
@0(i,j)forrt;VJsoonleadsto aproliferationofterms. Forthisreason,itis
advantageous to introduce a Fourier representation in the variable 'r,which
autom atically includes the diFerentorderings. This step has been centralto
thedevelopm entofm any-body theory atfnitetem peratureand wasintroduced
independentlyby Abrikosov,G orkov,and D zyaloshinskiislby Fradkin,zand by
M artin and Schwinger.3 It leads to the sam e sim plihcation as in the zero-
tem peratureform alism .
Thecrucialpointistheperiodicity(antiperiodicity)of@ ineach'
rvarlable
with period jâ (Eqs.(24.14)and (24.15)1. Forsimplicity,we assumethat@
depends only on the diflkrence 'rj- mc,which represents the most com mon
situation :
Ftxl'
r1,xa'
r2)- '
.
#(xl,xz,'
rl- ,
ra) (25.9)
Forb0thstatistics,@ isperiodicovertherange2jâandmaythereforebeexpanded
in a Fourierseries
F(xj,xz,'
r)= (jâ)-1)
a
(e-îconrfftxj,xc,(sal
(25.10)
T H T I- T2
where
n=
tt)s= --j (25.11)
Thisrepresentation ensuresthatFtxI,x2,'
r+ 2#â)= F(xIsx2,r)and theassoci-
ated Fouriercoel cientisgiven by
lâ d
F(x,,
xz,
(
w)=.
i.j-ls'
ve'
f
t
za'
rF(xl,x2,m) (25.12)
ltisconvenientto separate Eq.(25.12)into two parts
vtxj-
'
,
xz-t
,
?nl-.
!
,.J-
0bhd-
reiœ-.gtxl-
-0
xc-
i
'
r)+!.j(
b
)'l-
reit-
'
-rg(x',,xc,.
r)
-+!.j.j,J,
re' n-rgtx1,xz-.
r+#,)+.à.j,
b'tseiu'a.
rg(xl,
xc,v)
-.
1-(1+,eï.
,a-,,)(0/'âvgeico-.gtxj-xz.o
-
.
(25.13)
wherethesecondand thirdlinesarcobtainedrespectivelywithEqs.(24.15)and
an elementary change of variables. Equation (25.11) shows that e-ioneh is
1A.A.Abrikosov,L.P.Gorkov,and 1.E.Dzyaloshinskii,Sov.Phys.-JETP.9:636 (1959).
2E.S.Fradkfn,Sov.Phys.-JETP,92912(1959).
3P.C.Martin and J.Schwinger,Phys.AeL'.,115:1342(1959).
FIELD THEORY AT FINITE TEM PEHATURE 245
n even boson
n odd
n even ferm ion
n odd
(25.l4)
where
(25.lf)
ferm ion
%0 (X1%. 0(X')'
v'
f(1 - /:S1.
y 1 .
u. . .-$t.
w. -
.u.u.-
c,
.
-
-
-
--Ji x
y(q-j
.
,-.-,.j (!
. (pg;uu,u.4)j .u
) , , .
:
h(r)f,.s,jq-..1jt
.
, .
--x
z'0 ,r.'
-i,
îx jr'.-...) ..+
(x q
%
9' (N.X .t
-
.
c
pn)u
c
ù ',.- .
' - ''
- t'j..)(t
ltsu. rc .- ..)
(2f.l8)
a46 FINITE-TEMPERATURE FORMALISM
einzbtt',z'
zj
e...jwapy
e- /w&/
r
Fig.25.2 Basicvertexintem x ratureformalism .
(25.24)
ThephysicalquantitiesN,E,andfl(seeEqs.(23.9),(23.15),and(23.22))become
N = :!
:P-(2*)-3(#â)-lJdàkéleiovn'ltrF(k,f
.
zJa) (25.25)
E = (4)=upP'(2=)-3(jâ)-ljd?k â& eikon'î.
jtjâf.
t).+ e2+ p trF(k,f
.t)al
(25.26)
fl=flc:
+P'j0
'A-1#A(2=)-3(jâ)-l-
fd3kX
neiç
unT
xJtï/ir
xpn- 62+ p,
)trF3(k,(sa) (25.27)
and weshallnow statetheFeynm an rulesforevaluatingthenth-ordercontribu-
tiontoF(k,f
x%).
1.D raw al1topologically distinctconnected graphswith n interaction linesand
2n + ldirected particle lines.
2.A ssign a direction to each interaction line. A ssociate a w ave vector and
discretefrequency with each lineand conserve each quantity ateveryvertex.
3.W ith each particlelineassociateafactor
bxp
@ljtk,oar
nl--
j- /j.,(,k-s)
-
(25.28)
*m
wheref-
tpmcontainseven(odd)integersforbosons(fermions).
4.Associateafactor'#'-otk,f.
t%lY Pr(k)witheachinteractionline.
5.lntegrate over alln independentinternalwave vectors and sum over alln
independentinternalfrequencies.
6.Theindicesform am atrixproductalonganycontinuousparticleline.
ate a1lmatrix sum s.
M ultiply by (-jâ2(2=)3)-n(-1)F.where F isthe numberofclosed fermion
loops.
Wheneveraparticlelineeitherclosesonitselforisjoinedbythesameinter-
action line,inserta convergence factorcfœmn.
Asan exam ple,we onceagain considerthezero-and srst-orderdiagram s
(Fig.25.3). Afterthespinsumshavebeenevaluated.we;nd
248 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
k&ttln k5u,n
ItisclearthatY(1)isindependentof-u)nandmaythereforebewrittenasY(j)(k).
EVA LUATION O F FREQU ENCY SU M S
The frequency sum in Eq.(25.31)is typicalofthose occurring in many-body
physics,and we therefore study itin detail. For dehniteness,considerthe case
zplane
r r
C C
C' 7= A' C ,
c# * 7= l.ttln C #
r r
Fig. 26.4 Contour for evaluation of
frequency sums.
FIELD THEORY AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 249
ofbosons,wherethesum isoftheform
X eîu'
nTUtt)a- x)-l (25.32)
withtz)a- 2nrr/#â. Equation(25.32)isnotabsolutelyconvergent,foritwould
divergelogarithm icallywithouttheconvergencefactor;x)m ustthereforerem ain
positive untilafterthe sum isevaluated.
The m ost direct approach is to use contour integration,which requires a
m erom orphic function with poles at the even integers. One possible choice is
lhlebhz- 1)-1,whosepolesoccuratz= lnnilqh= ialn,each with unitresidue.
IfC isa contourencircling the imaginary axisin thepositfve sense(Fig.25.4),
then thecontourintegral
Bh
?- - -
dz p4=
- - .
lni c é''9z- 1 z - .x
-
(25.33)
eit
zlxn lh dz :nz
iul?t- x 2=1 c,e/lz- l z - x (25.34)
n
where the m inus sign arises from the negative sense of C ', and it is now per-
m issible to let T -->.0. This derivation exhibits the essentia!role ofthe con-
vergencefactor. Althoughthefunction-J'
?â(p-l$9z- 1)-1alsohassimplepoles
atz= iœnwith unitresidue,the contributionsfrom l-
>would diverge in thiscase,
thuspreventing the deformation from C to C '.
A similaranalysismay begiven forfermions,where œn= (2n+ ll=/jâ.
Thefunction.-phlebhz+ 1)-1hassimplepolesattheodd integersz= iulnwith
unitresidue,and theseriescan berewrittenas
f,f(zao'
q -
)h yz eTz (25.36)
Fl0dd ïf
.
sK- x l=i c eb'z+ 1z - x
2* FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORMALISM
where C isthesamecontourasin Fig.25.4. Jordan'slemma again allowsthe
contourdeformationfrom C to C'because#â> T> 0,and thesimplepoleat
z= x yields
lim elau,l = pk
:*0atx,d iœn - x e'hx+ 1 (25.37)
Tlw twocasescan btcombintd in thesingleexpression
lim eltt
h' ph
ata - x = :!:e''x:!:1
:1*: a it (25.38)
whichwillbeused repeatedly in thesubsequentchapters.
Thefrst-orderself-energy (Eq.(25.31))can now besimplised with Eq.
(25.38),andwe5nd
âX dsk'(42.
:+ 1)F40)+ F(k- k'))
(l
)(k)=Jgsj exp(g4.-slj:
j
uj
=
U(0)(2J+ 1)(2.
*-3Jdsk'a2,+(2*-3Jd3k'I
qk-k')ak.
(25.39)
Thisexpressionappliestofermionsata11temperaturesandtobosonsatsuëciently
high temperaturesthatthe unperturbed system hasno Bose-Einstein condensa-
tion. Itisimportantto rememberthatn2dependsexplicitly on thechemical
potentialy.. Forthis reason,(2J+ 1)(2r4-5fdtknL isalso a function of/.
:
and cannot be identised with the particle density. Apartfrom thisone dif-
ference,however,Eq.(25.39)isadirectgeneralizationofthatatzerotemperature
(Eq.(9.24)).
oneparticle linef#0.
- Asin thezero-temperature formalism (Eq.(9.26)),the
self-energy isobtained byiterating theproperself-energy
Y(1,2)= X*41,2)+J#3#4E*(1,3)F0(3,4)Y*j4,2)+ . (26.2)
andthecorrespondingtemperatureGreen'sfunction obeystheintegral(Dyson's)
equation
F(1,2)= f#'0(1,2)+ .f#3#4F0(1,3)Y*(3,4)F(4,2)
IterationofEq.(26.3)clearlyreproducesEqs.(26.1)and(26.2).
Dyson's equation beconnes m uch sim pler if the hamiltonian is tim e in-
dependentand it-thesystem isuniform . A lthough itiseasyto writedown the
expressionsforspatiallyvaryingsystems(correspondingtotheGreen'sfunction
f#txl,xc,opnll,we shallconcentrate on the m ore usualsituation where the fkll
Fourierrepresentation ispossible (see Eqs.(25.23)and (25.24)1. Thesumsand
integralsin Eq.(26.3)are then readily evaluated,leaving an algebraic equation
Flk,f.t?al= F0(k,(sa)+ F0(k,(sn)X*(k,t
z)Jf#'tk,f,
enl (26.4)
where al1 quantities are assum ed diagonal in the m atrix indices. Equation
(26.4)hastheexplicitsolution
Ftk,(5nl- (F0(k,f
.
z)n)-l- Y*(k,(sa))-l
Fajtk,tzynl= bufliu)n- â-1(e2- p,)- Y*(k,tsn))-1 (26.5)
where the lastform has been obtained with Eq.(25.28). Thisexpression for
F(k,(sa)isformallyverysimilarto Eq.(9.33)forG(k). Thereisoneimportant
diserence,however,becauseu)nisadisctetevariable,instead ofatruefrequency
or energy. For this reason,the determ ination of the excitation spectrum ck
fora system containing onem ore oronelessparticleism orecom plicated than
atF = 0s'weshallreturn to thisim portantproblem in Chap.9.
ThepreviousexpressionsforN,E,and fl(Eqs.(25.25)to(25.27)1can be
simplised with Dyson'sequation:
J3# 1 eîkk
'n'l
N(F,F,
p,
)=:
TEl
z
'
(2.
8-
i
-l)j(zzp;yFslu.
-a-
.
-ju
o-
(yk.-
s
-j--'
j;w(k,
co
-jj
(26.6)
J3é- 1 j
f(F,U,
J
z)=E
FP'
(2J+1)j(a,
a.
)ajjF.)cwa.
,
y
xjh . it
p-1-+ â-1(62+sw
rz)tk
loln-h (e2- /z)- ,.a)
d3k 1 i
-urp,
(a,+1)j(a.),sy-e..
,
?
c +.p x*(k,oa.)
xjâ+j..-y-,(,k-s)-z.(k, .x)j . .
262 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
!4E*A(k,œJ
s'
!â+ ioln - h-1(ek s). swA(k,(sa) (26.8)
-
(26.9)
The second line ism erely the sum ofa geom etric serieswhile the lastIine follows
for0< '
r)<)h. (ComparethediscussionfbllowingEq.(9.36).) Thefkrmion
sum m ation diflkrsonly by a factorerf47/h and Eqs. (26.
7)and (26.8)therefore
becom e
E=:
!LPr(2J+ 1)(2=)-3(jâ)-1(dbkJ(
n
eiœnTge2+jâX*(k,(sa))g(k,tt)a)
(26.10)
ldv
j #3k .
fl=t'
)o:
!
:Pr(2J+1)jou-jjjp()h)j(ej
asyjjj
uwzjkyt
szsAykysa;
(26.11)
where b0th 1:*2 and GA m ust be exaluated forvariable coupling constant à.
Itis also usefulto introduce the polarization A and eflkctive interaction
F ,exactlyasinEq.(9.39). Inthepresentcase,wheretheinterparticlepotential
isspin independent,'
F-tq,(salfora uniform system satissesthealgebraicexpres-
sion
'
#?'
-tqsttGl= '
/'
-0(q,t
,an)+ '
/'-0(q,f.
'Q -R(q,œn)'
f/-otq,tz
/al (26.12)
IftheproperpolarizationJ1*isdeEned asthesum ofallpolarization insertions
thatcannotbeseparated intotwopartsbycuttingasingleinteractionline'#%,
Eq.(26.12)canthenberewrittenas(compareEq.(9.43*)
< (q,f
.
tGl= A otq,tz)nl+ A otq,tz?2Z*(q,tzG)A tq,f
.
':al (26.13)
w ith theexplicitsolution
'
#''
tq,uQ = '
#'-0(q,(,)2 E1- '
/'-()
(q,(t?2.
1'
1*(q,tzan)l-1 (26.l4)
Althoughthisequation issimilartothatatF= 0 (Eq.(9.45)),thediscretefre-
quency œnprecludesa directinterpretation of'
#'-tq,(zulasthe efectivephysical
FIELD THEO RY AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 253
interaction fora given m om entum and energy transfer. Thusthe determ ination
ofthecollectivem odesassociated with densityoscillationsatfinitetem perature
requiresa m orecarefulanalysis,which isgiven in Chap.9.
PR O BLEM S
7.1. D ehne the two-particle temperature G reen's function by
F xj;y:(xlrlsx2r2s
'xi
'r1
',x2
'r2
')
-
Trlp
'-sFr('
t
/
lsatxlrl)fxjtxzr2)7i'lôlxc''
r2
');'ly(x1
'J-1
')1)
Prove thatthe ensem ble average ofthe two-body interaction energy is
-
NP-
'
,x..>- -
'' à.fJ3x f#3x')'tx5x')y,à,,sar#zz.;ss,tx'm,xm;x'r--xr--)
. .
1 /(z)cothzJz= *
2=i ljn-i=
)((of -
c a.-
whereC isthecontourshownin Fig.25.4. Stateclearly anyassum ptionsabout
theanalyticstructureof/tz).
7.7. Use Eqs.(26.10)and (26.11)to compute thehrst-ordercorrection to E
and (1forboth bosonsand fermions.
8
PhysicalSystem s at Finite
T em perature
t-)+. *$)
0 Fig. 27.2 Dyson's equation for (.
approxim ation.
q.
# in Hartree-Fock
(27.4)
xa'j)eicon'n@(xj,x'
j,o-
,a,) (27.5)
g(x,y,(w)= C#0(x,y,(s,)+ .
f#3xI#3x'
lF0(x.xl.(,),,
)Y*(xl,x'
l)F(x'
l,y,(.
n)
(27.6)
wheretheself-energy X*(xl,x'
l)isindependentofthefrequency (sa.
The unperturbed tem perature G reen's function f#0 can be expressed in
termsoftheorthonormaleigenfunctionsofHf
j(Eq.(10.8)1,and wefind (com pare
Eqs.(10.l0)and (25.l7)2
F0(x,x', -q +l(X)çI
-j- ?î
((
rX')*
y--.
-s--
) (27.7)
(sa)-/-
J
.
j
t
s a.
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 257
In a similarway,theinteracting temperature Green'sfunction @ isassumed to
have the expansion
F(x,x', @k(x)çn(x')* (27.8)
fw )- J iœn- h-:(0 - p,)
where(yb)denotesacompleteorthonormalsetofsingle-particlewavefunctions
with energy EJ. The mean numberdensity can beevaluated with Eqs.(23.8)
and(25.38):
(H(x))= :!
u(25,+ l)(jâ)-1j)etu,n'lr#tx,x,f
.
sal
-
(2,+ 1)zJ !(s(x)12,,,
where
nJ= leblEl-l
at:J:l)-l (27.10)
istheequilibrium distribution function fortheyth state. Correspondingly,the
mean num berofparticlesisgiven by
N(F,#',/
.
t)= (2.
î+ 1)X ni (27.11)
J
which can (in principle)beinverted to *nd p,(F,V,NjifN isconsidered sxed.
Thefrequencysumsin Eq.(27.5)can now beevaluatedimmediately,with the
result
âE*(xj,xl
')= (2J+ 1)3(xj- xl
')J#3xaUtxj-xz)X
#
I
gb(x2)12nl
:i:P'txl- xl
')2J)+,.
(xl)m.
Jx;)*n.
i
-
5(xl- x;).fy3xzprtxj- xc)(H(xz))
:t:P'(XI- Xl
')Z
J
9b(X1)îb(Xi
')*n.
i (27.12)
A combination ofEqs.(27.6)and (27.12)yieldsa nonlinearequation forJ;Jin
termsof(/.
J
Itisconvenientto introducea diflkrentialoperator
h2V2
,, F j= ihu)n+ 2 '+ p,- U(xl)= ihu)n- Kn
t
m
hlV2
xJtf/jf
xu- --jy,u + &(x)+P.JF(x,x',(
w)
=
(2J+ 1).
'
j
#
)eJnp- !.(2J+ 1)Jdbx#3x'
>:Z
J
+.
/(x)*âZ*(x,x')+,(x')r,, (27.14)
wherethefnalform hasbeenobtained with Eqs.(27.13),(25.38),and (26.9).
Thisexpression can beinterpreted astheensem bleaverageoftheself-consistent
single-particle energies eJdetermined from Eq.(27.13),while the second term
explicitlyremovestheeffectofdoublecounting(seethediscussionfollowingEq.
(10.18)j. A combinationofEqs.(27.l2)and(27.14)yields
X ((2.
î+ 1)l
t
/1
J(X)
.12i
ç)
k(X')2+:y)J(x)*+k(X)Tk(X')*ç)y(.X/)j
which (for fermions) reduces to the usual Hartree-Fock expression at zero
tem perature,apartfrom thedependenceon/, Linstead ofN.
Itisinterestingtoconsidertheform oftheseequationsforauniform system ,
where &(x)= 0 and E*(x.x')= Y*(x - x'). The self-consistency conditions
then become m uch simpler,since@,(x)may betaken asa plane wave U-it?îkel
and only ek rem ains to be determ ined. D irect substitution shows that pfk*l
t
indeed represents a solution of Eq.(27.13);furthermore,the self-consistent
single-particle energy becomes
eg= 4 + âY*(k) (27.16)
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 2B9
Theself-consistencycondition reducesto
1
nk = (:
:-#)/ka'r :
!:j (27.l8)
in which ekboth determines,and isdetermined bynk. N otethatnkand nkboth
depend on p.,which maybeExed bytherequirement
NIT,P',p,)= (2J+ 1)F(2=)-3Jd'knk (27.19)
Finally,the internalenergy becomes
E = (2J+ 1)F(2zr)-3Jd?k(q - 1âZ*(k))nk
= (2J+ 1)F(2zr)-3fd3k(4 + !4E*(k)Jnk (27.20)
W eemphasizethatek,nk,andZ*(k)intheseexpressionsalldepend onF and p,
throughEq.(27.18).
a2 = -f#3
x P-(-x) .
x2
J#3x Pr(x)
- .--
(2g.J)
Eq.(28.6)canthen bewrittenas
P-(k)= F(0)(1- à(kw)2+ ...) (28.8)
where F(0) and alare both positive if U(x) iseverywhere repulsive. The
energy spectrum can also beexpanded in powersofkl:
(28.9)
where,from Eqs.(28.3)and(28.4),
t/3k/ k'l
et
l=lnF(0)-.à.
U(0)aljjj,
szgf
r:,-j
t
ws
-z--j
=2nF(0)gl+O(ma2 yk
zsFjj (28.10)
and 1 1gj.nF(0)ma2
(28.11)
(:
Jw)---(z
%f')FM+s+r()
%S)Fp
lThisresultwasobtained by M .Luban,Phys.Aen.,1M :965(1962)andbyV.K.W ong,Ph.D.
Thesis,University ofCalifom ia,Berkeley,1966 (unpublished).
'Someofthetechniquesused here wereintroduced by A . A.Abrikosov,L.P.Gorkov,and
1.E.Dzyaloshinskii,çeM ethodsofQuantum Field Theory in StatisticalPhysics,''sec.19,
Prentice-Hall,Inc.,Englewood Clifli,N.J.,1963,butour calculation difl
krs from theirs in
severalim portantways.
z62 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
Thelirsttwotermsontherightcancel(Eq.(4.9)),leaving
DK 95-
DT zs
=
F CY p.s (29.3)
Thisexpression diflkrsfrom the usualspecisc heatbecausep,isheld sxed.but
itallowsusto com pute theentropybyintegratingatconstant#'and y,.
befound
whereitispermissibletoreplacenq(T)byz?q(0)inthesecond(correction)term.
Atzero temperature,Eq.(29.16)reducesto the familiarform (compare Eq.
(27.17))
(29.l8)
whichmaybeconsideredanintegralequationforX*(q.F)- Y*(q,0).
Thefundamentaltherm odynamicfunction KIT,1
,',J.
t)can now berewritten
bycombiningEqs.(29.1)and(29.8)
(jâ)-lj)elœnTlihu;n+ eî- y,
)(F(k,tsa,0))2
=
)+ (2(e:- Jz)- âE*(k,0))h8nt
hnkll' -k
î(T) (29.21)
ek
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 26s
EVALUATION oF TH E ENTqo py
Theentropycannow becomputedfrom thethermodynamicidentitygEq.(29.3))
w(J
8-
.
S
?
u
'
)Fp-vlvj(/ 2
8,
31'
0 32(,.-slnktr)
-rj:
.yj(a#.
,
3/)
c)(..
k-s)(j-tanj azek-.v
#j,
p' djk z
2ksvn J(
-
2, *'SeCjjze1kk-.r
r)3tek-? p.
(29.24)
). The angular integrations are easily
which isan explicitfunction of(F,F,p,
perform ed :
W()
a-
sjp
/ ,
s..
irlk
p.
'r2(
*
)kzvt
klc,-s)2sechze
2k-
.T
M (29.
25)
which leaves a single integralover k. A tlow tem peratures,the integrand is
peaked atthe pointek= p, ,with a width thatvanishesasF -.
>.0. Ifwechange
aee FINITE-TEM PERATURE FoqM AujsM
r(P
j))FJ
Z-p'
kàwL
gkz*
w'
dk
%
'
<J
1ek=J
z.
'
2
#J(-c
ot
qfzsechcJ
=àp.
/
ciwgkzk
tjfà=/z (29.26)
where the slowly varying factor kldkjdqk has been taken outside the integral.
Theintegration atconstantP-and p,istrivial,and we 5nd
dz -1
SIT,P-,/z)= .
jl
z'
/cjF k2 àk
-! (29.27)
rk-p
The entropy isa therm odynam icfunction ofthe state ofthe system ,and
itisnow perm issible to change variablesfrom fxed p,to fixed N . To obtain
the leading order in the low-tem perature corrections,we m ay use the zero-
tem perature equation
N = 21/-(27.
4-3Jd3kt?(p.- Ek)
=
2F'(2r)-3jdàkjtks- k)= ;Q)(3,
rr2)-1 (29.28)
wheretheFermienergyisnow definedbytherelation(seeEqs.(29.13)and(29.17))
p,= eks= h2
-j/c/+ âX*(Vs,0)
--
-h2u-
-jk;+ t(2=)-3.f#3t
?L2P'(0)- P.(k - q))ptks-t
?))):.ks (29.29)
The derivative(J6k/#/f)tksatthe Fermisurfacedesnestheeflkctivemass
#E#' blk
i'
iiik = rn*F (29.30)
, F
and the low-tem perature entropy and heatcapacity becom e
iDs j . 2m * =2
S(TsVsNj
,=Ck=Tjjy/vy=NkLFj-
j-yj'
-j (29.31)
These expressions are form ally identicalwith those for a perfect Ferm i gas,
apartfrom theappearanceoftheefectivemassm*(seeEqs.(5.58)and (5.59)J.
A sim ple calculation yields
1 l l PE*(k,0)!
mw
-z=m
- +n
z-
a
s.
y. a
v'as -
j
rks (29.32)
Itisnotable thatthelow-temperaturethermodynamic functionsare determined
solely by thezero-tem perature excitation spectrum . Thissim ple result,which
pHyslcAu svs-rEM s AT FINITE YEM PERATURE 267
isin faetquitegeneralylarises here from the specialform ofthe Hartree-Fock
self-energy. Since X*(k,F) is independent of frequency, the spectrum ek
merely shiftsthe energy ofeach single-particlelevel,and the interacting'ground
state stillconsists ofa slled Fermisea. The low-temperature heatcapacity is
determined by thoseparticleswithin an energy shellofthickness; aJksr around
theFermienergy erEseks. Ata temperature r.theincreasein thetotaleneror
LE isproportionalto theenergy change perparticle ksT times the number of
excited particles
hEc(ksr)p'(2,
rr
)-3js:3k (29.33)
where the subscripts denotes the integration region Iek- eFlf ksF. Since
ksF <:
<:s,weobtain
''
hE cc(ksr)2arrj
jz#
k-
tjkr-(ur)2(a
3)j')*)F) (29.34)
wherem*isidentisedwiththehelpofEq.(29.30)andEq.(29.28)hasbeenused.
Thusweseethat
3OLELECTRON GAS
In the previoussections,we studied the H artree-Fock approxim ation atfm ite
tem perature,which applies to system s with sim ple two-body potentials. For
example,theFouriertransform F(q)mustbewelldeflned andboundedforall
q;theserestrictionsprecludebothahardcore(U(x)->.coforx< J)andalong-
rangecoulomb tailgU(q)--. >.azasq-->.0). M ostphysicalsystemshave more
com plicated interactions,however,which m ustbetreated by sum m ing selected
classesofdiagrams,exactly asin thezero-temperature formalism (Secs.11and
12). Fordefiniteness,we studythethermodynamic propertiesofan electron
gas in a uniform positive background;this system is particularly interesting,
because the hnalexpressionsdescribe both thehigh-temperatureclassicallimit
and thezero-tem peraturequantum 1im it.2
tk'a'n
'
j;(*
l)(k&
o,n)= q,tsa, k-q,(
s.-oln,
Fig.30.1 First-ordercontribution totheproperseif-
'
tk.o,a energy foranelectron gas.
tk.ttl
n tk,tl tks
/w
R>P k- q- p p+ q,tsj+ v Qy-j
tA)n* V - (Al1 q-p
k - q. p+ q p,ttll k- q
p,œ2
ut&- v o))+v p,
tzj œ.- œ l
q&v t/l-fzN
q,v k - q,fxla-v 4.*1
tk./
.
o '
tk.ts '
tk..
xv
(J) (:) (c)
Fig.30.2 Second-ordercontributionsto the proper self-energy for an
electrongas.
tk q tk q
pz+ q pz :
:q
:
:
:
q
k-q k -q
tl
q
p+4 p
q
tk Q tq
k
(X (:)
Fig.30.3 Ring contribution to the properself-energy in (J)third order
(b)higherorder.
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 271
term cce6jd% q-6.al1otherthird-ordertermsarelessdivergent(ebjd3qq-4
at most). Correspondingly in ath order,there is always a single diagram
l2â)ra:Jd3q(P'(t?))nthatismoredivergent(byafactort?-2)thananyotherterm
(Fig.30.3:). Thefundamentalapproximation inthetheoryoftheelectrongas
isto retain thisselected class ofm ostdivergenthigher-orderdiagram salong with
the com plete hrst-and second-ordercontributions
*
E*;zE*
(l)+ E*
(2)b+ Y*
(2)c+ n)=(
2
)2(
*n)r
= I:(
*l)+ Y*
(2)b+ )2*
(2)c+ X*
r (30.5)
whereY)'isthesum ofa1lself-energydiagramswiththestructureofFig.30.3:
(ringdiagrams).
SUM M ATIO N O F RING DIAG RAM S
Theevaluation ofY)ismostsimplyperformedbyintroducinganapproximate
eFective two-body interaction '
/''
rthatincludesthepolarization ofthe m edium
(compareSecs.9.12,and 26)associated with theclosed loopin 12;*. Figure30.
4
q,vn
q,G q.va q+ p
.* = vw - vqzvq + vn+ .1 p,
a,j
q&G
Fig.3û.4 Ringappro+ ation totheefectivetwo-bodyinteraction.
shows the relevant diagram s and the corresponding analytlc expressions are
'
#'-rtq,wl--Y'-(,
(q,y,
n)+ '
/'
-o(q,'za)J10(q,vn)'
#'-o(q,y,n)+ .''
- '
#'-o(q,p'
2+ '#'
-o(q,v2JIQ(q,r2 ' fz
--rtq,ra) (30.6)
The function J10(q,va)representsthelowest-orderproperpolarization insertion
and willbeevaluated in detailbelow. Forthem om ent,however,itissu/ cient
to solve D yson'sequation
'
/--rtq,p'
n)- '
#'-(,(q,'
za)(1- '
#-o(q,'za)-110(q,vn))-1
-
p'(q)Il- p-(q).
rIqq,p,,
))-1 (30.7)
Thissolution isformallyidenticalwith thatatzero temperature (Eq.(12.22))
exceptthat'/Gtq,valdependsonthediscrete(even)frequencyy'n.
272 FINITE-TEMPERATURE FORMALISM
+ + ''' = -
Fig.30.5 Ringcontributi
on totheproperself-energy.
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 273
ThecontributionY)(k,( z)n)to theproperself-energycan now beevaluated
directlyintermsof' iz'
h (Fig.30.5)
X)(k,f
.
t)n)=(-â)-1(278-3jd?q()h)-$j
Ua
lj'
Fvq,yz
a)
'
f--otq.rall'
-
#0(k- q,o)n- '
. %) (30.10)
Equation(30.9)showsthatJ10(q,pa)vanishesatleastasfastas)w1-tforlpnl-. >.x.
In consequence,the diflkrence $-r- '#-()also has this behavior,whiuh ensures
theabsoluteconvergenceofthefrequencysummation forY). Thisconvergence
maybemadeexplicitbyrewritingthesquarebracketinEq.(30.10)asfollows:
'
#'
-,(q,v,)- y'
-o(q,u)-s -stV'tq)- ---- p'(q)
qluyq,s)
(P'(q)12Jl0(q,'y)
.
l- p-tqjhotq,r)j (30.11)
IV W
t)2b
Fig.30.6
gaS.
274 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORMALISM
adding a factor 10joining the two ends ofX*+ Y*F0E*+ ...,thereby
makingaclosed loop. ThusX1),X?i),,XC)c,and X) taken oncelead tothe
termsfl),Dzp,fàzc,and D,shown in Fig.30.6,wherewe havealreadyevaluated
fàlwiththecorrectconvergencefactorsinEq.(30.3). Thereisalsoanadditional
second-ordercontribution (-
22,arisingfrom theiteration ofY?kt. Theterm D,
contains the m ost interesting physicalesects and is studied ln detail in the
followingdiscussion. Theother(explicitly)second-ordertermscanbewritten
outbycombining Eqs.(30.1)and (30.4). Itisevidentfrom Fig.30.6thatDac
and j'
ln are topologically equivalent,and a detailed evaluation showsthatthey
areequal. A straightforward calculation yields
(-
1a,
(F,P'z)=P'j#3*(a
,/ d?pd?qP'tql;'(k+p+q)n2nk(1-nk-jq)(l-nk+q)
.
o: sk-
yls.sko.
q.sk-r; (30.13J)
('
Lactr,p-,rz)- Dz2F,P'
./
.
z)
= -
!.p'
j(2x)-9fd3k#3,#3:)'(k-q)F(p-q)nkrjnk(1- rj)
(30.13:)
and the totalcontribution to the therm odynam icpotentialbecom es
fà= flo+ f1l+ flr+ D zy+ 2f1zc (30.14)
Notethatthecoupling-constantintegrationinEq.(30.1)leadstoanadditional
factorn-iforeach l/th-ordercontribution to f1,which isautom aticallyincluded
in ourcalculationalprocedure based on the properself-energy and the single-
particleG reen'sfunction. Asanalternativeapproach.D issom etimesevaluated
directlyfrom Fig.30.6withasetofmod/edFeynmanrules,butthecountingof
topologically equivalentdiagrams and the factor n-imakes such a calculation
quite intricate. Ourprocedure,however,requiresonly theFeynm an rulesand
diagramsdeveloped previouslyfor$ .
The preceding expressionsapply to an arbitrary two-body potential,and
thespecialfeaturesoftheelectron gasbecom eapparentonlyin theevaluation of
-1
!'
1r(r?Iz
'1rz)= r//?-l(2rr)-3j(jA-lJAJdïkZ cia'nnZ4A(k%(
-v œa w)F0(k,(w)
1#A j
- d% 1 A2(F(q)j2J10(q,pa)
-- -
joA
1-
.,(2,
.
43-
#jvl-A)'(x-j'J10(q.va)
J3: 1 x-x j
.
'IJ(2,r/phz ,
- s.,
.
,
;gotk-j,(o,-valgotk,
e
t
sal (3:.)j)
where Y'
r .3
k' la leer ta ken fr lm Eq. ' 0 1: 1. Jhe sura'lation overo)nconverges
evenif'?= 0.fnd : o11pa-.ispnwit? Eq.(30.8.slc'wstnatthequantityinsquare
bracket.is.
!iJ 0(q.vn). gB'eE)oM in Eq.(3b.18)thatJl0isan even function of
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 275
itsarguments.) Since F0isindependentofA,the integration over A is easily
carried out,and we find
fL, = - Z J*d3q gldhà2jF(q)J'
I0(qyprljz
.
z) sa .)jj-
xjyjj-j-j---jpq-l.j.
jjq,
-pal
=
P'(2j)-1(2=)-3jdbq(
j((1ngl- PrtqlJ10(q,s))+ P'tq)J10(q,s)j
Pa
(30.l6)
If Eq.(30.16)is expanded in a power series in c2,the leading contribution is
form ally of order :4 owing to the explicit rem oval of the ûrst-order term . As
shown below ,however,the sum m ation ofthe infnite series m odises this sim ple
pow er-law dependenceon el,and,indeed,e-4j1rdivergesasel--. >.0.
Furtherprogresswith Eq.(30.16)dependson theexplicitform ofJ10(q,ru),
and we hrstprove that
J10(q,pu)=J10(q,-s)
p-qr?0p inthenumeratorofEq.(30.9)
Add and subtractrlo
JI0(q,vu)= -2 (d3;)
2=)
.un0.(1---p n0)--n 0(
-1
-/-p-np
o,'
,)
3-?.-9.I. oy-
fvn- (ep qP.
- )-----
Thefil'
stterm mayberewrittenwiththesubstitution(p+q ->.-p)alongwiththe
assumedisotropyofthedistributionfunction(notethatE'
p= 60
o -p= 60
p)
0 '
. d3, j j
(q,pa)= -2 -
(.
jy-.
)jn0
p(1- np
0+q) ijjv, (rp
-
(
).sj.
.
y.
g;-yy,
u..(sp
().j
y. rj;
'
* d3n s0- <.
0
- -
4j(2='
)jn0
p(l-?
:p
o+q)t
-y
jssja
-p
-ts
-p
J-
tqj-
j
p
-
.q
-j.
j (30.18)
which proves Eq.(30.17). ltisalso clearfrom the above calculationsthatJl0
isan evenfunction ofq and oforderr,-2as'pn1->.cc:
J10(q,vn) '-- 4 c d5p3np 0(1- n0
p.q)(eD
p- so.
hql (30.19)
ivas-'c
o(â%) (2=)
cLAsslcAL LIM IT
Thering-diagram contribution to the therm odynam icpotentialD rcan now be
used to study two lim iting cases,and we srst consider the behavior athigh
tem perature and 1ow density, when the quantum -m echanical Ferm i-D irac
distribution may beapproximated bytheclassicalBoltzmann distribution (see
Eq.(5.23))
n0p= expL)Ly - vp
0)j= eH/kBT/-92p2/2mksT (?g.J())
276 FINITE-TEMPERATURE FORMALISM
ThisapproximationisjustisedwhenevereH/kB'
r<t1ortquivalentlyforJz/ksF -+.
-cc). Inthislimit,Eq.(30.19)showsthatJ10(ç,p,j)vanishesasF-2for /# 0.
Thefrequencysum inEq.(30.16)separatesintotwoparts
f1,=.
è.VkpF(2=)-3jd3qtlngl- Pr(t
?)Jl04ç,0))+ Pr(t
?)Jl0(g,0))
*
+ Fksr(2=)-3jd?q1j-j1(ln(1- P'(t
?)J10(t
?,2=/ksFâ-1))
+ P'(:)Ahq,l=lkzFâ-l)) (30.21)
corresponding to /= 0 and I# 0,respectively,and the divergence at sm allq
hasnow beenisolatedinthefrstterm (/= 0). Toverifythisassertion,welook
atthe contribution to the second term from a sm allregion around q= 0. In
thehigh-temperaturelimitEqs.(30.19)and(30.20)give
Aoqqnlnlk.Fâ-1).-+.4(2=/#sF)-2(2, 0-3j#3/(6k- ek+q)nk
= -
2e1no(2'
zr//csF)-2 F-. +ctl
wherewehavedesned
no= 2(2g4-3Jdqpnn
Furtherm ore,theproduct
ZW)Aolqgl=lk.F/i-1)-.
>.-4=e%l=IksF)-2hlnam-l
remainsbounded asq-.0. Thelogarithm in thesecond term in Eq.(30.21)
can now beexpanded asapowerseriesine1,and theintegrand becomes
z-'(lngl-p-tvlao(.
l
= 1 ?,2'
,
r',s?.
7)j+,
ztt
?lno(ç,2=',
'b''j)
,
1 * 1 e 4 hlnv l
T r p (,-,)(--)
c .- i ,. ,
Thesum overlconverges,andthesingularbehavioratt
?;k:0hasthusdisappeared.
Hencethesecondterm ontherightsideofEq.(30.21)contributestothethermo-
dynamicpotentialinEq.(30.14)inorderp4,justlikef-la,+ 2j1zr.
TheleadingcontributiontoflrthereforerequiresonlyJ10(ç,0).which can
beevaluated with theoriginaldefnition
#3p nz
p+q- nz
p.
z z.
p :3 nn - nn
..
Jl%ç,0)= 2 (2=)3ec q- e;
p.. p 2 p)aap+q p
(= p+q ap
-
....
(30.22)
Sincethenumeratorvanishesatthesameplaceasthedenominator,wecan keep
track ofthesingularitybytreatingtheintegralasaCauchyprincipalvalue. The
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 277
rem aining integrationsare elem entary and give
(30.23)
where
A. z'
nphl'1 l=hl 1
(. j.(p,yv) (30.24)
isthe therm alwavelength.
(30.255)
with the lim iting behavior
(30.25:)
(30.25c)
-
x-2wgztptzzrjt26MA-l)1.
. x1) (30.26)
Wherethesecondlineisobtainedwiththechangeofvariablesçz= 8,
' 77.,
62-3ebl
xelxz.
This equation contains the coupling constant :2 both in an overall coeëcient
and in the argum ent of tp ;we m ay obtain the leading contribution by setting
e= 0 in f/ltaintegrand,since the term s neglected are ofhigherorder in E'2. A
combination ofEqs.(30.255)and (30.26)yields
(30.27)
wheretheconvergentdesnite integralhasbeen evaluated by partialintegration.
ltisnotable thatfl,risoforderta3,although the lowest-orderterm in Y*
r
is form ally oforder e4. This behavior can be understood by exam ining the
z7g FINITE-TEM PERATbRE FORM ALISM
perturbation seriesforDr,whichisobtainedbyexpandingEq.(30.26)
DrQ$Z(2j)-1(29-3Jff3t
?(.-.)(8'
Jr#el81-3)2(eg-l)4(y4#1))2
+ jlu=qebHA-3)3(eq-1)6(p(éA))3+ ...j (30.28)
Theleading term (e4)divergeslinearly,the next(e6)cubically,etc.,and each
integralmustbecutofl-atalowerlimitçmin. Itisclearfrom Eq.(30.26)(see
alsoSec.33)thatthenaturalcuto/çmjnisproportionalto e,whichmeansthat
each divergentterm is really oforder,3and mustbe retained in a consistent
calculation. Our procedure for evaluating Dr provides a convenient way to
include al1oftheseterms.
The therm odynam ic potentialfor a high-tem perature electron gas can
now bewritten as
Dtr,F,p,)= fln+ f1l+ Dr+ O(e4) (30.29)
because the remaining (hnite)second-order termsare explicitly ofordere4.
W eshow,in thefollowingdiscussion,thatthe hrst-orderexchangecontribution
f11isalsonegligibleintheclassicallimit,andEq.(30.29)reducesto
D(F,F,/.
t)= Do(T'
,F./.
t)+ DrIF.F,X (30.30)
Athigh temperatures.the thermodynamic potential(1ntr,Pe,p, )fora perfect
(classical)gasisgivenby(Eqs.(5.24)and(5.25))
flotr,P',/z)= -2Fj-lel8A-3 (30.31)
andacombinationofEqs.(30.27)and(30.31)yields
2P': w
D(F,F,p)=--
p-ses/ksz'gl+j(2=)+(k
C2/
p
Aj1es/2uz.
j (30.32)
ThethermalwavelengthAisgivenintermsofFbyEq.(30.24);thusf2isproperly
expressedintermsof(F,P'
,p,
).
onlyatthispointisitpossibleto5ndthem eanparticledensityasafunction
ofJz
N(T,p'
,
p,
)--(a
0p
t
',
1)z.
'
z-2
AZ
aes/
ksrgl+(2,
01(y
d
(
.
2/T
A)êep/zks'
r) (3:.33)
Asusual,however,wepreferto considerasystem atfixeddensity'
,Eq.(30.33)
iseasilyinvertedtoirstorder.whichprovidesanequationforg N)
Y
ks/;
kllnt123(1-n.
1(C
:2
sNy
1j'
jj (30.34)
wherethefirstterm inbracketsistheresultforaclassicalidealgasEq.(5.26).
ThecorrespondingpressureisgivenbyEqs.(30.32)and (30.34)
Dtr,F..N) k y.j
#(F,V,
N4=- p, ;
kJns '
r*(k
y e2
sa
y
l.
)!
' -
(30.
35)
pHvslcAt- SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 279
which isthe Debye-l-liickelequation ofstatefora classicalionized gas.l The
Ieadingterm describesaperfectgas,whilethecorrectionterm reducesthepressure
slightly. Our approximations require that (e2n1/ksF)1<:
.1, which ensures
that the average potential energy per particle e2n% is m uch sm aller than the
therm alenergy perparticleksl' . Thiscondition restrictsthepresenttheory to
high tem perature and low density. N ote that the leading correction to the
perfect-gas law is oî order e? and cannot be obtained with any snite-order
perturbationseriesintheparametere2. Furthermore,Eq.(30.35)isindependent
ofh,asbeftsaclassicalexpression.
TheD ebye-Hûekelresultisobtained classically bysrstexam iningthecharge
density and potentialin the vicinity ofa single electron (compare Eqs.(.14.16)
to(14.23)). lfthemeanelectrondensityisnv(exactlyequalto thatoftheuniform
positivebackground),then the Boltzmann distribution gives
n 'k w
- = ee+a
,s (3:.36)
nu
where (p isthe electrostatic potentialin the vicinity ot-the electron (note that
+(x)-->.0asx -->.csbecauseoftheneutralityofthemediuml. Furthermore,;?
isrelated to thechargedensity through Poisson'sequation
V2p = 4xeta- no)+ 4zre3(x)= zWenokee*'kBT- l)+ 4,
zrp3(x)
;k;4=eck
nz+ + 4gre3(x) (30.37)
aT
when the last equality holds under the conditions discussed above,thatis,
ew .c
4ksr. Thisequation can be rewritten
(V2- qj)(
/?= 4=e3(x) (30.38)
whereqo isthereciproealoftheD ebye shieldinglength
4=nzel
t
?lH k F- (30.39)
s
SinceEq.(30.38)hasthesolution
%(.
X)= -eX-'f'
-OX (30.40)
thechargecloud around theelectron isgiven by
1 eln e3n
P = - V2+ =- (
)%'= 0 ewqox (30.41J)
clouu yg x>0 kBj. kBpy
oralternatively
e-qDx'
Pclouu= eqn
2 4=x (30.41:)
'P.Debyeand E.Huckel,Physik.Z..24:185(1923).
ax FINITE-TEM PERATURE FoRuAl-lsu
The w ork necessary to bring an inhnitesim alcharge elem ent -de from
inEnitytothecenterofthischargecloudisgiven by theelectrostaticpotentialat
theorigin. ThusifdW isthework doneby thesystem when thechargeon each
oftheN electronsisincreased by-de,we5nd
dW = y#eecloudto)= Ndefpclouutx)x-1#3x
=Nqpede=Nju4=w
Nyz
j+ezde (30.
42)
Thework donebythesystem in building uptheentirecharge,
-eoneachelectron
istherefore
e N e5 4zr1 *
l
'
p'
e1-jodW-a(pwsr) (30.43)
From Eq.(4.4)thechangeinHelmholtzfreeenergycanbewritten
JF= dE - TdS- SdT= -dW - SdT (30.44/)
#FIw= -dW tr (30.44:)
wherethelastform ofEq.(30.444)followsfrom thesrstlaw ofthermodynamics.
Thusthechangein the H elm holtz free energy oftheassem bly due to electrical
work is
Ne3 4=N +
F.k=-p'
ey=- a(vg gw
(30.45)
Thecorrespondingchangeinpressureisobtainedfrom Eq.(4.5)
P .t= - ppFel F
..S
P' zw = .2 (30.46)
P-
P el rrl e2al0 1
no/csT --
j- kaT (30.47)
whichistheresultgiveninEq.(30.35).
W ecannow verifythatf11isindeednegligiblein theclassicallim it. W hen
Boltzmannstatisticsapply,Eq.(30.3:)mayberewrittenas
D #â2(p2+q2j
-
l(F,U,Jz)=-4=elFe2l#t(2=)-6jdlpd3qIp-q!-2exp lm
F e2
-- )y e2sxsrjjdqxdqy e-x2-#2a (3().4g)
(,rA) lx- yl
where the dimensionlessdefnite integralconverges. A straightforward calcu-
lation showsthatDl/D,isoforder(hlnkjmjlelnkksTj-k,whichvanishesinthe
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 281
classicallimit(h .
-.
+0)or asF -.
+co. Thequantityhlnklm isan averagekinetic
energy perparticle,and f1lthusbecom esnegligibleifthisenergyism uch sm aller
than the geom etric m ean oftheaverage therm aland potentialenergy perparticle.
Finally,we rem ark that the lirst quantum -m echanical correction to the
classicalequationofstateforaperfectgas(Sec.5)isoforder
l l=hlnk ê
ebHQs.
in/3;kr1 mkst
-
'
which is sm all at high tem peratures and low densities. For com parison,the
Debye-ldiickelterm included in Eq.(30.32) is of order (c2/V sF)êt>1l8;k;
llelnkjlkslhà',which is again smallathigh temperaturesand low densities.
Itisevidentthatthe quantum correction isnegligibleaslong ashln%jm .
,
:
telnf,
which guarantees thatthe m ean kinetic energy is m uch sm aller than the m ean
potentialenergy. In summary,the three relevant energies (kinetic,potential,
and thermal)m ustsatisfy the setofinequalitieshlnkl
!m <x e2nk<:
4ksF;thefrst
allow stheuseofBoltzm ann statisticsand rendersD lnegligible,whilethesecond
ensuresthatthe D ebye-ldiickelterm representsa sm allcorrection to the perfect-
gas law.
ZERO-TEM PERATU RE LIM IT
The preceding section considered only the classical lim it, but the sam e ring
diagram s m ust be retained at al1 tem peratures to yield a convergent answer.l
Asan interestingexample,weshallnow turnto the opposite(zero-temperature)
limit,when the distribution function becomes a step function n0
17= t?(/
.
z- 6p
f
)).
O nce again,it is im portant to rem em ber that p.is an independent param eter,
Thus the mean particle density and the Fermiwavenumber kyHEEL?nlN;
'P')1
cannotbelixed untiltheend ofthecalculation,w hich diflkrsconsiderably from
thepreviousground-stateformalism (Chaps.3to5).
Thetermsf1l(Eq.(30.3)1,flzp(Eq.(30.13J)1,and Dcc(Eq.(30.13:))in
the therm odynam ic potentialhave already been evaluated in a form thatis
convenientat1ow tem perature. The rem aining dië culty isthe evaluation of
Dr,which givesthedominantcorrection to f1lbecauseitcorrectly incorporates
thelong-wavelengthbehavior. SincetheintegrandinAolqnvn)hasonlyasimple
pole asa function ofvn(Eq.(30.9)1,itispermissible to replacethe discrete
frequency sum (jâ)-1)(in Eq.(.
Pa
30.16)by a continuousintegral(2,8-1fdv,
becausethediflkrencevanishesatF .
--
>.0(seethediscussioninSec.29):
DrIF=0,F,p,
)=!.P/42rr)-4j*dvJdht1n(1-U+(t
?P)'J l0(ç,
p))z)l (30.49)
(t?)J10(ç.'
'M .Gell-M ann andK .A.Brueckner.Phys.Rev-,1* :364 (1957).
282 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORMALISM
Onceagain,itismostimportanttoevaluateJl0(ç,$ accuratelyforsmallq,and
Eq.(30.9)immediatelygives
o 2 #3p n0
p+q- a0
Jl(:,$ = - (2*)3l.
âv- qyzjnt)(pwp
qs jqa)
x, a #3p) q.vp
-
znl ((
p .5(,)
q.+0 (2*)ihv- (h Im4p.q
since thecorrectionsoforderq2in thedenominatorcan beneglected aslong as
vishnite. A tzero temperature,n0
preducesto a step function,and itsgradient
becomesVpnl=-p&(p-k0),wherekoisdehnedbytherelation
hk.= (2-p,)+ (30.51)
TheintegrationsinEq.(30.50)arereadilyperformed,andwe5nd
J10 kom 1 dzz
(4,r)= -N/z-j
h -jz- imvlhqko
kont
= -
n.aha A(x)
. (30.52)
where
mv
X = âçk (30.53)
o
and
1 Jz22 1
&x)=
. -+ xz-=
()zz l- .
xarctan-
x (30.54)
Wenow returnto Eq.(30.49)andintroducethedimensionlessvariablesx
(Eq.(30.53))and (=q/ko
o =Vh2/CJ4% gxdyrX(qa jjugj.4=e2
r 2-(2,44j-. :(
)- $L kà(2a()y(go(,â/cm
lxtjj .
4.
:,e2
+kl(zat jy()t,âkm
dxljj(a(j.
55)
Althoughwereallywantonlythedomir-
vntterm inEq.(30.55)forsmalle2,the
divergentbehavioroftheintegrand precludesadirectexpansion in powersofe2.
Instead,the(integrationwillbesplitintotwo parts:from 0to (0<tland from
(0 to çn. For (< (a.itispermissible to approximate J'Io/ko(,hkixtjm)by
J1040,hkkxl/m)= -(kom/h2=2)R(x),whilethefull(dependencemustberetained
for(> (o. Aslongas(0isEnite,however,theintegrand intheregion (> (:
can be expanded in powersofe1,retaining the leading term ofordere*. This
procedureyieldsEcomparethetreatmentofEq.(12.56))
Dr= Drl+ Dra (30.56)
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 283
w here
12
o-l- 1--
k
MlJ
8. 3(--xdxJ(0
te(3d(tIngl+kozj,(t)2atxj
-k,4=
m#i(t
cj2stxjj(y()
.j,
yu)
or2'
,
.
wz.g
x .
1g
V,
h3
mlp
/cy
)j(
**
-:
rtscg(
:
r(
)t.
aC;js
4j
rt
e.
zao(
j q
j;,(,hkm
àxtjjz (y(;,ygyj
The(integrationlnEq.(30.575)cannow beevaluatedexplicitly:
*
(,
'(-.
:3d(tlngl+-
d
te
szq--
- d
g-
zj-.
taze.tvit,gIn(l+-tt
jz,
l--
'
dte
-
jz
-j
1-,(,+-t-
d-)) -
*.
$.12:4(1n(ad,2)- J.- 2ln(o)+ O(e6)
(30.58)
where
4mR(x).
,
dtxl=ko'
rr
hz F
co
4'
m
râc(j..xarotanx
1.
) (30.
59)
Thisexpression exhibitsthenonanalytic behaviorofflr. A lthough the desnite
integralis fnite for any (0> 0.each term of the formalperturbation series
diverges:
.
(0
1B(3#()lngl+'
/j-'
X(C
c2) -((,dy 1
.
*(0dï
= -
J,42e4j0y+
>+jz
- 43e6.1
j0y*
j+. (30.
60)
ThisbehaviorissimilartothatofEq.(30.28)describingaclassicalelectrongas.
The high- and low-tem perature lim its diflkr in one im portant way, however,
because the leading term here diverges logarithm ically rather than linearly.
Inconsequence,whenEq.(30.60)iscutofl-atalowerlimit(mincce,weseethat
thefirstterm isofordere4lnewhiletherem aining onesareofordere4,in contrast
totheP dependenceofeachterm inEq.(30.28). Itisthisisolationofthe:41nEz
behaviorthatallowed usto determ ine theleading term in thecorrelationenergy
directly from the second-order term in the ground-state energy (Prob. 1.5).
The contribution Drcalso exhibitsa logarithmic singularity as (c--.
>.0,
becauseJ10(/c0(,hkixljm)approachesaconstantvalue as(-.
+.0. Itiseasily
verifedfrom Eq.(30.52)thatthedivergenceisidenticalwith thatinEq.(30.58),
and the quantity
6 li
1(x4M-4.
5(,.(
jtA2(x)ln(c+jâ
m
s2
y
:
7(
2
)
.
)2.((
X,6;gno(kn(,'',
t-
''
t)j2)(30.61)
284 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
is:nite. A combinati
onofEqs.(30.56).(30.58),and(30.61)yields
DrQ;P
:32 kp *
= 3m
j-.dx)'faa(x))ajngezxtxlj- jyaxtxljz
l'
E
+--
4j
=
-(â
mzk
el
z42uxjj(g
p.
6p
correct through order e4. The calculation has now been reduced to a one-
dimensionalintegralcontainingthefunctions:(.
x)and1(x)sgiveninEqs.(30.59)
and(30.61).
Beforewecompletetheevaluation off1,,itisusefultocollecta1ltheterms
of(1through ordere4lndand e4:
D(F,F,p)= flc+ Dj+ t'
1,+ flz,+ 2f1zc (30.63)
To the same orderofapproximation,the mean numberofparticlesisgiven by
#(r,
p)=-tMuj
F, fI
ss=-êa
flc pfll p(f1r+ (1a,+ 2f1cr)
s-og- as (30.
64)
which expressesN asafunction ofy.. These/w't?equations(30.63)and(30.64)
providea valid and complete descri
ption of a degenerate electron gas.forthey
constituteaparametricrelation betweenN and f1. Nevertheless, itisfrequently
convenientto eliminate p,explicitly'
,thisisreadily performed by expanding p,
asaperturbation seriesl
M= /z0+ JLl+ /12+ ''' (30.65)
wherethesubscriptdenotesthecorrespondingorderine2,andthen byexpanding
each term on therightsideofEq.(30.64)asa Taylorseriesaboutthe value
Jz= n . Equation(30.64)cannow beinvertedorderbyorderine2,andthesrst
two term syield
N= -
dfl.
c
drz s-so (30.66)
(pf1l/ap,),,-,,,
#'l= -(azfto/arz2j.-.. (30.67)
Herethesrstequationdeterm inespmasafunction ofN,whilethesecond detcr-
minesp,1in termsofpm(and thereforeN4. Notethatp,()isjustthechemical
potentialforanidealFermigasattemperaturerwithdensityNIF.
The change ofvariable from p,to N indicatesthatthe relevantthermo-
dynamicfunctionistheHelmholtzfreeenergy (seeEq.(4.5))
F(r,V,Nj= E - TS= D + IJ.N
lThepresenttreatmentfollowsthatofW .KohnandJ.M .Luttinger,Phys.Rev.,t18:41(19648.
PHYSICAL SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 285
which m ay beform ally expanded through second orderin powersof,2:
pfl ?2j1
F=Dotp.ol+(JzI+rzzl-sf
p. .-.0 +1./,1-i-r-
z)
- s-ya +DlGol
?
+P'
1,?
+/
-
tj - -
, p-lxll
(-
8f?
.
p.(
e
0g,I
qjj)yjs-s, (30.70)
/92()a(0,#',rz)
!, as2 ) ,-s,
In thislim it,the zero-order term p,oisgiven by
hl 73,
77.2N '
i h2/(.k- (30.71)
#'
o(X )= gsy
( p--
' K-j-
///-=61
where kr is the usualFerm iwavenum ber. The subsequentdiscussion shows
thatthe lastterm ofEq.(30.69)(in square brackets)vanishes atF = 0. Con-
sequently,the ground-state energy ofthe Atparticle interacting system hasthe
followingexpansion
E - Ez+ .
t'
1,(E'k.)+ Drte'yl+ t'
12,(e'
î.) (30.72)
because F - E - TS ..
->.E asF -.>.0. Here the firstterm foisthe ground-state
energy ofthecorrespondingperfectFermigasgf'
o= -
j.k
ve/l.whilef1l(6k.)isthe
srst-orderexchangeenergy(compareEqs.(3.34)and(30.3:))
f1l(6))= -4=e2Pr(2=)-6jd?p(/3(y4p- qj-2jjks-pjpjks- qj (30.73)
TheremainingtermsofEq.(30.72)clearlyrepresenttheleadingcontributionto
the correlation energy
fcorr= Dr(6/)+ (11,(eî.) (30.74)
28e FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
Thedom inantterm in the correlation energy com esfrom the long-wave-
length partof(1r. Introducing the usualdimensionlessunits(see Sec.3)and
identifyingkowith ks,wecan write
Nel
fcor,= 2 ecorr (30.75)
.
wherefrom Eqs.(30.59)and(30.62)
3 co z
ecor=4-
jlnGJ-.I
A@))dx G*0 (30.76)
TheintegralismosteasilyperformedwiththeintegralrepresentationEq.(30.54)
l l co
j*
-Xd
x(R(x))2=jvdyjt
j(f
zJ #x(yz.y.x:
,
2
;z
z 2z.j.azj
(z ..
.
=rjo
'dyj;
'#zyA
.
'
j
Z.y
= 3=(1- ln2) (30.77)
Thus
2
ecorr= 4-1(1- ln2)lnr,+ const r,->.0 (30.78)
whichagreeswithEq.(12.61).
Theconstantterm canalsobeobtainedfrom Eq.(30.74),buttheevaluation
is considerably m ore dië cult. Introducing the same dim ensionless unitsinto
Eqs.(30.13c)and(30.62)gives
D Ne2
(4)= za0 t'l
2, (30.79/)
N el .
-o (
f1r(6k)= za 3*-3j-wdxïRlxbjl(
ln(4aGzr-1)+lnA@)-è)+3j(30.
79:)
wherex= (4/9,
0 1,elisadesniteintegralgiveninProb.1.4,and
-
3-J--dxllp-(I
,
i-
m
.(-=
4a(l-In2)ln(,-a. 3,j(*aq
.
#
-.
î
z
d3:d3,061- k)$ 1-p)#(lp+ q
xjj- - gz.
y.q,(p.
y.k;j-1)%I
k+qI-1)j .
s
(30.80)
isindependentofr,. Thelastexpression for3isjustETwith thelogarithmic
singularity removed (see Probs. l.4 and 1.5),
.itsderivation isoutlined in Prob.
-W 7
.
'
'
$'
!1
h
=G)+(jnR)..-j
l+3+4 (3O.
gl)
Herethenumericalconstants(lnAlavand 3mustbefound numericallyl
J-.
*#xRllnR = .-
(30.825)
(1nAlav> J. dx Rz o.
--
jsj
& = --0.0508 (30.8%)
whilethenine-dimensionalintegralelhasbeenevaluatedanalyticallybyOnsagerz
3
el= .
à.ln2- 2= z(43)= 0.048 (30.83)
Thesnalexpressionforthecorrelation energy becom es
ecorr= 0.0622lnr,- 0.094+ Otrylnra) (30.84)
in complete agreementwith Eq.(12.62) derived from the zero-temperature
form alism . Itisinterestingthatthepresentzero-tem peratureapproxim ationis
valid athlkh densities (n1e2<<
:hznhjmj,in contrastto the previousclassical
calculation. Inbothcases.however,thepotentialenergyn1e2issm allcompared
to theotherrelevantenergy(hlnhjm atF= 0,ksratF-.
>.*).
To com plete thiscalculation,3itisnecessary to show thatthelastterm in
Eq.(30.69)indeed vanishes. Thesecond-ordercorrection Dzr(Eq.(30.135))
can berewritten foralItem peraturesas
Dac d5k:3p:3: a?4
because
(
F,
F,
p,
)
= '
I
'
FJ (2,
0 9 Z
(k-q
)F(
P-q
ld$:4 (30.85)
- P?
ja1(1-n2)=ê4î
e
Inthelimitr-.>.0,thefactorênj/êelreducesto-J4p,- 4),andwecanwrite
Q2e(0,F,p,
()= -.i'F(2=)-3fd%3(pm-4)(./:2 (30.86)
H ere
fq-(2,4-3J:3kP'tk-qlakjswjji,r.o
=
(2x)-3jd5kprtk-q)ely.o- 4) (30.87)
'M .Gell-Mann and K .A.BruK kner,loc.cit.
2L,Onsager,L.M ittag.and M . J.Stepiwn,Ann.Physlk.1*:71(1966).
3Thispointwassrstemphasized byW .Kohn and J.M .Luttinger,Ioc.cit.
28: FINITE-TEM PEnATURE FOaM ALISM
and Jzhasbeensetequaltop,
().asrequired by Eq.(30.69). A similarcalculation
leadsto(compareEq.(30.3:)forF= 0J
'?D #3k#
(-j.
s
-!)s..,--p'J-yj.-
),
3yp'
(k-q)l
?2.
o
jn
..
s6
0+A
?zD
jn
sk
-s.sa
....
, v.,
= -
2P'(2,7.)-3f#3t?3(jza-62)A (30.88)
Finally.a directevaltlation yields
(.
0j
2/
.(2
-
7)1j
'#(-vo=-2p-*(y
. dx
.
3
.
6
y3(s(
/ )-e(
:
) (30.89)
which isequivalentto thelastlineofEq.(30.70). W ith thefollowingdehnition
ofan average overthe Ferm isurface
(2=)-3 $
'(134 3ts()- eq
.
0)
. .
,
'' (*
'
i
-'
.
.)-3 jd3:blgv- :b
. q-
) (30.90)
thelastterm ofEq.(30.69)assumesthetransparentform
2(1zc l (t'?f)(0) j.)v
2.
yo
(J,,o)-2(-#i-jj()yjszj..s,
- -
U(((/q- x.
/k)s)2-s)(2=)-3fd?q3(Jz()- e0
q)
(30.91)
Thiscontribution to the ground-state energy isproportionalto the mean square
deviationof
-fqoverthellnperturbedFermisurfaceandcanneverraisetheenergy.
Furtherm ore.the correction evidently vanishes fora sphericalFerm isurface,
which is the case foran electron gas in a uniform positive background.
The foregoing cancellation is a specihc exam ple of a general theorem l
forspin-l l
-ermionsthatthe F -+0 limitofthe tinitetemperature formalism
always gives the sam e ground-state energy as that calculated with the r = 0
formalism (eitherin Feynman orin Brueckner-Goldstone form),aslong asthe
unperturbed Ferm isurface is spherically sym m etric and the interaetions are
invariantunderspatialrotations. Thisresultisnotata11obvious,becausethe
two approaches describe the interacting system in very diflkrent ways. The
F + 0 form alism com putesthetherm odynam ic potentialD asafunction ofthe
param eter Jz, and its F .
-->.0 lim it involves integrals over Ferm i distribution
functions that are singular where the energy is equalto y,. A t the end of the
calculation,/.
tmay beeliminated infavoroftheparticledensityNjP',and p,then
dehnesthe Ferm ienergy es ofthe interacting ground state. O n the other hand,
the usualF = 0 form alism considersa fixed num berofparticles N from the start
and evaluatesthe ground-state energy as a seriesin the coupling constantofthe
tW .Kohn and J.M .Luttinger,Ioc.cit.;J.M .Luttingerand J.C.W ard,Ioc.cit.
pHvslcAt- SYSTEM S AT FINITE TEM PERATURE 289
two-body potential. Each term in this series involves integrals over the un-
perturbed Ferm idistribution function,which has its discontinuity at the un-
perturbed Fermienergye/= (hl(2m)(3=2A'
/F)9.
ln com paring the two form alism s,we im m ediately note that the F # 0
expansioncontainsterm sthatare neverconsidered atr = 0. Forexam ple,the
zero-temperature version ofXtilccontainsan integraloveroçkr- qj#(ç- ks)
andthereforevanishes(Prob.3.12). Athnitetemperature,however,thethermal
width yieldsanonzero valuethatrem ainssniteeven in thelim itF = 0. A 1lof
theseadditionaldiagram scontain singularfactorsatzero tem perature,such as
3(e2- J.
t)oritsderivatives,whereas the diagrams thatare common to both
form alism s contain only step functions at F = 0. Since the F = 0 form alism
antedatesthe F + 0 one,these additionalterm sareconventionally described as
anomalous. Thetwo form alism salso diflkrbecauseoneusestheexactchem ical
potentialJzH es,while theother usesthe unperturbed Fermienergy e/M y,n.
The Taylor series for f1(F= 0,es)aboutthe value f1(F= 0,eî.
) involves an
expansionofstepfunctionsatesintermsofthoseatek;thisexpansionleadsto
additionaldelta functionsand derivatives ofdelta functions. The contentof
the K ohn-l-uttinger-W ard theorem isthattheextra contribution incurred inthe
shiftin Fermienergyfrom esto e/preciselycancelstheanomalousdiagrams,
leavingtheBrueckner-G oldstoneseriesfortheground-stateenergy.
lfperturbation theoryprovidesa valid description ofan interactingsystem ,
then the F = 0 lim itofthe tem perature form alism necessarily yields the true
ground state for any value ofthe coupling constant. In contrast,the F = 0
form alism m erely generates that eigenstate of the ham iltonian thatdevelops
adiabatically from the noninteracting ground state. Foran arbitrary system ,
these two approaches m ay yield diflkrenteigenstates,as shown by the sim ple
exampleofa perfectFermigasin auniform magneticseld (Prob.7.5). The
Kohn-l-uttinger-W ard theorem can therefore be interpreted as specifying
suë cientconditionsto ensure thatthe F = 0 form alism indeed yields the true
ground state. U nfortunately,the very interesting question ofnecessary con-
ditionsrem ainsunanswered.
PRO B LEM S
8.1. Verify thatCk for an electron gas in the Hartree-Fock approximation
behaves like - F(1nF)-1 as F .
-+.0. (Comparethe discussion following Eq.
(30.3).)
8.2. (J) UsingtheresultsofProb.4.9forthelowest-orderproperself-energy
ofanelectrongashtïi)(q)andeflkctivemassm*,show thatthecorresponding
heatcapacity atzero temperaturesatissesCvlT= 0.
(b4The long-wavelength coulomb interaction ismodised by thepresence of
themedium accordingto Eq.(12.65). Show thatthecorrectlow-temperature
290 FlNITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
heat capacity is given by Cv(C;- (l- (ars/2=)llntt
xrs/'
n'l+ 2)+ ...)-1 as
rs.
-+.0,whereC(istheheatcapacityofanoninteractingFermigas.l
8.3. RepeatProb.4.4withthesnite-temperature Green'sfunctions.
8.4. (J) Use the Feynman rules to evaluate the second-order self-energy
contributions to the tem perature G reen's function show n in Fig. 30.2/ and b
forauniform system ofspin-!fermions. Findthecorrespondingcontributions
to thethermodynamic potentialand evaluate the necessary frequencysums(see
Prob.7.3)to obtain
Dzg=-2Fjj-j(20-9#3gJ3pd3kjFtql2aka0
p(1-nk-uq)
x (1- np
0+q)(62.q+ c0
p.a- 62- ep
nl-'
and Eq.(30.I3J).
(:)Consideranelectrongasathightemperatureswhererlk= eb?expt-jek)<<
:1.
ByusingcylindricalpolarcoordinatesEk=tlkà
,+ kulshow that
-
m Zé'4 l'
n 2 d3q *x cc
flza---v-
t
p,2/8(znpz q..
'
#j.
-wti
pb
'J-.A.
.
jâ2(/c2
,+p2
,) 1
'
im t?(pI
I+ /c,
!)+q
H ence conclude that fl:a is Iinearly divergent at sm all m om entum transfer
(q -+0).
8.s. (J)In theclassicallimitwhererlk-explj/.
t-jek),show thatpR0(q,vI)
hastheasymptoticform J10(q,rl),. w-L6=$eblx(ql(;j)((4
/A)4+ (8=2/)2j-lforlarge
q,j-qlznhllmkzTlkand 1/1.
(b) If3f1,denotesthesummation oftermsforl>0 inEq.(30.21),verifythat
3tlr/f1r= &((e2ai)1(n1â2/rn)1(1/#sF))wheret'1,istakenfrom Eq.(30.27).
8.6. (J) Use Eq.(30.32)to computethe specifcheatofan electron gasin the
classicallimitCpz=lN/csll+J'
rr1(e2n1/#sF)ê).
(b)Derivethisresultfrom Eq.(30.45)intheDebyetheory.
8.7. Evaluate (1/jâ)(
)
P
((J10(q,y,)12with theintegralrepresentation (30.9). In
the zero-tem perature lim it,this sum m ay be approxim ated by an integralover
acontinuousvariable. HenceevaluateJX
-xdxllx),where1(x4isgiven in Eq.
(30.61),andverifyEq.(30.80).
1M .Gell-M ann,Phys.Re!
,
'.s106:369(1957).
9
Real-tim e G reen's Functions and
Linear R esponse
DEFINI
TION oF ö'
The real-timeGreen'sfunction isdefined in directanalogy with Eq.(7.1)at
F = 0:
icxblxt,x't')ëeTrt/sF(#x.(x/)#f
xjtx't')))
where)(;isthestatisticaloperatorforthegrandcanonicalensemble(Eq.(4.15)1
andgxulxt)isatrueHeisenbergoperator
9Xa(X/)H t'iâl/'9x(X)e-iktlb
.
x e-ixntlheirawx/.tnjy-ttollrn)
= (2:.+ l)-1ebt
'
l)(e-bKmei(P,-P,
n'*x/he-itA:n-Amlr/'1(m jy'
AaIn)!2
(31.9)
In asim ilarway,thecorresponding function forf< 0 becom es
ic<(x,?)- +(2J+ 1)-lebt'
tTrfe-bkf4.(0)#aa(xr))
= +:
(2.
j
.+ 1)-1ebt'
ljge-ôKnef(P.-Pm'*x/'e-f(Xa-X'
.)'/âj(pl!<zIa)12
(31.10)
ThetotalGreen'sfunction isthesum ofthesetwo terms
(;(k,(
s)=(2J+1)-1ebi
ùmat(2rr)33(k-â-l(P,-Pm)1l .
(?n!1
' /)
zt
n)1
2
e-qKm e-lA.
,-- ,-.(a--- xo + iT* - â-'(x-- x-)- i, lt
x
- -
3''l2)
Equation(3l.12)showsthat(Rk,f .
s)isameromorphicfunctionofhulwithsimple
polesatthesetofvaluesKn- Km> En- Em- y.(Nn--Nm);thecorresponding
residueisproportionalto ltrrl1'
(,!n)12and vanishesunlessNn= Nm+ l. The
ensem ble average atsnite tem perature clearly generalizesthezero-tem perature
expression becauseboth 1zn)and 1a)canrefertoexcitedstates. Forfermions
atF= 0,however,itiseasilyproved(Prob.9.1)that
Ctœ - Vâ)l'
r-o= G(tz9 (31.13)
whereG((s)istheground-stateGreen'sfunctionfrom Chap.3.
2% FINITE-TEM PE9ATUBE FORM ALISM
x J(?'
n!#.In)l23(oa- â-1(A'
a- .
&ml!(1+ e-bhu'l (31.15)
and itiseasilyverised thattherealpartthen becomes
* dœ'Im Jtk oa')1:T:e-nhu''
RetRk,(z))= -.
t
.
# -X
= (z;- o' i:e-eh,,
A' l :
# *X #o
= - .
- =
a/lm tRk,f
O - œ
x
,)/)
.(tanh(Jjâf,)'))tt (31.16)
which wassrstderived by Landau.l
Formanypurposes,itismoreconvenientto dealwithretardedoradvanced
real-timeGreen'sfunctions(compareEq.(7.62)):
fGljtxr.x't')Y e(t- t')Trtlsl#xatxfl,&11jtx?//)1v)
(31.17)
iclblxt,x't?)- -p(f'- t4Tr()G(#x.(xf),f4,(x'r'))v)
W e shallagain consideronly homogeneoustime-independentsystems with no
magneticNelds. InthiscaseCRand(P havethesamestructureasinEq.(3l.4),
and theirFouriertransformsareeasily found tobe
CR(k9(t))= (2J+ 1)-1elfljé(e-#Xm(2rr)33(k- â-l(PFl- Pm))jtrnjjk nj12
mn
x(1:
Fe-#tKn-Xp,))gt
.
s--h-1(n/
K - um
K )- iyj-1)
ltisevidentthatboth CRand GA are meromorphicfunctionsof(,);in addition,
CRICA)isanalyticintheupper(lower)halftz
aplane.
lL.D .Landau,Sov.Phys.-JETP,7:l82 (1958).
REAL-TIM E GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND LINEAR RESPONSE 29:
The retarded and advanced G reen'sfunctionsare closely related. W ith
thedesnition
p(k,to)- (2.
î+ 1)-ielfz)g(e-lA-(2,r)38w - â-1(Pa- P.,)1
x 2=3(ts- h-t(Kn- AQ )(1:Fe-#'œ)I(vI
#.ia)12J (31.19)
which dependson bothFandJz,theimaginarypartsofCRand CAmaylx written
as
Im tP(k,œ)= --1p(k,tM
(31.20)
Im (P(k,œ)= .
i.ptk,œl
Furthermore,a combination of Eqs.(31.18)and (31.19)yields the integral
representations
JR(k * dœ' p(k,o,')
*)=
, jrr(,,- (.o,+ i.b
(31.21)
6X(k't.
tll= X d2œ' p(k tt?')
= (.o - œ'' i' q -
tRk,
-)ir-o-J*..Jau.
r,'Ptk,
a',)1
' ,-p(
r-0( (/
,.s,)+-
. .jj+.-9((
-(s)
,,,-iq (31.
27)
whichshouldbecomparedwith Eqs.(7.67)and(3l.13).
Theweightfunction ptk.(slcontainstheimportantphysicalpropertiesof
thesystem . A lthough thepreciseform ofpcanbeevaluated onlywithadetailed
calculation,there are certain generalproperties that follow directly from its
desning equation (31.19). Each term in the sum is positive if(
.
v is positive;
m ore generally,p hasthe following positive-definite properties:
(Sgnaklptk,ttJl> 0 bosons
(31.28)
plk,tzal> 0 fermions
ln addition,p satissesanimportantsum rule,which we now derive. Consider
thefollowing integral
(31.29)
wherethe(
.ointegralisevaluated by closing thecontourin thelowerhalfplane.
Equation(3l.29)canalsobecomputeddirectlyfrom thedesnition gEq.(31.17))
* dœ
-*
2,/.l
'(;R(k'(
z)le-2*T= JdTxe-îkexï(;R(x,'
r/)
=
(2&+ 1)-1fd3xe-iksxTr(âcg<xa(x0),'
#)a(0));:)
=
j#3xe-fk*x3(x)Tr)s
=
1 (31.30)
wherethecanonicalcommutationrelations(2.3)havebeen used in arrivingat
thethirdline. Comparison ofEqs.(3l.29)and(31.30)immediatelyyields
* d
2ul'(
P k,(s')= l
= (3l.31)
REAL-TIM E GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND LINEAR RESPONSE 297
whichiscorrectforbothbosonsandfermions. Thissum ruleExestheasymptotic
behavioroftheGreen'sfunctionsforlarge1*l:
JR(kœ)= CA(k,œ)'w-1 * #tt)'p(k,œ')'w-1 (31.32)
,
(.
o -. 2= (,)
which isusefulin establishingconvergenceproperties.
TEM RERATURE GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND ANALU IC CONTINUATION
Intheprevioussection,theweightfunctionservedonlytodeterm ineandçorrelate
thevariousreal-timeGreen'sfunctions. Although such relationsarevaluable,
they would notby themselvesjustifyourextensivediscussion oftheLehmann
representation atsnitetem perature,andweshallnow provetheim portantresult
thatthesameweightfunction also determinesthetem perature Green'sfunction
@. By thismeans,the Lehmann representation providesa directconnection
between@ and C andthusplaysacentralroleinthefnite-temperatureformalism.
ltissuëcientto consideronly positiversand F then becomes
@(xr)=-(2J+ 1)-lTrg)(;'lhxztx'
r)f4..(0))
= -(
2.:+ I)-lebflTr(e-#Ae-in-x/he#'r/1,
4
/a(0)e-krl'eïp*x/âyJ((j)j
= - (2.
9+ 1)-1ejflJ;Le-pxm:ïfI%-Pm)*x/1(?-tA'.-Au)m/Als
tra(.
. f
/zj
n)t2)
mn
(31.33)
ThecorrespondingFouriercoemcientisgivenbyEseeEq.(25.14))
F(k, j,
(
.
&
),
)=jv#'
rei
u''jd3xp-f
k*xF(x.
r)
- (2.
s+ 1)-1e't'
t)((e-#A'.
(2zr)331 - â-1(Pn- Pm)j1(rrIl#.Ia)12
mn
x(1:!ne-/(Kn-xm')(f(,a,- h-,(Kn- .
&'
m))-1) (31.34)
wherç u)t= 2/'
v/#â for bosons and (2/+ 1)=/#â for fermions. Comparison
withEq.(31.19)immediatelyyieldstheimportantrelation
F(k, = lts,p(k,(s')
œ2=J..2xi
co.-(
z)
' (31.35)
which showsthatthefunction rtk,z)
,IEq.(31.22))determinesthetemperature
Green's function as wellasCR and CA. ln any practicalcalculation,we Erst
evaluate Ftksf.
saland thereforeknow r(k.z)only atthediscretesetofpoints
Liœnj. Itisthen necessaryto perform an analyticcontinuation to thew'
hole
com plex z plane. W ithout t
-urther information.such a procedure cannotbe
unique. Suppose thatP(k,z)isone possiblecontinuation:forany integerp.
the function elnpziœ'.P(k,z) is another possible continuation because it also
reducesto P(k,r a)atthepointsiuu. Nevertheless,thesevariouscontinuations
29: FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
diFerfrom each othereverywhereelsein thecomplexzplaneincludingthepoint
atinsnity. Sincethesum rule(Eq.(3l.31))requiresthatP(k,z)'wz-3asIzI->.cc,
weare thusable to selectthe properanalyticcontinuation,which isguaranteed
to be unique.l
In practice,itisusually sim plestto com putep.(k,(
s)directlyfrom Ftk,(sal
by form ally considering iulnasa continuous variable. The weightfunction is
thenobtained asthelimiting value
p(k,x)= ï'
-1(Flk.œalliuu-x-in- f#lk,t/
anltif
au--x.inl (3l.36)
Hence any approximation for C#tk,(snlimmediately provides a corresponding
ptk,f.
slandtherebyC,CR,andCA. Asaparticularlysimpleexample,consider
thenoninteractingtemperatureGreen'sfunctionF0(k,t
z)a)= (jtz?a- h-1462- p.))-1.
Thenoninteracting weightfunction poisgivenby
1 1 l
p0(k,x)= i w-w-------w - --- -, -- v.
x- h '(< - p,)- t'
rl x- h '(e2- Jz)+ In
=
2=3(.
x- /j-1(..
2-)t)J
and somesimplealgebrawith Eq.(31.24)givesthetime-ordered function
(;otkjtuj= l+ - -1 ---- ----. r -t
-1 - --)
expl-i
j'
(d -p'ilo,-j'
Z'et-Jz),-l.
q
1 1
+-j
-.
'!
-n-
ex
--p
--yt-
et--.
--
p.ô1(
-
a-
,----y.
uj(e
-(-.
---Jz
-j.
--.-i-
q (3j.J8)
Equation (31.38)can also be obtaineddirectlyfrom thedesnition (Eq.(3l.l)1
withtherelationTrtlct
zluk)= /12= (expEj(E2- p.
))D.
r1)-l.
l' t
-j JJ,'
rrtâcl/kt
xf,),ys(?))j
t:
ThisequationisadirectgeneralizationofEq.(13.10)atF = 0.
Tobespecifc,assumethat4e'(/)takestheform
4 ex(?)= fdqx:(x?)Sextx?) (32.3)
whereE*x(x?)isageneralizedc-numberforcethatcouplestotheoperatordensity
d(x?). Thelinearresponseofötxf)isgivenby
j t
3(:(x?))ex- -j dt'fdqx'Trtlsltqstxrl,tgstx'r')))Eex(x'/')
.
r:
j $
= j f;
dt'J#3x.DRlxt,x't'
)Eextx't')
where D Risa retarded correlation function
I
'DRLXt,x't')> Tr(âG(ds(x;),ds(x'/:)1)0(t- ?') (32.5)
evaluated in the equilibrium grand canonicalensem ble. Theanalysisoflinear
response is thusreduced to the calculation ofa retarded correlation function.
Since the unperturbed ham iltonian is time independent, D R takes the form
DR(x,x',t- ?'). Furthermore,O usually commuteswith X,which allowsus
to reinterpretthe H eisenberg operatorsin term softhe grand canonicalham il-
tonian# = W'- p.X:
Onlxt)= eiktlhd(x)e-6ktlh. Jx(x/) (32.6)
The Fouriertransform DR(x,x',*)hasasimpleLehmann representation,which
showsthatDR(x,x',u))isanalyticforImop>0.
3* FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALSSM
Itisinconvenientto calculate D R directly.
.instead,weintroducea corre-
sponding temperature function V thatdependson the l 'maginary-timevariables
T:
Vtxmsx''
r')- -Trfâ(;F.(tk(x'
r)Oxtx'm')J)
HeretheHeisenbergoperatorisgivenby(compareEq.(24.1)J
öxtxr)= e*%/'d(x)e-kr/h
Since9 isoftheform .
@ (x,x',r- '
r').itsFouriercoemcient.
f?(x,x',pn)also has
asim ple Lehm ann representation. Justasin Sec.31,thisrepresentationisvery'
importantbecause the same weightfunction determines both DR(x,x',o))and
# (x,x',va). Furthermore,.
@ (x,x',L)can be evaluated with the Feynman rules
and diagram m aticanalysisofSec.25. A n analytic continuatïon to the upper
sideofthereal(,aaxisthenallowsustocalculatetheretarded correlationfunction.
whereva= lnn'
llhdenotesaneveninteger. ltisstraightforwardtoevaluatethe
Lehmann representation ofeach ofthese functions,and wefind
DR( ., dco' h(q,(s')
q,tz,)- h ' 1V (.o - o),+ ix-l (32.l4)
9( co dl.
o'a(q,(s')
q,?
%)= h X 2,v ivn- to,
-
(32.15)
REAL-TIM E GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND LINEAR RESPONSE 301
Where
âzâtqqtsl= -â.
â(-q,-(,?)
= eçC1j((e-#Xl(2.
rr)3jlq- â-l(P - Pj))z.
rrlg(s- h-1(#m- A'jlj
lln
x(1- e-bhcvlill(
J1-)i2) (32.16)
Equations (32.l4)and (32.l6)togethershow thatD&(q,f.
,))isa meromorphic
functionoff.
,ywithitspolesjustbelow therealaxis. Eachpoiecorrtspondsto
a possibletransition between statesthatareconnected by the density operator.
If.
@ weregivenexplicitlyinspectralrepresentation (Eq.(32.15)),thenthe
analyticcontinuationwouldbeelementary. lnpractice,however,theexpressions
takea difrerentform ,and itisnecessary to exam ine the perturbation expansion
forfi'inmoredetail. Equation(32.l1)may berewrittenas
N'
txm,x'r')- vHx(xm)))tlixtx'z'))
- -
Trt)cFmEfhx
l.(xr)v'Kxlxr)f4/x''
r')yV#(x'r'))) (32.I7)
which can be transform ed to the interaction picture. The stepsare identical
with those in Chap.7,and we merely state the hnalresult
*
- j l j bh jh
V''(xm,x'm')= '
)éxtx'
rll(z
ixtx''r'))- u- s #ml''' drl
1= () '4 :' 0 0
x Trjt/fCl(à-ka)rT(#j(. rj)...#jtzj)t /t
yztxz)
x'fzztx'
r)' Jf
zjtx',--)v-kblx'g''lllconnected (32.18)
wherethesubscriptm eansthatonly connected diagram sareto beretained.
Itis im portantto rem ember thata connected diagram is one in which
everypartisjoinedeithertothepointx'
rorthepointx'r'. Thusbothdiagrams
in Fig.32.lareconsidered connected. Nevertheless,theyhavea quitediflkrent
structure.because Fig.32.1: itselfseparates into two distinct parts. The sum
of a1l such separable contributions isjust the perturbation expansion of
-
(?
ix(xm))(Hx(x?'r')),and precisely cancelsthe flrst term on the right side of
Eq.(32.18). Consequently V'txc-,x'' r')consistsofa1lconnected diagramsin
which the pointsx' rand x'r'arejoined by internallines. Forexample,the
XT 17
whereA*(q,o?')= -1*(--q,-(zg')isreal.
W e can now perform the analytic continuation from -
@ (q,pn)to .
DR(q,(,p)
(Eqs.(32.14)and(32.15)j. Itisconvenienttointroduceafunctionofacomplex
variablez
F(<z)= co d
2ol'-
-- l*(q''u,;')
,
-* .a. z - ttl (32.23)
F0(q,(
.o+ ï',?)- -le$. #2p
J(2,42
srxp(-/J
.
2'
a
2?
.7
Aâ2)
= #,1
.
'j-.2,.expg-#(:12+m!'
ç)2-
â2j
1 1
'
<lnf.
s+i,-Jk,,q;m
c - n .i,.,
.,c,,,qjm)
--c-oz-zf- dp,evnr-
./(p..+14)212
- J-. 2, 7.
,--rL zm 1
1
Xl/j(
s+iy-:2,,qjm J joa+i
-
.
r
l+l/j2p,qjmj (33.5)
whereA= lznphzlmlkisthethermalwavelength(seeEq.(30.24)2.
Itisnow convenientto separateEq.(33.5)into itsrealand imaginaryparts:
F0(q,(.
o+ iT)= Ff(q,f
z))+ ïFî(q,tz)) (33.6)
z-?(q,
(
s)--2,p,z-c.,j-.a-
A.expg-/
xr+zmbqtzhlj
(à lz '
'
b-o-
à-hol+llpqlmj(33. 7*
z-@(q.
r
.
,)-lejsz-z.(-
o.t
yexpg-#(#z-
f
-
m14)2â2j
jj
laj(
x
s-fmpq/ j-z)jy
(y(
.
v+hl
mpq)j(aa.,
7,)
Furtherm ore,w'
e shall use the thermodynamic relations obtained previously
gEq.(30.34))to elinninatethechemicalpotentialrtin favorofthedensity n.
SinceU(q)F0(q,(s)isalreadyofordere2,itispermissibleto retain onlytheleading
term ebî
i;kù.
!.nA3. TheimaginarypartFîiseasilyevaluated,andwe5nd
/-y(t
?,
u?)--r-
l
q-
a
-
'(jnpm)Aexp(-la
.
Tq-
t
'
.
/
'-'h
àm
lq-
'jSinh
jj
qsp
.ho.
,
l (33.8)
ItisclearthatFîisan odd functionof(.
oand vanishesat(
.
o= 0,in agreement
w ith theantisym m etry oftheweightfunctionà*.
REAL-TIM E GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND LINEAR RESPONSE 305
In contrast,the realpartFfcannotbeexpressed in termsofelementary
functions,buta changeofvariablesyields
Fîçq,
o,b--Iq(!qml'(*g(
.
i,
z4)+(-
)+.
a
-
/
i
fylj-*gt.
s lnkpl.(-
'
4
2'-),
T)1)
(33.9)
where
(33.11)
which shows that*(x)is an odd function. The asym ptotic form is obtained
by expanding the integrand for large x
*(.
X)- X-1(l+ 1.
1-2-i
-'' (33.l2)
butthe behavior for small.,
't requires a little more eflbrt. Equation (33.10)
showsthat*(0)= 0,beuausetheintegrand isthen an odd function ofy. Dif-
.
*'(x)= 2 - 2x*(.
x) (33.l3)
which hasthesolution
*(x)=2e-x2jx#>'p'2 (33.14)
Weseethat*(x)isanentirefunctionofx,andadirectexpansiongives
tD(-
Y)1
k72.
X(1- i'
.
X2+ .'')
To be speeific, assum e that the external perturbation is a positive point
chargewith potential+*'(q.tz))= 4=Zeq-22=(
5((z?). W ethereforeneed onlythe
zero-frequency compohent of DR(q,o,);a combination ofEqs.(32.26),(33.2),
1Thisfunction istabulatedinB.D.FriedandS.D.Conte,'e-l-hePlasmaDispersion Function.*'
AcademicPress,New York,1961,
3g6 FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORM ALISM
(33.8),and(33.9)yieldstheinducedchargedensity
ô()(x))= -e3(?i(x))
#% fq-x P-(t?)F%ç.0)
= ze
j(a,o)e j-stt y;sytoo
#3: f
= - ze
j(z.jye gz(?./)
q-x ).
.g'l(çA)
g jgjfqy (33.16)
where qy= (4owc2j)1 is the reciprocal of the Debye shieldin: length and
A= (2=h2#/,A;)1isthethermalwavelength (seeEqs.(30.39)and (30.24)). Here
thefunctiongjty)isgivenby
#1(.
$=2'
zr+.
F-1(
II(zJ11 (33.17)
and hasthefollowing lim iting behavior
:1(.
$; kê1+ 0(. F2) y. ,
c-
:1 (33.18)
gl(y)- 8. 71-2 y> 1 (33.19)
Equation (33.16)isclearly very similarto Eq.(14.14),and mostofthesame
rem arksapply.
l.Thetotalinduced chargeis
3: =J#'x3()(x))=-ze (33.20)
so thattheim purity iscom pletely screened atlargedistances.
2.The integrand vanishes Iike q-4 asq.-+.cc),which ensures that3()(x)) is
bounded everywhere,including x = 0.
3.Thesingularg-2dependenceatsm allg2iscutofl-attheinverseD ebyescreening
length qn= l4=nezpl'
t,which justises ouruse ofa cutofïçmjncce in Eq.
(30.28). Sincegl((
?A)isanentirefunctionofqh,itisinsnitelydiflkrentiable
throughout the complex q plane. The asymptoiic behavior of 3t)(x))
thereforecanbeobtainedwiththeapproximationgjtçà)a;gl(0)= 1,because
thetermsneglected areoforder(çsA)2( x:(ae2j)(/i2j/n1)= (n1elljlhznkpjl.
nj
<:
t1gseethediscussionfollowingEq.(30.48)):
3f:?(x))- -Ze #3îjei qex /)
, -Xj
(2*) q + qo
= -
ZtNà(4'
rrx)-'e-qBx (33.21)
Thisexpression exhibitsthe role ofg-
oiasa classicalscreening length and is
identicalwithEq.(30.41:)which describesanegativelycharged impurity. At
zero tem perature,the sharp Ferm isurface m odiied the asym ptotic charge
density byintroducing additionaldominantoscillatory terms(Eq.(14.26)J;
REAL-TIM E GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND LINEAR RESPONSE 307
no Such behavior occursin thepresentclassicallim it,becausethe distribution
functionsare5m 00th.
flq-'
in
t
aplgl+j
3jq
.
#n
-)21 (34.
7)
ats FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORMAUISM
s)=-Klt
Fî(ç,( qzl(Jrrjr
nllexp(-Vl
Kq
1t
*
22j (34.8)
t'''
*lti'
rl'exp(-Dl Jq
'm
2îj
0-,(
-
.
4.
,,
)+(%;)'expg-j '(%
q1
?)2j
As expected from generalconsiderations,w ispositive,and both poles of DR
1ie in the Iower half plane at u);
k;uinfàp!- iyq. The approxim ation of sm all
dampingisfullyjusti:edatlongwavelengths.because l
yq/fhvlvanishesexponen-
tially. Thisweak dampingisknownasLandaudam ping,lbecauseLandau was
thefirsttonotethatthesolutionsofEq.(34.2)arecomplexinsteadofreal. Itis
interesting thatthe tem perature aFects both the dam ping and the ql correction
to the dispersion relation,butdoes notalter the fundamentalplasm a frequency.
PRO BLEM S
9.1. IfEo(Njisthe ground-state energy ofa Fermisystem with N particles.
show thatthegrand partitionfunction atlow tem peraturem ay bewrittenapproxi-
mately as e-bt
'
lœ e-bïEzçNQb-l
x'
%'z?g2rr/jQ'
'
(A%))+,where .
N'
e(p,
)isdesned by the
relation Eo'(Nft)= rz and the primes denote diflkrentiation with respect to N.
W hycanNobeidentisedasthemeannumberofparticles? EvaluateEq.(3l.12)
inthesameapproximation and provethat6(k,( .o- ghlv-o= G(k,tz?),whereG
isthezero-tem perature function ofChap.3.
9.2. Evaluate the weight function p(x,x'.(s) for the Hartree-Fock Green*s
function (27.8). Find thecorrespondingreal-timeGreen'sfunction C(x,x',Y)
and theretarded and advanced functions.
1L.D.Landau.J,Phys.(USSR4.10:25(1946).
REAL-TIM E GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AND LINEAR RESPONSE 309
9,3. (X lftheproperself-energyX*(k,con)inEq.(26.5)takestheform
Y*(k,œa)= Xo(k)+ (* d2ul' tztk't
.
,
a.)
= iuln- Q
with lztlandcreal,usethedeEnitionEt(k,(.
t))+ fE1(k,(,
p)O Y*(k,tz?n)1ic
oa-u,-i,
tto
5ndthecorrespondingweightfunctionptk,ct?lin Eq.(31.35).
(b)Expand ptk,tz?laboutthe pointf
.
,
a= cokdetermined by the self-consistent
equation hulk= e2- p,+ âY)(k,t
sk),and derive an approximate quasiparticle
(Iorentzian)weightfunction. Compute theapproximate(;qptk,f
xll,and prove
thatthe excitation energy and dam ping ofsingle-particle excitationsare given by
ek= hœk+ p.and yk= (1- ?Yt(k,f
.
t))/'0(.
t)Iua.)-1Xllkstt)
kl(Compare Prob.3.14).
9.4. R epeatProb.5.1 for the retarded density correlation function at hnite
temperature iDR(x,x')= 0(t-./')Trt)(;(?
'is(x),9s(x'))). Considerthefbllowing
equal-tim e lim its:
(J)low temperatures(/t'sF<t6s)and lx- x'Iy>k- Fi,
(b) classicallim itand '
Ix- x'r>>A = (lrrhllmkaF)1.
Com pare the discussion atthe end ofSec.l4.
9.5. Use the spin-density operatorJz(x)- '
?
/ltxlttzzlxj?
k
S
?j(x)to constructthe
retarded correlation function
iDl
llxt,x't')=Trtlclêsztx/lsêpztx't')J)0(t- /')
and the corresponding tem perature G reen's function
9.gtx'
. r,x'r')= -Trt/(;Fggêxztx'
r)êxzlx''
r')))
D erive the Lehm ann representation forthese two functions,and show thatthey
arerelated through thespectralweightfunction asin Eqs.(32.14)and (32.15).
9.6. Study the linearresponse ofa uniform spin-l Fermisystem to a weak,
externalmagnetic held .#'(x?)where the perturbing hamiltonian is given by
Xex= .
--y,vj#3xêz(x).
Y#(x/). '
(t7)Show thattheinduced magnetization isgiven by
(4 Z(x/))= -J.
t2
()â-1jdbx'dt'Djtx- x',t- t')./#'
(x'r')
tXz(k,œ))- -Jz2
()â-1.
&j(k,(z))X (k,t,))
whereD R
eisdefned in Prob.9.5.
(b) Use W ick'stheorem to evaluate 9.
'
. fora noninteracting system,and deter-
m ine DR
v with the results ofProb.9.5.
(c)Find the generalized susceptibility ofa noninteracting system in a static
magneticseldy(k,0)= (X z(k,0))/,#'(k,0),andverifythat
30,2
,,n
-'
i
%6.Xè- F= 0(Paulispinparamagnetism)
lim z(k,0)- F
k-+o p.
k à-/n ww cctcurie'slaw)
B
a1: FINITE-TEM PERATURE FORMALISM
9.7. Repeatthe calculation of Prob.9.6 in the zero-temperature formalism.
W hy does tbis zero-tem perature calculation w ork,whereas thatin Prob.7.5
fails?
9.8. (J)Use Probs.5.9 and 9.6 to show thatthe staticsusceptibility for a
spin-àFermisystem withspin-independentpotentialsisgivenexactlybyy(k,0)=
-
MlZ)(k,0)= -p,
!I1e
*(k,0),
(:)W ith the approximation used in Prob.5.8,derive the zero-temperature
magnetic susceptibility of a dilute spin-è hard-sphere Fermi gas zlzp=
(1- 2ksc/'r)-twhere Xpisthe Paulisusceptibility. ComparewithProb.4.10.
9.9. Discuss the asymptotic form ofthe screening cloud around an im purity
inadenseelectrongasat1ow butsnitetem peratures. Henceverifythediscussion
attheend ofSec.14.
9.10. Show thattheringapproximationto theplasmadispersion relationata11
temperaturescan be written to orderq2asf1g
2= f1p
2j+ q2(p2)ywhere (p2) isthe
m ean squarevelocityofparticlesin anoninteracting Ferm igasattem peratureF.
Verify thatthisequation reproduces Eqs.(15.17)and (34.7). Find the srst
low-temperaturecorrectiontoEq.(15.17).Repeatfornoncondensed bosons.
9.11. Evaluate F%ç,f,y)(Eqs.(33.4)and (33.6))forallr and Jtand rederive
Eqs.(12.41),(12.43),(12.45),and(33.8). Findthedampingofplasmaoscilla-
tionsand zero sound atlow tem perature. W hathappensto zero sound in the
classicallim it?
9.12. Use the ring approximation X*(k,(sa)= Zh)(k)+ E)(k,au), with Y)
takenfrom Eq.(30.12),tostudythesingle-particleexcitationsinadenseelectron
gas atzero tem perature.
(J)Show thattheexcitationspectrum (seeProb.9.3:)isgivento orderr,by
ek- e2- eyx rs , p(l- IK+ qI)
zra d qqc+ gyv,ytj-u .j.jtyl
wherea= (4/9rr)1,/isdesnedinEq.(12.58),and K = k//cs.l Hencedetermine
theehkctivemassm%(seeProb.8.2*.
(b)Show thatcloseto theFermisurfacethedamping constant(Prob.9.3:)is
givenbyâykQJeXœG)*(TX/16)(k/kF- 1)2.
tTheresultsforProbs.9.12/and9.1% werederivedbyJ.J.QuinnandR.A.Ferrell,Phys.
Rev.,11::812(1958).
part four
C anonical
T ransform ations
10
C ano nicalT ransform ations
Thehrst-orderresult
4nhla
ç- m
. (35.4)
iswelldesned. lncontrast,thesecond-orderintegraldivergesatlargem om enta.
Thisartiscialdivergence arisesfrom the substitution ofg for F(k),and we
thereforecutofl-theintegralatsomelarge wavevectorQ. W eshow,inthe
followingdiscussion.thatasim ilardivergenceoccursin theground-stateenergy,
andthetwoexpressionscanbecombinedtoyieldasniteanswer,evenforQ --
>.q
n.
W e return to thisquestion attheend ofthissection.
The scattering propertiesm ustbeevaluated with carebecause the J-wave
scatteringlength ahasbeendefned asiftheparticlesweredistinguishable. For
identicalbosons,the overallwave function is symm etric,and the diflkrential
crosssection isobtained from asym m etrized scattering am plitude
Jtr - 2
1./-(*)+f(= - #)l (35.5)
CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS 315
Each term reducesto -Jin thelow-energy Iim it,giving
#c .- a
#Ii sI2cl
. (35.6)
whichisfourtim esthatfordistinguishableparticles.
The param eterg hasnow been related to observable quantities,and we
return to the originalmany-particle hamiltonian,Eq.(35.1). In view ofthe
specialroleofthezero-m om entum statesitisagainnaturaltoreplacetheoperators
aoand t/()by cnumbers
tp(),f/o-.
>.Nt (35.7)
exactlyasin Sec.18. Theterm softheinteraction ham iltonian canbeclassihed
accordingtothenum beroftim estzaandJ'
oappear,and we shallretain only term s
oforderNlandNo
Xint;
kJg(2F)-i(t
/0t7(
1)t7;av.
4-j)'g2((7l(zu(4av+ Z kJ-kA J0)
k
+ JlY-kJ0tk V JY
.
OY()JkJ-k1) (35.8)
where the prim e m eansto om itthe term sk = 0. This truncated hamiltonian
clearly neglects the interaction of particles out of the condensate; it should
provide a good approxim ation as long as N - N.<: 4N . The validity of this
assum ption isexam ined below. ltis plausible,however,thatthe term som itted
can only contribute to theenergy in third orhigherorderofperturbation theory,
fortheyinvolveonecollision to gettheparticlesoutofthecondensate,asecond
collision above the condensate,and a third collision to return the particlesto
thecondensate (see thediscussion following Eq.(11.22)2. A combination of
Eqs.(35.7)and(35.8)gives
Xint= g(lF)-1EAT!+ lNvX'(t4Jx+t/-kJ-k)+Xtl1l/(t4Y-kVJk&-k)1
.
k k (35.9)
while the num beroperatorbecom es
# -Nz+.
è.ï'
k
(clck+Jtkl-k) (35.10)
Theproblem ofparticlenonconservation thatwasseenin Sec.18evidently
occurshere aswell. Although itis possible to introducea chem icalpotential
(Prob.10.3),weprefertoconsiderN = vj
9',;asgivenandtoelim inateh'0explicitly.
IfonlytermsoforderA'2andN arekept,substitutionofEq.(35.10)into(35.9)
yieldsourfinalm odelham iltonian
/?=.
. i.Vgnl+J;'
k
((e2+ng)(t4tu +JtkJ-k)Vnglsa-
tk+JkD-k)1 (35.11)
where n= N/U is the particle density. ln obtaining this result, terms like
()
k
('ï/ktzklz have again been neglected on the assumption that N - No<:
<N.
a16 CANONICAL TRANSFO RM ATIONS
Equation(35.11)hastheimportantfeaturethatitcanbesolvedexactlybecause
itisa quadraticform in theoperators,and thereforecan bediagonalized with a
canonicaltransform ation.
Thediagonalization ofP ismostsimplycarriedoutbydesninganew set
ofcreationand destruction operatorsl
au= uklk- Ukœt
-k t
/k= ukt
zk
#- vkl-k (35.12)
wherethecoeë cientsukandt'kareassum ed to berealandsphericallysym m etric.
The transform ation iscanonicalifthe new operatorsalso obey the canonical
com m utationrelations
lt
xk,t
x#
k'l= 3kk'
. ltxksœk'l= Et
xlyd'l=0 (35.13)
and itiseasilyseenthatthisconditionm aybesatisEed byim posingtherestriction
/
.
/1- !)1= 1 (35.14)
foreach k. Equation (35,12)may besubstituted into X directly,and we5nd
# = !.Vgnl+ X'
k
((4 + ng)tj- nguk?
Jkl
+11'
k
tE(e2+nr)(?
zl+t'ï)-2?z.tyngl((
4th +atka-k))
+1'Z'
k
f/#(&1+/
71)-lukrktez+Fl#lltt
xl(Zk+œkJ-k)l (35.15)
Although theparametersukand vksatisfy therestriction ofEq.(35.14),
theirratioisstillarbitraryandcanbeusedtosimplifyEq.(35.15). Inparticular,
wechooseto eliminate the lastline of X. The resulting hamiltonian is then
explicitly diagonalin thequasiparticle numberoperatorsthtt
xk,which allowsus
todeterm ineallitseigenvectorsandeigenvalues. Theconditionontheparam eters
ukand vkbecom es
ngluk+ rl)= 2ukh(4 + ngj (35.16)
Theconstraint(35.14)can beincorporated with theparametricrepresentation
uy= coshJu vk= sinhn
whichreducesEq.(35.16)to
t ng
anh2+k=4 + ng
Since the leftside lies betw een -1 and 1,thisequation can be solved forallk
only ifthe potentialis repulsive (g>0). The use of standard hyperbolic
identitiesgives
t,z- t4l- 1= !.
E.
E'
:
-l(4 + ng)- 1) (35.17)
1Although thisstepisusuallyknown asaBogoliubovtransformation,itwasusedearlierby
T.Holstein and H.Primakoë Phys.Aep..58:1098 (1940)in a study ofmagnetic systems.
CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS 317
Where
EkO ((4 + ngjl- (ng)2)+ (35.18)
A combinationofEqs.(35.14)to(35.18)yields
X'= !.Vgn2- JX'
k
(62+ ng- Ek)+ !.X'
k
Jk(œ:txk+ Z-kt
x-k) (35.19)
The operatorQ akhastheeigenvalues0,1s2,....Consequently,the
groundstate l
O )ofX isdeterminedbythecondition
aklO)= 0 allk; #.0 (35.20)
andmaybeinterpretedasaquasiparticlevacuum. Notethatlolisacomplicated
combinationofunperturbedeigenstates,sinceneithertzknOr4 annihilatesit.
Theground-stateenergyisthen given by
E = (0(4 (O)= !.Pk2g+ !.X'(Ey- d - ng) (35.21)
k
Furtherm ore,al1excited statescorrespond to variousnum bersofnoninteracting
bosons,each with an excitation energy fk. This sped rum has the sam e form
asthatobtained in Sec.22foradilutehard-coreBosegas:
X
E (zn
Y)
11
k Q$
'
s'
Y!
Y
-=$I
-.
4=anh2
'
.
4=m
t
m2hl1
$%%k (35.22/8
62+ (35.22:)
Atlong wavelengths,theinteracting spectrum ischaracteristicofa sound wave
with avelocitygiven by(4nanhzjmljk. Itisagain clearthattheseresultsare
meaningfulonlyforarepulsive interaction (g > 0,J > 0).
ThedistributionfunctioninthegroundstateIO)isgivenby
nk= (0 lt
/kJk10)= rl(O lœkQ 1O)= b'
i (35.23)
whichvariesask-ifork -- >.0. Atlargewavenumbers,t'
ïa:k-4,thusensuring
thatthetotalnumberofparticlesoutofthecondensateremainssnite. W esee
that the interaction rem oves particles from the zero-mom entum condensate' ,
indeed,there is a inite probability of fnding a particle with arbitrarily high
m om entum . ltisinteresting to 5nd thedepletion,defned by
N - No 1 ' l #3#
N = y k t,j= n
- (2=)yr,k
.
4j2n =J.
)j1j(
a3
r
jyzyyjjj.
y+
z+2.
y
lzj,.jj
=8j/ynnj+
. .
(35.24)
3,8 CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
in complete agreementwith Eq.(22.14). Note thatthisexpression isnon-
analyticina (org)and thuscannotbeobtainedin sniteorderofperturbation
theory.
Theground-stateenergyhasbeenfoundinEq.(35.21),butthesum diverges
like72
k
'k-2ask-+.œ. Thisdivergencerecectsthefailureofperturbationtheory
fora Bosegas. In fact,ifweevaluatethesecond-orderterm intheground-state
energy using our pseudopotential,the answer di
.vergesin justthe same way
(ste Prob.1.3). Thusthedivergenctisnotvtry basic,foritaristsfrom the
assumption thatthe potentialhasconstantm atrix elementsasa function ofthe
relative m om entum . The Fouriertransform ofa m ore realistic potentialfalls
ofl-at high momentum, which renders the resulting expression convergent.
Thisprocedureis unnecessary,however,since the expansion for the scattering
lengtha to orderg2in Eq.(35.3)containspreciselythesamedivergence. We
may thereforeelim inateg entirely,which givesa convergentexpression forthe
ground-stateenergyintermsofthedirectlymeasuredquantitya(seeEq.(35.6)1.1
Toverifytheseassertions,Eq.(35.21)mayberewrittenbyaddingandsubtracting
the second-orderenergy shift
E= ' , l , n mn2g2
l'Zrl2g-Vng)2Fk jzkzj
'
tn+!.k Eg-ek-ng+ yzy;a
Itisreadilyseenthatthelastsum converges;furtherm ore,thesrsttwo term sare
justthoseintheexpansionofEq.(45.3)forthescatteringlengtha. Inthisway
weobtain
E-
A !.
n(g-jj2j(d 2*3k3Vl)j -.
jgj(dz.
3j
)jt
-g
j-Xn
eg-j+g
A
ndj
2zrm
.
t02nj
lj.
j
.gt
yza=tp/j+Jg0
*yzysjty.+zyzll
'
.-y,.j+slzjj
zzrm
ahznjj+1
l2
58jn= c3jlj (?5.
a5)
which is precisely Eq.(22.19). Note thatthese two calculations are quite
diflkrent.becauseweevaluated E - jy,
N inSec.22,whereashereweevaluateE
directly.
Itisinteresting to study the magnitude oftypicaltermsomitted from Eq.
(35.25). Considerfrsttheinteraction ofthe particlesoutofthecondensate.
A san estim ate ofthiscontribution,we m ultiply the strength ofthe interaction
by thenum berofpairs:
2Y-p'i
- 1(A
X0)2=$a#Xg1(X=
-
&î)112-Nl=h
mldni
1g3
!(N=
&'j1j2
which shows that these terms represent a higher-order correction to EIN.
1ThisobservationwasmadebyK.A.BruecknerandK .Sawada,Phys.Rev.,106:1117(1957).
CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIO NS 319
AnotherapproximationoccurredinEq.(35.11)withthesubstitution
gNl #A2 ININ - Nz4
2F 2P' P'
Thisexpression om itsterm soforder
WU(X-Xo)2=NlR%
2 ml&X(à
8(X
-=
&3jij2
which are again negligiblein thisapproxim ation. Finally,we com m enton the
useofEq.(35.3)to eliminateginfavorofa. Theleadingterm intheenergyis
oftheform
E y# (35.26)
A = 27+ .
- .
whichmayberewrittenwith Eq.(35.4)as
E 2.
14 2na
X m (35.
27)
Thisterm can becom pared with thesrst-ordercorrection foradiluteFerm igas
(Eq.(11.26))
E j.eî.= gl kra:2
A - . k;
zay = =hnl
2an(2- 1) (35.28)
where the numericalfactor (2- 1)arisesfrom the directand exchange terms,
respectively. Apartfrom the diFerentdegeneracy factors,Eqs.(35.27)and
(35.28)areidentical,and they both can be interpreted in termsofan optical
potentialEsee the discussion ofEq.(11.26)). The correctionsto Eq.(35.26)
requirethesecond-ordertermsin Eq.(35.3),aswellastheadditionaltermsin
Eq.(35.21). Once we have eliminated the divergences,however,itisthen
permissible to set g= nnvahllm in the remaining correction terms. Since the
answeriswelldehned,the error introduced by this lastapproxim ation is of
higherorderand thusnegligiblein the presenttreatm ent.
The above results for the ground-state energy and depletion ofthe con-
densate reproducethoseobtained in Sec.22 with them ethodsofquantum seld
theory. A lthough the canonical transform ation provides a m ore physical
pictureoftheground stateand excited states.itislesswellsuited forcalculations
to higherorder. ln principle,ofcourse,itispossibleto retain allhigher-order
termsin the interaction hamiltonian (35.8);the two approachesmustthen lead
to identicalresultssince they are based on the sam e physicalapproxim ations.
N evertheless,practicalcalculationshavegenerallyrelied on them ore system atic
methodsusingG reen'sfunctionsintroduced in Chap.6.1
lSee,forexample,S.T.Beliaev,Sov.Phys.-JETP,7:299(1958).
320 CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS
36LCOOPER PAIRS
A lthoughthemostrem arkablepropertiesofsuperconductorsarethoseassociated
withelectromagneticfelds(seeChap.13),superconductorsalsoexhibitstriking
therm odynam ic eflkcts,which played a centralrole in the developm ent ofthe
m icroscopictheory. TheelectronicspecischeatCe3variesexponentiallyatlow
tem peratures
Cetccexp -p-.
p F --
>.0 (36.1)
'*B =
FcccLV -k (36.2)
This result indicates that the dynam ics of the ionic cores aflkcts thesupercon-
ductingstate,eventhoughtheionsarenotespeciallyim portantinthenorm alstate
(Sec.3).
ln the presentsection,we study a sim ple m odeldue to Cooper,lshowing
thatan attractive interaction between two fcrm ionsin the Ferm isea leadsto the
appearanceofaboundpaix
'. Thenoninteractinggroundstate(filled Fermisea)
thus becom es unstable with respect to pair form ation,and the linite binding
energy ofthepairprovidesa qualitativeexplanation forthegapin theexcitation
spectrum . Before Cooper's m odel can be considered relevant to supercon-
ductivity.however,itis necessary to show thatthe esective interaction between
electronsisattractive,and itisherethatthe isotopeeflkctgivesan im portantclue.
Although the shielded coulom b potentialofSecs.12 and 14 is repulsive,there is
also a virtualelectron-electron interaction arising from theexchangeofphonons
associated withthecrystallattice. Astirstnoted byFröhlichjzthisinteractionis
attractive forelectrons near the Ferm isurface,and ittherefore gives a physical
basis forthe attractive interparticle potentialin Cooper'sm odel. The electron-
phononinteractionisstudied indetailin Chap.l2,and weshallnotattem ptany
furtherjustiscationofCooper'smodelatthispoint.
Consider the Schrödinger equation for two fermions in the Ferm i sea
interacting through a potentialAFtxj,xc). The many-particle medium afects
these two particlesthrough the exclusion principle,which restrictstheallowed
intermediatestates,exactly asin Sec.11. TheSchrödingerequation
W iththeseparablepotential,Eq.(36.16)becomes
x.2 -
k2= àpr-lu(k)jd3xu(x)*4p,k(x) (36.20)
SubstitutionofEq.(36.15)intherightsidethenyields
k2= l1
u(k)12
<2 -
jz +àjpgd3,t
a. 1
),ultj*sa.jzult)(xg-s; (36.21)
which m ay berearranged asfollows
1 1 Il4k)I2 d5t 1l4f)l2
;
î=-
f',2-k2Xlr(2,
43,2-t2Kfç'cg) (36.22)
Thisequation determ inesthe eigenvalue s2,and hence the energy sltiftN rpair
through the relation
LE = hlv-1(s2- k2) (36.23)
r
k
JP
kr V
Fig.36.1 Integrationregioninmomentum spacefor IJP :
i:k1<kr
Bethe-Goldstoneequation.
Equation(36.22)ismosteasilystudiedgraphically,andwedenotetheright
sidef(<2),although italso dependsparametrically onP and k. The integral
in f(<1) decreases monotonically as K2 increases,becoming logarithmically
singular when the denominatorcan srstvanish. The integration region l''is
illustratedinFig.36.1,whichshowsthatthisdivergenceoccursatx2= k/- $#2.
Inaddition,thefrstterm of/(x2)issingularatKl= k2,and itisnow easyto
sketch ftsz)asshown inFig.36.2. Thesmooth background curverepresents
-
the integralterm,which isindependentofk2. Furthermore,the Erstterm of
/(x2)contributesonlyin theimmediatevicinity ofk2,Gcauseitscoeëcientis
proportionalto F-!and thusbecom essm allfora m acroscopic system . A sa
result,/(s2)consistsofa singularity with narrow width atthevariablepoint
s2= k2,superposed on thebackground curve thatislogarithmically singularat
K2= k/- jPZ.
Theeigenvalueisdeterminedbytheintersectionof/(M2)withthehorizontal
line A-i. Itis evidentthat there is only one solution forA > 0,occurring at
K2 -
k2;
k;àF-1jutkljz+ &(à2) (36.24)
324 cAsoNlcAu TRANSFORMATIONS
Here the integral term has been neglected,because itis fnite at<2= k2and
contributes only to higher orderin A. W e conclude thatthe only esect ofa
repulsivepotentialistoshifttheenergyofthepairbyasmallamountproportional
to Ilz(k)l2F-1,asexpected foran interacting medium. In contrast,Fig.36.2
showsthatan attractive potentialA < 0 alwaysleads to /wt?solutionsforeach
k2,aslongasIAIdoesnotbecometoolarge. Thusanattractiveinteractionalters
the energy spectrum in a qualitative m anner. Although the ordinary solution
ofEq.(36.24)stilloccurs,wealso5ndanew (anomalous)solutionarisingdirectly
from thelogarithmicsingularity of/(s2). W hich ofthe two eigenvalueslies
lowerdependsontherelativevalueofkland IAl. IfIA1issxed,thenthereisa
corresponding criticalvalue kc
l such thatthe anom aloussolution is the lower
eigenvalue for a1lk > kc,while the ordinary solution islower fork < kc. A n
approxim atevalueforkcisobtained from thesolution ofthe equation
(2.
*-3Jrd3t1
N(1)1
2(/
cJ-/2)-i=A-1 (36.25)
which istheintersectionofthelineA-1withthepartoff(Kl)arising from the
integralinEq.(36.22). Itisclearfrom Fig.36.2thattheanomalouseigenvalue
isessentiallyindependentofk2,and thustheground-stateenergy of thepairis
independentofitsinitialrelativewltl
cvectork asIong ask >kc. Thisbehavior
isverydillkrentfrom thatoftheordinarysolution(36.24),where<2;kJk2apart
from correctionsoforderF -1.
W e shallnow study the anom alous eigenvalue in detail. The srst term
ofEq.(36.22)isnegligibleunlesskisexactlyequaltokr,sothattheeigenvalue<
isessentiallyequaltokcandobeysjustthesameequation(36.25):
I
A1-1-(2*)-3Jy,d5tlu(f)l2(/2-a:
2)-1 (36.
26)
CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS :26
Although thisequationcan bestudied foral1# < 2ks,itissim plestto setP = 0,
whentheeigenvaluecondition becom es
1 * t2dt11 z(/)12
-
$j-
I= kr 2=2t2- <2
kF *xcdx :I
- 2 z
?z(ksx)I2
= I x - (s/ks)z (36.27)
Thelogarithm icsingularity ofthisintegralcan beextracted through an integra-
tion by parts
11l;k$4k.2
Q- F I?
z(/fF)Iclnk/kl<c
- (36.28)
InarrivingatEq.(36.28)thepotentialhasbeenassumedtobeasmoothfunction
ofthe m omentum and the remaining snite integralhas been neglected. Since
Klislessthank/,wewrite
Kl =
pt'/- möh-l (36.29)
and asim plerearrangem entyields
l h2ky- 4=2
= m exp - /
cslA1IN(k21z (36.30)
Asnoted above,Eq.(36.29)determinesthe ground-stateenergy ofthe pair
wheneverk > kc. Thecorrespondingexpression for.
(
ïhasseveralveryremark-
able features:
1.TheenergyshiftofthepairLE = â2?.
n-l(x2- k2)= 2(eks- 6k)- :
'
Xisnegative
nearthe Ferm isurfaceand isindependentofthevolum e.
2..
t
ïhasan essentialsingularityinthecouplingconstantandcannotbe obtained
with perturbationtheory.
é(#)isgreatestforthosepairswithP = 0.becausethephasespacewherethe
denominatorof(36.26)vanishesisthen maximized. If# = 0,weseethatt
attains its m inim um value everywhere on the surface ofthe Ferm isphere
(Fig.36.1),
.forsnite1Pt,however,thisvalueoccursonlyonacircleofradius
(k/- $#2)1.
4. Theoccurrenceofa bound pairforan arbitrarilyweakhnite-rangeattractive
potentialdependscrucially on the presence ofthe m edium ;two particles in
free space willnotform a bound state unlessthe strength ofthe potential
exceedssome criticalvalue. This resultalso can be seen in Eq.(36.30),
because'
â vanishesexponentially askF -.
>.0.
Theforegoingcalculation im pliesthattwoparticleswith oppositemomenta
and spins nearthe Ferm isurface willform a bound pair,as long asthe inter-
z26 CANONICA: TRANSFORM ATIONS
particle potentialis attractive.l ln thisway,the system lowers itsenergy by
an amounté,and the originalunperturbed ground state clearly becomesun-
stable. Unfortunately, Cooper's model is restricted to two particles' , it is
thereforeincapableofdescribingthe new ground state,which evidentlyinvolves
m any bound pairs.
Nevertheless,thecalculation hasprovided a qualitativedescription ofthe
instability,and italso indicatesthat the new ground state cannotbe obtained
with aperturbation expansion. InSec.37weshow how theBogoliubovcanoni-
ca1transform ation allows us to study the m any-body ground state of such a
system .
wherethenormalproductshavebeenevaluatedexplicitlywithEq.(37.5).
The potentialenergy in Eq.(37.6)ismore dimcult. Forsimplicity,we
assum ethatthepotentialisspin independent'
.
(k1AIk2A2IFI
k3A3k4A4)= 3A,A,3AaA.tklk2IP'lk3k4) (37.12)
ln addition,theexplicitexpression
tk1k2Ilz-lkqk4)= F-2JJ#3x#3y('-i(kl*x+ka*y)p'tx>y)eilkz*x-Fk4*y)
showsthatthe m atrix elem enthasthefollowingsym metryproperties:
(kIk2IP'Ik3k4)- (k2kl1Uj k4k3)= (-k3-k41UI-kl-k2)
-
(-kj-kzt#'p-k3-k4) (37.13)
wheretherelation F(x,y)= P-(-x,-y)hasbeen assumed inarrivingatthelast
equality. The potential-energyoperatorcan now berewritten with Eq.(37.13)
as
P= f'
.+ Vi (37.14)
where
(a= -j.)é tkk'(FIk+ q,k'- q)gt/k,t/k'!Jk'-q!Jk4.
q!
kk'q
(37.l5J)
(77.15bq
dk
%tf/kz!Jkz-q!Nk-hq!= Xlt/ktt/k'!Ck'-q!Ck/.
q!1V îq,0Dk
2X(t/k'rJk,t)
0::2
+ 3q, Xtlf. k!&k!)- 3k', 11:2.XtJ)yJkrl
k+q
--
dk'k+n112:X(JY
k',au't)-h30oPJ?7.
2,--8u,k+qr2
:!Jk
2,
(37.16)
wheretheonlynonzero contractionshave been evaluated with Eqs.(37.9)and
(37.10). Inthisway,Eq.(37.15/)reducestothefollowingexpression
Pu- #(P2 - '
ikk'
Z (fkk'l#'lkk')- fkk'lFlk'k))
x((ryl?) + 2?
é,.
N'(< TJk!)J+ lak*-+j-k,1
7+->-lC11
CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS 329
kk'
'lk-k/)
-
2uktl
kuk,th,tk-klPrJk'-k'))J- )g((4#!k+#-kœk)
kk'
-I-j
l(1+jk) (37.34)
-I-)(l-jk)
é à:.
k= .
!ïk'(k- kjFI
k - k')Ev (37.35)
ThislastrelationistheBCS gap equation,which isa nonlinearintegralequation
forthegap functionAk.l
Thezero-temqeraturethermodynamicpotentialk now consistsofthree
terms& + 41+ N(F),where& isacnumber,41isdiagonalinthequasiparticle
numberoperatorsafxandp%p,and #(P)isanormal-ordered productoffour
quasiparticle creation and destruction operators. This last term m akes no
contributioninthegroundstateofU + 41
(o I#(P)1O)- 0 (37.36)
and it clearly describes the interaction between quasiparticles. For many
assemblies,itisagood approximationto neglect.
N'(P)entirely,in which case
weobtain
#:> U+Xlr'JU+ )
k
gZktllak+X xj (37.37)
!n isgapequation wassrstobtained byJ.Bardœn.L.N .Coom r,and J.R.A hriefer,Phys.
Aep..108:1175(1957). Thepresenttreatmentiscloserto thatofBogoliubov,Val
atin,and
Beliaev,Ioc.cit.
=2 CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS
Evenwhen#(P)isnotnegligible,theoperatorkoprovidesabasisforaperturba-
tion expansion,and we shallnow study the properties of #:in detail. Itis
evident that U is the therm odynamic potential of the ground state, while
Ez= (àI+ fi)1 represents the additionalcontribution ofeach excited quasi-
particle. Note thatEk> Ak,which accountsforthe namegap function because
theexcited statesareseparated from theground statebyahnitegap. Themean
numberofparticlesinthegroundstateisgivenby(compareEq.(35.23))
N=Z
kz
(0IJZJkAIO)
=
2)
k
jpi= )
k
((1- (kE:
-1) (37.38)
where Eqs.(37.9)and (37.10)havebeen used to evaluatethematrix elements.
In a sim ilarway,thetotal-m om entum operatorbecom es
f:= U)âkzkzJkz= 7
kz k
)âktf/k,Jk!- Z klJ-kt)
=
7
k
2âk(#(4tckl)-AtltktJ-kJ)1
-
7
k
2âktal
kœk+K /k) (37.39)
whereEqs.(37.9)and(37.10)havebeenusedtoobtainthesecondline. W esee
that
(Xn,ê1= 0 (37.40)
so thattheexcited statesobtained by applying quasiparticle creation operators
a #andj'to 1O)areeigenstatesofbothknandê.
Further progress depends on a detailed solution of the gap equation
(37.35). Sinceitisahomogeneousequation,thereisalwaysthetrivialsolution
à:= 0 fora11k normalsolution (37.41)
whichdescribesthenormalgroundstate(flled Fermisea). Thisidentifcation
followsimmediatelybecauseEqs.(37.32)and(37.34)thenbecome
Ek= 1f:1
ukp:= 0
uk-j
1(j.
j.t#
.j
).:(e.-s) normalsolution (37.42)
,
?1-j
1jj-l.
(kj
j )-ocs-0)
whileEq.(37.1)reproducesthecanonicaltransformationtoparticlesand holes
(comparewithEq.(7.34)J. Furthermore,thelastterm ofEq.(37.26/)vanishes
identically,and thetherm odynamicpotentialin theground state reducesto the
Hartree-Fock value studied in Sec.10.
CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS 333
In addition to the foregoing norm al-state solution,thegap equation also
hasnontrivialsolutionswith tx# 0,which weshallcallsuperconductingsolutions.
Asa specihcmodel,assumethatthematrixelementsofthepotentialareconstant
in the region neartheFerm isurface and vanish elsewherez
(k- kfU41- 1)= gV-1#tâoao- lf:l)elhu;n- Ifll) (37.43)
whereholnisacuto/ introdueedtorendertheintegralsconvergent. Thism odel
isapplicableto m etalswhere the interaction with thecrystallatticecan lead to
an attractiveinteraction between electronsneartheFermisurfacel(seeChap.
12). Inthisway,thepotentialbecomesseparable,andthegapequationmaybe
solved exactly. Itisreadily veritied thatthe gap function reducesto the form
Ak= Zhhœn- llk1
) (37.44)
w here21 isaconstant,given asthesolution oftheequation
1= g(2F)-1X
k
olhu)n- îfk()(Z2+ fi)-1
= l.gJd?k(278-3olho)n- l
J:1)(A2+ (:2)-1 (37.
45)
In allpracticalcaseshutnism uch sm allerthan !z,and wem ayw rite
(2,
/8-3#3k= 4r429-3:2dk= S(0)X (37.46)
where
k
v(0)-2=
1cjap
dkjkkv,
v (37.47)
isthedensity ofstatesforonespinprojection attheFermisurface. Equation
(37.45)can now beevaluated as
1- gNI?.
I â-'p
2 J-,-s(l2d+lJ2).-#Xt0)J.o-'p(u
s2'+
q
;2)+
lhœn
;kJgNfQ)ln (37.48)
wherewehaveretained onlytheltadingterm forhulol.
f
s>.l. A simpletrans-
form ation yields
a-zâoasexp(-:(1
(j)g) (37.
49)
which exhibitsthesamenonanalyticstructureseenin Eq.(36.30). Fortypical
metals,huto can be taken as a mean phonon energy hulo= k.0 (the Debye
energy)andNlQjgQ;0.2-0.3(seeTable51.14.
Thecorrespondingquantitiesuiand&, Ibecome
W =. i(1+ (k(L2+ JI)-+)
superconductingsolution (37.50)
t'l= .
!.
(1- J:(é2+ J2)-1)
1H.Fröhlich.loc.cit.
334 CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIONS
uk
1
l
1
t?2
k
Fig.37.1 Distributionfunctiont'
l= 1- 1/1for
> a
8G 'k superconductingsolution.
andareshownschematicallyinFig.37.1. Sincerïisthedistributionfunction
for quasiparticles.we see that the sharp Ferm isurface ofthe normalstate is
smeared throughoutathicknesstâin energy. NotethatEq.(37.50)isinsnitely
diFerentiable and thuscan neverbe obtained in perturbation theory from the
discontinuousstepfunctionsofEq.(37.42).
Atsxed chemicalpotentialrt,the resulting excitation spectrum of#(
)in
thesuperconducting stateisshown in Fig.37.2,which clearly indicatesthe role
ofthe gap A. In the limit 2î . -+.0 we recover the excitation spectrum in the
norm al state, shown by the dotted line. The apparent paradox that Ek is
positive,even forek< rzin the norm alstate,iseasily explained by rem em bering
thatallenergies are here m easured relative to thechemicalpotentialorFerm i
energy(recallk M X - p,
X ). ThusthegroundstateofN - lparticlesand one
hole isa Elled Ferm isea containing N - 1 particles,and the creation ofa hole
withe:< J.tthereforerequiresaminimum energyJ.
t- ek= ffkI>0(comparethe
discussionfollowingEq.(7.61)).1
Itisinterestingto com parethephysicalpropertiesofthenorm alandsuper-
conducting ground states. ForNxed p. .the numberofparticles isdetermined
byEq.(37.38),and we;nd
Ns- Nn= 2)
k
((?
Jj1,- riIa)
=
P'42=)-3J#3/cJk(IJkI-1-((L+Z2)-+j
= PW(0)J#ff(1ft-1- (f2+ é2)-1)
0
= (37.51)
becausetheintegrand isodd in(. Herewenotethattheonlycontributionto
Ek
Sum rconducting
I
l
I
I
NN.1Z-- NOI'ITIaI
y Fig.37.2 Comparisonofexcitationspectrum for
# ek normaland superconductingsolutions.
'lfp.
(N)isdeterminedfrom Eq.(37.38)then Ekistheexcitationenergyat:xedN,asdiscussed
indetailin %c.58.
cANoNlcAu TRANSFORMATIONS 335
the integralarisesfrom the im mediate vicinity ofthe Ferm isurface,and itis
therefore permissible to use Eq.(37.46). As a result,the transition from the
norm alto superconducting statedoesnotalterthem ean num berofparticlesin
thisapproxim ation. A lternatively,ifthe numberofparticlesN isconsidered
éxed,then thechemicalpotentialsdiFerbyonlyaverysmallamounttrzs- ynlf
'y.
n
= 3.
Thequantityofdirectphysiealinterestisthechangein ground-stateenergy
atfixed N
fs- En= UXpa)- Un(p,
n)+ lpa- l
hqN
.
&s(m)-&n(p.
a)+bl
h(lV
J
.
t)gn+N+0(32)
k:&,(p.
,. n)- UntJznl (37.52)
wherethelinearterm vanishesbecauseofEq.(4.9). Since & issmall,we need
only computethechangeinthethermodynamicpotentialatlixed /. zgcompare
thederivation ofEq.(30.72)). Thisexpression iseasily evaluated with Eqs.
(37.26*,(37.34),and(37.42). Assumingthatthematrixelementsf '
xkk'1F 1kk')EE
gIVareconstantsinthevicinityoftheFermisurface.wehave
Es- En- 2é
k
)fklrlls- t'il
al- 7k).
'
.
ï(ukrklfs+gV-2)(((t'inllls- (riLf,)pn1
kk'
Si
-Xkl1 s1(fk+(ià-ipg-i
-
1yktt'
l+
a2
a2).
+ 4'
v7kk'
)(1
)1-(u+&a2).1() 1-((i,tkspl
(1-j
-
lkl(,-, jk.,!
))
(1 (2 1 12 gU(X(0)j2
;
epwtolfJt'gt yi-((,.,.aip-jtlco-spj+ 4
xJfdt#f'tg1-(y2ofaclljgl-(y,c. f'ac).1
(1-t
-
yt
f)(1-l #-
J 'I))
= - jVN(% 12= fk - Da (37.53)
where thedouble integralvanishesby sym m etry.l Recalling ourdiscussion of
:The thermodynamic identity ofEq.(4.3)now allowsan explicitcalculation ofJza-ym.
Assumingasingle-particlespectrum e:Q:6î,weNnd &=r-i. (A/eî.)2(1+ 6(PlnA/êlnN)),which
justisesthe omission ofthe82correction in Eq.(37.52). Note.however,thatz V(Jz,- rtJ/
(Es- En)=!.I1+.6(PInA/ 'ê1nN)1iscomparablewith oneso thattheseparatecontributions
of order .
3 in Eq.(37-52) are not negligible. If o)o and g are independent of Ns then
6(?lnA/PlnN)reducesto2ln(2âtt)p/A).
3a6 CANONICAL TRANSFORM ATIO NS
Cooperpairs,wecan interpretthisexpression asthe binding energy ,
â perpair
multipliedbythenumberofpairs.
è.U.
NIOI.
XIyingwithintheshellofthickness2î
'
around the Ferm isurface. Itisthepairsin thisshellthatcan lowertheirenergy
by forming theCooperbound state.
Equation (37.53)showsthatthesuperconductingstateindeed hasalower
energy and therm odynam ic potential than the normal ground state, and is
therefore a better approximation to the true ground state or the interacting
system . This conclusion follows from the same variational prineiple that
determinestheground-stateenergy,forEq.(37.36)show'sthatfq andtlsarethe
expectationvaluesoftheexactoperatorX (Eq.(37.20))inthenormalizedground
states(normalandsuperconducting)ofXc(Eq.(37.37)).
PROBLEM S
10.1. Considera Bosesystem withm acroscopieoccupation ofthesinglem ode
with m om entum h%. Find the depletion ofthe condensate as a function of
&'= hzjm assuming the pseudopotentialmodelof Eq.(35.1). Compute the
totalmomentum P,and compareitwith thevalueNnhz (compareProb.6.6).
10.2. C onsidera densecharged spinlessBosegasin a uniform incom pressible
background. U sing a canonicaltransform ation,show thatthe depletion and
ground-stateenergyaregiven by (n- n()/n= 0.21lrfand EOIN = -0.803r-
s*el(
2J(). Intheseexpressionsr,
3= ?jn=natandtzl= hljmpel,wheremeistheboson
mass(comparewithProb.6.5).
10.3. Treat the particle noneonservation arising from the substitution
av-->.NtbymakingaLependretransformationtothethermodynamicpotential
atzero tem peratureX = H - p,X. Assuming a nonsingularpotential,carryout
a canonicaltransformation;rederive Eqs.(21.5),(21.8),(21.15),and 5nd the
ground-stateenergy.
10.4. ((8 Solve Eq.(36.26)forP.c tlky,and show thatthe binding energy
LIPIforapairwithcenterofmassmomentum hpisgivenbyé(#);4sA(0)- ht'yp,
wheret's= hkr/m and / .
X(0)isgiveninEq.(36.30).
(b) lf:â
'(0)/ks;4JIOQK,estimatethecriticalvalueofP whereà(#)vanishes.
10.5. Show thatthe anom alouseigenvalue corresponds to a solution ofthe
hom ogeneous Bethe-G oldstone equation.
(J) UseEqs.(36.15)and(36.18)tofndtheasymptoticform ofthewavefunction
4o,k(x)for a bound pair nearthe Fermisurface with P = 0;explain why it
difersfrom theusualexponentialform .
(b)Show thatthe form factor(Fouriertransform ofthedensity)forthisstate
isF(q);
k:1- hvrqllh asq-+.0.Interpretthisresult.
(c)lfA/k,;k;l0OK,estimatethepairsizeand comparewith thecriticalwave-
num berderived in Prob.10.4.
CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS 337
10.6. Com pute the expectation value ofthe operatorX 2in the ground state
)0)ofEq.(37.8),andshow thattheQuctuationsaregivenby
'N-2x Y- (ukl-k)2
y-w.
;N-)2 = -..j
(X /2 Z t.'k2 2
k
Discuss the difference between the norm aland superconducting ground states.
10.7. Com pute the pairing am plitudes Fk
*- '
.O '
t
/k-t/- k: O ' and Fk>
t'O f
.
J-klt
zk!10 '
,hin theground State ofEq.(37.8). Sketch their behavior asa
function ofk.and show thatthey vanish in the norm alground state.
10.8. Reducethecorrelation function in thesuperconductingground state
C)A.(x.x')==..0 t
l-
iatx)gé,(x')io '
to detinkte integrals. Evaluate the expressionsforantiparallelspins,and com -
pare w'ith the corresponding situation in the normalground state.
10.9. The superconducting ground state u'as originally derisr
ed U ith a s'aria-
tionalprinciplel
tby considering the state
!
%',= l-k1(?
' .
/k+ t'
kt
/k:Y-kt)10)'
where the productisover a11k,and ' !0 isthe no-particle state.
)isnorm alized if ug
(t8 Show thath%h, $ z-t'k2= 1.
.
(b) Show that the expectation value of X gEq.(37.6)1in this state is t.'gEq.
(37.21J)J.
(c)Varying s?kand l;ksubjectto theconstraintu2.-@' 2= l.show thatthegap
equation (37.35)isthecondition fbrminimum thermodynamicpotential.
(#) Apart from normalization,verify thatt/k!,
'ç7).and J-k. (/' both represent
the same state which isorthogonalto (f
p),. Evaluate theexpectation value of
X in thisstateand show thattheincrease in the therm odynamicpotentialisfk.
part five
A pplications to
P hysical S ystem s
11
N uclear M atter
x EB x j- x2
States
Particle interchange .
Particles
N#
(38.13X
-
t/(:5'
c)?
.2 (38.13:)
NUCLEAR M ATTER 346
and charge independence m erely requiresthat
L)r('ékollnp--E?r(1éko)1,p--(?C(1éko))an (38.14)
6. Exchange characterï As the energy increases, m ore partial waves
contribute to the scattering am plitude and the analysis becom es very dië cult.
A tsuë ciently high energies,however,the Born approxim ation suppliesa useful
guide to the diserentialcrossseetion
da Im , . (+) j
g
yy 12 (38.l5J)
dûcm=jxjzjc-f
k-
r*xôz(x)/kj(
.
x) a'
j
tfc.
z rm i2
df'
j ='I4v
'ât'. cfq'x k'(x
')J3x1 (38.15:)
Cm
where
q2u (ky- ky.
)2= 4k1sin2(à.é?j (38.16)
Forlargemomentum transferhq.theintegrandinEq.(38.15:)oscillatesrapidly,
and the Fouriertransform willtend to zero. Thusthe scattering from a potential
P'(x)should yield a diflkrentialcrosssection thatfallsof'
fwith increasing (
3.
In contrast, the diflkrential cross section for neutron-proton scattering at
laboratory energies up to 600 M eV is shown in Fig.38.1, N ote that there isa
greatdealofbackward scattering;indeed,the m ost im pressive feature of these
results is the apparent sym m etry about 90*. If this sym m etry is exact
ffl.
rr- é?)=.
/'(#)J,thenonlytheeven /'scontributetothescatteringamplitude,
forodd l'sw illdistortthecrosssection. To explain thisbehavior,theconcept
ofan exchangeforcehasbeenintroduced. Thisexchangeforcedependson the
(38.21)
and is evidently sym m etric about900. Phase shiftanalysesconfrm thatthe
nuclear force has roughly a Serber exchange nature and is weakly repulsive in
theodd-/states.k
7. Hard core:Thepp diFerentialcrosssection forlaboratory energiesup
to 500 M eV isshown in Fig.38.2,whereitisplotted onlyfor8cm< '
zr/2 because
tSee.forexample.M .H.Hull.Jr..K .E.Lassila.H.M .Rugpel,F.A.M cDonald,andG . Breit,
Phys.Ret'
.,l22:1606(196l).
NUCLEAR M ATTER 347
the identity ofthe particlesrequires
dc('
c - #) Jc(é?)
kij cm àti cm (38.22)
A lthough thediflkrentialcrosssectionsforthenp andpp system slook com pletely
diflkrent,itispossibletom akeacharge-independentanalysisof-theseprocesses.l
The isotropy of the nuclear partof the pp crosssection m ightsuggestthatonly
s waves contribute even up to these high energies. This conclusion can be
ruled out,however,by the unitarity lim it/ :'-2 on the u
v-wave diflkrentialcross
sectfon,whfch fssmallerthan the observed 4mb/sr. The hfgherpartfazw'
arzes
m ustthereforeinterfere to givea llatangulardistribution. ln particular,Jastrow
observed thata hard core in the singletpotentialwould changethesign ofthe
y-wave phase shift at higher energies. The :D -iS interference term in pp
scattering could then givea nearly unifbrm distribution.z (W ith a Serberforce
inpp scattering,theonlycontributing statesoflow /are iSv,1. Dc,and so forth.)
Jastrow 's suggestion was subsequently confirm ed by detailed m easurements.
which show thatthe y-wave phase shift becomes negative atabout 200 M eV
and indicate thatthe singlet nucleon-nucleon potentialhas a hard core with a
range
(38.23)
Further phase-shift analyses im ply the existenee of a sim ilar hard core in the
tripletstate.3
8.Spin-orbitlhrce:Largepolarizationsofscattered nucleonsareobserved
perpendicular to the plane ofscattering. These eFectsare dim cultto explain
withjustcentralandtensorforces,andanadditionalspin-orbitforceofthetype
p-==-p'x.ta.s (38.24)
is generally introduced to understand these polarizations. The spin-orbit
operatorcan be written
(38.25)
Itisobviousthatthespin-orbitforcevanishesinsingletstates(5'= 0,I= J)and
also in Jstates(/= 0,S = J). TheusualphenomenologicalU,.hasa veryshort
range. Thusthespin-orbitforce iseflkctiveonly athigh energy,foritvanishes
in â'states,and the centrifugalbarriertendsto keep the high partialwavesaway
from the potential.
In sum m ary,ourpresentem piricalunderstanding ofthe nucleon-nucleon
force isthe following:
tIbid.
2R.Jastrow,Phys.#t?t'..81:165(1951);seealso M .A.Preston,op.cfJ..p.97.
3See.forexample.R.V.Reid,Jr.,Ann.Phys.(N.F.),50:411(1968).
348 Appulcv loss To pHYslcAL SYSTEM S
1.Theexperimentaldata can be fitup to ;
k;300 M eV with a setofpotentials
depending only on thespinand parity 1P'),3F+
C,1/'C
-'3V-
c:3jz't'3p'-
s,and
so forth.
2.Thepotentialscontain ahard corerc; kJ0.4to0.5 F.
3.The forcesin the odd-/statesare relatively weak atlow energiesand on the
averageslightly repulsive.
4.The tensorforce is necessary forthe quadrupole mom entofthe deuteron.
5.A strong short-rangespin-orbitforceisnecessàrytoexplain thepolarizations
athigh energies.
The best phenom enological nucleon-nucleon potentials are those of
H am adaand JohnstonsltheY alegroup,zand Reid.3
f odd ,
4 A Even ,
4
A
e.C. cdd-e d
''x.
#- #-e
,c.#+
#+. ,Z #- #- ##
e C.
N R C C.
##.
CVCn-CVCn
.
=i'
-eF (39.l5)
(39.l6)
The experimentalvalue ofrvfrom Eq.(39.1)yieldsthe Ferm iwavenumber of
nuclearm atter
kF :
k:1.42 F -1
lkFdjkeîk.x=4n.jt
k
'
Fy
rzyajk.
xlgk.403
W)?jk
L(kFx)
rx 4:jg)
t '
Finally,therelationbetweenthevolumeandthenumberofpartieles(Eq.(39.15))
allowsusto rewritetheenergy
Eo+ Fl 3hlk; #/
x -Jzm+12,2((4c' tzl#)z
z-autfP'
?jtlkFz)2 a
+ (4uv - cp,) k z F(z)d z (40.14)
F
A s kr--+.cc, the integrand in the second integral goes to zero alm ost
everywhere,and thefirstterm thuscan be expected to dominate athigh den-
sities. Foran attractivepotential,itfollowsthattheassem blycollapses,thatis,
theenergybecomesm oreandm orenegativeasksincreasesunlessthecoeë cients
oftheforcesatisfy theinequality
au >4Js, to preventcollapse (40.15)
W ith the present nonsingular potential, Eq.(40.15) represents a necessary
conditionfortheexchangeforcetoprovidesumcientrepulsionintheoddangular-
momentum states (recallEqs.(40.10)and (38.19)). Ifthisinequality is not
satissed,the potentialenergy willalwaysdom inate the kinetic energy athigh
densities,because the potentialenergy varies asi') while the kinetic energy
variesas/c/.. Thetrueground-stateenergythusbecomesmoreandmorenegative
asthe densityincreases. In particular,the experim entalnucleon-nucleon force
isroughlyofaSerbercharacter(seeEq.(38.20))with
tzp,;k;asf experiment (40.16)
and itisclearthatsaturation cannotoccurfornonsingularSerberforces.
A single-particlepotentialcan bedesned in thefollowing way:
UAp(k)O âXô)(k)
kF
= J( ttklpk'A'p'IFlklpk'A'p')- (klpk'/.
/p'jFIk'A'p'kAp))
(40.17)
This quantity represents the srst-order interaction energy ofa particle in the
state lklp) with allthe otherparticlesin theslled Fermisea;itistheusual
H artree-Fock potential. ltm ay also be interpreted asthediagonalelem entin
bothspinandisospinofthelowest-orderproperself-energyforthesingle-particle
Green'sfunction given by the frsttwo diagramsshown in Fig.11.3 (see the
!seeL.1.Schift op.cit.,p.86.
x6 AppulcATloss To PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
discussioninSec.11). Therelevantmatrixelementshavealreadybeenevaluated
inEq.(40.11),andwe5nd
1 kr
U(k)= (2=)a #3/c'(4(Jsr-fU(z)#3z+ au jp-ftk-k'l@zFtzlJ3zj
-
gt
zsfJU(z)#3z+ Js,.
fe-itk-k'l*zF(z)J3zjj (40.18)
w hich isindependentofspin and isospin. The angularintegralscan becarried
outasbefore:
c(k)-6
k
,,
l
-
aj(4a.-as.4jp't
zll3z+t4us,-uw.
)
>:)7
- Hjlkpz) 3
0(
/ûz)ks z P'(z)d z (40.19)
Forsm allm omenta,thesphericalBesselfunctionappearingintheexchange
integralcanbeexpanded-/otkz)= l- :2z2/6+ .. .,which leadsto a parabolic
single-particlepotentialatsm allk
:2/c2
&(k);
kJUv+ lm U1+ ''. (40.20)
Thisquadratic m om entum dependence m ay be used to define an eflkctive mass
through therelation
hlkl hlkl
6u= e2+ U(k);kûlm (1+ Uj)+ UfjN Uo+ -j;ju (40.21)
where
m
O =
l+ 171 (40.22)
ln the present H artree-Fock approxim ation, the m omentum dependence of
U(k)and eflkctive-masscorrection ariseentirely from the exchange term for
thedirectforce Pk and from thedirectterm fortheexchange force Pk.
ln the opposite lim it of large k.the sphericalBesselfunction oscillates
rapidly,and theexchangeintegralvanishes. A saresult,theasym ptoticexpres-
sion forthe single-particle potentialbecom es
&(k) >'gklj(4Jp,- aMjj-U(z)daz
-- (4().a?)
=
additiollalnucleon innuclearmatters
'thisquantity isjustthe opticalpotential
seen by theadded particle.properlyincluding thepossibilityof-exchangeefects.
So far we have assum ed a nonsingular nucleon-nucleon force of a Serber
exchange nature and have calculated the ground-state energy shift to lowest
orderin the interaction. Thisresultisvery powerfulsinceitgivesa variational
bound on thetrueground-state energy and showsthattheassem bly isunstable
againstcollapsewithsuchaSerberforce. W earenow facedwith twoproblem s.
First,how do we explain nuclearsaturation' ? The answeristhatthe potential
hasbeen assum ed to be nonsingular,NNhereasnuclearforcesare actually singular.
As seen in Sec.38.there is evidence for a strong repulsion at short distances.
whiehm ustbeincludedinthecalculation. Thesecondproblem isto understand
the successofthe independent-particle m odelofthe nucleus. ltisclearthatthe
singular nuclear forces introduce im portant correlations. Nevertheless, the
num erous trium phs of the single-particle shell m odel of tlte nucleus and the
accuratedescription ofscattering through a single-particleopticalpotentialshow
that the independent-particle m ode!frequently represents an excellent starting
approxim ation in nuclear physics. ln Sec. 41 we attem pt to answer these
questions with the independent-pair approximationb in which two-body
correlations are treated in detail.
4ILIN D EPEN D ENT-PA IR A PPRO XIM ATIO N
(BRU ECKNER'S THEO RYII'Z
*
The force between two nucleonsis singular. This pointis crucial,for itm eans
thatthenuclearpotentialhasafundam entaleflkctonthetwo-body wavefunction.
lK.A.Brueckner,C.A.Levinson,and H.M .Mahnloud.Phys.Aez ë'
..95:217 (1954);H .A.
Bethe,Phys.Rct.,103:1353 (1956);K.A.Bruecknerand J.L.Gammel,Phys.Ret'.,109:1023
(1958);K.A.Brueckner,Theory ofNuclearStructure,in C.DeW itt(ed.)aSs-
rhe M any Body
Problem q''p.47.John W ileyand Sons,lnc.,New Y ork.1959.
2Thepresentdiscussion ofBrueckner'stheory intermsoftheindependent-pairapproximation
isbased on L.C.Gomes,J.D.W alecka.and V.F.W eisskopf,Ann.Phys.(X'.F.),3:241(1958)
and J.D.W aleckaand l-.C.Gomes,Ann.da Acad.BrasileiradeC'
ï/pcf
'-
ç.39:361(1967).
au AppulcA-rloNs To pHvslcAu SYSTEM S
asdiscussedindetailinSec.11. lnterm sofdiagram s,wem ustretaintheladder
contributions to the proper self-energy indicated in Fig. 11.3,and the corre-
spondingcontributionsto theground-stateenergy. Forsimplicity,the present
section describestheinteracting pairwith the Bethe-Goldstoneequation,which
containsal1theessentialphysicalfeaturesoftheproblem. InSec.42wediscuss
therelation to theGreen'sfunctionsand theGalitskiiequation ofSec.11.
sEl.F-coN slsTENT BETH E-GOLDSTON E EQ UATION I
The Bethe-Goldstone equation fortwo interacting nucleons in the Fermisea
wasstudied in Sec.36. Thefundamentalapproximation wasto concentrate on
the two particlesin question,omittingentirely the interaction oftheseparticles
The region r
I1P :!
:kl> #s
/
zA/'
1.P /
!l(x)= zrrlr
*euâ-2F(Ixi- xz1) (41.4)
where mr
*.n= m*Ilisthereduced ef
lkctivemass.
The energy shiftgiven by the Bethe-Goldstone equation in Eq.(41.2)
variesas P'-1. Since K.2- t2in thedenominatorofEq.(36.15)cannotvani sh
exceptcloseto the Ferm isurface,wem ay m akethereplacem entKl-+.klin the
equation for the wave function. This approxim ation is essentially exact for
particlesdeep in thc Ferm isea;asw ehaveseen in thediscussion ofthe Coom r
pairs,however,itm ay be incorrectcloseto the Ferm isurface. Indeed,itwas
36: APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
justtheappearanceofK2inthedenominatorin Eq.(36.15)thatledtotheeigen-
valueequation withtheexceptional(bound Cooper-pair)solution. W eshow
in Sec.43 thatthe gap A in nuclearm atterisvery sm all.l Forthisreason,the
possibilityofbound pairsm aybesafelyneglectedindiscussingthebindingenergy
and density ofnuclearm atter.
w e shall now exam ine the solutions to the Bethe-G oldstone equation.
The e/ective-m ass approxim ation allows us to convert the integralequation
(41.1)intoadiFerentialequationbyapplyingtheoperatorV2+ kl:
d3t
(V2+ k2)4(x)x r(..z-
2'rPweitexjdjyp-ite
yr?
(y)/(y)
d3t
= I?(x)/(x)- r.
-
(j-
r-
'8-jt
ait*xjJ3ye-it.y?J(y)/(y) (41.j)
where P isthecom plementoftheregion f'inFig.41.1(P isdesned astheunion
oftheresionstèP +.tl< /cs). Westartbyconsideringthesimplestcase(P = 0)
and look forJ-wavesolutionsto thisequation in theform
4(x)= x-iN(x) (41.6)
TheJ-wavesolutionsaretheonly onesthatpenetrate to sm allrelativedistances
wheretheeflkctsofthesingularpotentialarestrongest. Inserting Eq.(41.6)
into Eq.(4l.5)yields
d2 f.x
j+ k2 lz(a'
..
.)=t'
(x)lf(x)-J()Zx,.
p)r(y)1,
/(.
p)Jy (41.7)
where thekernelappearing in thisJ-wave Bethe-G oldstoneequation isgiven by
Fig.41.2 Nonsingularsquare-wellpotentialfitto
low-energy !x
sk scattering.
=c
2%jk
erdtjétpj0
ësllylyzgy (41.15)
0.03
0.01 Fig.41.3 M odiscation A/awIEq.(41.17))of
0.01 1 2. 4 5 the J-wavetwo-body wave function caused by
0.œ kyx the potentialin Fig.41.2. Thiscalculation is
-
g.(jj krd for a pair with k = P = 0 in nuclear m atter.
-
0.02 (The authors wish to thank E. Moniz for
- 0.03 preparingthisfigure.
)
(41.21)
( l sin(r- r') sin(r+ r') (41.22)
;
t'r.r')= -
= r.-. r' - r+ r,
H ere the srstterm givesa énitediscontinuity in the slope of-the wâve fknction
atthecoreboundary,ascan be seen by integrating the Bethe-Goldstoneequation
(41.5)acrossthe core boundary. The remaining term u.
tr)cannotcontribute
Outside the core.where the potentialvanishes.butit m ay be finite inside the
core region because of the lim iting procehs v'-.
vzcsu -v0. This extra ''leak''
term m ust be chosen so that
u''-4-A'2u= 0 (41.24)
'Sofaronlythe1s'oattractivewellhasbeen considered. ln fact,thisu'illsumceforthepresent
analysisofnuclearmatter(seethediscussionfollou'
ingEq.(41.39)).
2H .A .Betheand J.G oldstone,Ioc.c#.
364 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
W hen Eq.(4l.23)is combined with Eq.(4l.2l),the condition of Eq.(4l.24)
becom es
.*i-
p;-iw(r)= y(r,c)+ -
. .
W -tJ0
j ytcr')w'tr')dr' (4l.25)
The rem aining analysiscan be sim plised by noting thatthedim ensionless
constantc issm all. Forexam ple,atthe observed density in nuclearm atter
c= l.42F-lx0-4F= 0.57 (41.26)
wherea hard coreofrange0.4 F hasbeen assum ed. In theIim itwhereboth of
its argum ents are sm all, the kernel in the J-wave Bethe-G oldstone equation
becomes
2.
rr'
ytr-r')->.-jx-* r< c,r?< c (41.27)
Equation(41.25)showsthatB'
(r)isoforderc2,whileanyintegraloverw(r)w' ill
beoforderc3. Consequently,theleak in Eq.(41.23)can beneglected forsmall
c,and acombinationofEqs.(41.21)to (41.23)yields
jt
d2
sj+A2)
hl
/
(r);
k;,
.
Vt3tr-c)-y(r.c .))
2 r
-.ç
#'.=cj'
x
k
'yo(tr)joltc)t2dt
- -
- F(r) (4l.28)
whichdefinesF(r). Itisclearthattheterm xtrsc)servestocancelthoseFourier
componentsof3(r- c)thatlieinsidetheFermisphere (see Eq.(4l.8)1. The
rightsideofthisequationisaknownfunctionofr,andtheonlyunknownquantity
is the normalization constant..
W . Since 140)= 0,the generalsolution ofthis
equation isgiven by
1 r
?
,
?(r)= k sin@A-(r- .
&))F(-
s)ds (4l.29)
0
ThelastintegralvanishesidenticallybecausetliesoutsidetheFerm ispherewhile
K lies inside,as illustrated in Fig.41.1. The foregoing derivation shows the
im portance ofthe fslled Ferm isea.which rem ovesthe com ponents t< lfrom
the interm ediate states. Itisclear that this resultfollows quite generally from
thefbrm oftherightsideofEq.(4l.f). Equation (4I.32)ensuresthattheexact
solutionr-1l
?(r)gEq.(4l.3l))isproportionaltotheunperturbedso1utionj0(Kr) .
as r -> '
,t.so thatthe J-wave phase shiftis zero. Ifthe wave function isto be
norm alized in a box of volum e 1,*.it m ust approach a plane wave with unit
am plitudeastherelativecoordinategetslarge:
bblxj--
>.cik*x x .--
sx (41.34)
This condition im plies thatIz(-v).x = ulrlf
'r--'hlh'r)as1---'.:
c,and the i-wave
normalization condition in Eq.(41.31)becomes
#
awcosKsF(s)ds-
J0
.
-.l (4l..
3.
5)
..cc .)-j
V=g
..
cosKc-9acosKs:(.
s.6
.
)Jâ
'j (41.
36)
Equations (4l.28),(4l.311.and (41.36)eompletely determine the â'-wave
relativewavefunction fora dilutecollection ofhard sphepes. Onetypicalcase
is plotted in Fig.41.4. This resultexhibits severalinteresting features. A s
Fig.41.4 TheBethe-Goldstoneu' aN'efunction (Eqs.
(41,31'
).(41.28).and (41.36)Jforan -
ç-was'
e pairwith
k = P = 0 interactlngthrougha hard-core rotentialln
nuclear nlatter. The lourer lim it on the integrals in
Eq.(41.31)u'astakenascso thatl/tcànEE0. TheNN.av'e
function for a noninteracting pair ls Sheu'n by the
dashedlineandthecross-os'erpolntdetinesthehealing
distance. Also indicated aretheavrerage interparlicle
distance krl (Eq.(41.38)4and the range krd of the
rotentialin Fig.41.5.
ae6 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTSMS
exptcted,the relativew ave function vanishesatthe hard-coresurface. ltthen
very rapidly approachesthe unperturbed valueofl,crossingoverthatvalue at
a 'shealing distance''ofabout
kyx ;r:1.9 healing distance (4l.37)
Byexaminingthemoregeneralexpressionarisingfrom Eq,(41.5)gsceEqs.(41.7)
and(41.62)),wecanshow thatthishealingdistanceisessentiallyindependentof
kand#.1Furthermorethecorrelationfunction,desnedby, z
'
&'Jc= N(r),/r-h(Kr),
isalso nearly independentofk and #. Beyond the healing distance,theBethe-
G oldstonewavefunction oscillatesaround theunperturbed solution,approach-
ing itwith dam ped oscillations as ksx -.
+:x:. The average interparticle distance
/in nuclearmatter,desned by theexpression l//3n Njl
''= lk((?=l,hasalso
been indicated in Fig. 41.4. The corresponding dimensionless parameter
characterizingtheinterparticledistanceinnuclearmatterbecomes
3.2 1
kpl= 2 = 2.46 interparticledistanee (41.3B)
and we notetheinteresting resultthatthe healing distanceofEq.(41.37)isless
than thcinterparticlespacingofEq.(41.38),asillustrated inFig.41.4. Bythe
tim e thatone ofthe two colliding particleshasarrived atanotherneighboring
particle,the ttwound''in the wavefunction ofthe originalinteracting pairhas
healed back to itsplane-wave value.Forsubsequentcollisions,itfollows that
thecolliding particlescan again be assumed to approach each other in relative
plane-wavestates. Thisresultjustisestheindependent-pairapproximation.
Theseobservationsalsoprovideasimplequalitativebasisfortheindependent-
particlemodclo-fnuclccrmcllcr. ThePauliprinciplesupprtssesthtcorrelations
introduced by the hard core and restricts its eflkcts to short distances. In
particular,the hard core cannotgive rise to long-range scattering because all
available energy-conserving statesarealready occupied. Exceptforthe short-
rangecorrelations,anucleon m aythereforebeassum edtom ovethrough nuclear
m atterin a plane-wave state. Thedom inantrole ofthe exclusion principle in
explaining how an independent-particle modelcan describe a dilute strongly
interacting Ferm isystem at or near its ground state w as hrstem phasized by
W eisskopf.z
Fig.41.5 Hard-coresquare-wellpotential.
potentials,whichcanbejustisedifthisdiflkrencearisesfrom atensorinteraction
(asistrue,forexam ple,in theone-pion exchangepotential). Theground-state
expectation value ofa tensor force w ith Serber exchange nature vanishes in a
noninteracting Ferm i gas because the spin average of the tensor operator
jtrjtrz5'lziszero and there are ne exchange matrix elements. Thusthe epkct
ofthe tensorforce ism uch reduced in nuclear matter.
Thecondition thatthepotentialinEq.(41.39)haveabound stateatzero
energy isreadily derived as
hl,2
I
z'll= 4mb-j
w- (41.40)
(4l.45)
(4l.46)
wherethesum srun overtheinteriorofthe Ferm isphere. The self-consistency
of the theory is now particularly evident, because the single-particle energies
jpakappearing in Eqs.(41.1)and (4l.2)areevaluated with Eqs.(41.44)and
er.
(41.45).
Since the hard core is m ost im portant in determ ining the solution.it will
be a good approximation to replace the exactwavefunction in Eq.(4l.44)by
thatderived in the pure hard-core problem :
(41.47)
(41.48)
For the present discussion w'e shall.in addition.approximate the hard-core
solutionintheregionoftheattractivew'ellbyaplanew' ave(Bornapproximation)
(41.49)
Although the relative wave function vanishes inside the hard core (see Fig.
41.4),itgrows rapidly for r7-b and exceeds the plane-wave value within the
range ofthe potential. Since the weighting factorin the integralisr2#r,the
Born approximation should provide a reasonable estim ate of the attractive
energy. N ote that this is true only for the very sim plifled potentialused here.
A m ore realistic m odel.including a strong attraction concentrated outside the
hard core, w'ould require a m ore sophisticated treatm ent. For exam plea Eq.
(41.48)could be evaluated with no furtherapproximation or,in principle.the
NUCLEAR MATTER 369
coupled problem ofthe hard core plusnearby attraction could be solved exactly.
(Onetractable approach to thiscombined problem can befound in thew' ork of
M oszkowskiand Scott.l)
W'ith Eqs.(41.48)and (41.49).theenergyshiftofan interactingpairreduces
to the sum ofthe energy shiftfora pure hard-spheregasand an attractivecontri-
bution calculated with the independent-particle m odel in Born approxim ation
uxcp,k= Zt'
;,k - Z6$,k (independent-particlemodel) (41.50)
The latter contribution has been discussed in Sec.40,where we calculated both
the energy shift of the whole assembly (Eq.(40.14)j and the single-particle
potential(Eq.(40.19)1fbra purely attractive interparticle potential. Thislast
quantity is readily evaluated with the param eters appropriate for Fig.41.5 and
Eq.(41.39)
l't
l/f). 3 j3)u 9
(yalk)=-- 3,
7..(J- tsj -dl
,
v(pgjyjjysgj
. ..
,z(
.
yg t,'
becauseaSerberforcerequirest
za.= au = !.,and theintegrationrunsfrom the
hard-core range b to the outeredge ofthe attractive potentialb-L.:w.= J (see
Fig.41,5). ltisevidentthatUJisisotropicand dependsonly on k2.
W e arenow ready to com pute the contribution ofthe attractiveinteraction
to the eflkctive mass. A s indicated previously.a single eflkctiN'e m ass cannot
approxim ate the single-particle spectrum over the whole range of 1'2. and it is
therefore necessary to choose the relevant region in m omentun: space. One
possibility isto assertthatthe m ostim portantvirtualtransitions occtlr neartl -ie
Ferm i surface. choosing ?37* to fit the s'alue and $1ope uo.
-:ht' s:nglt'-par:icle
spectrum atky(com pareSec.29b
,. lfthesingle-particlepotc:1t1u
lllsappro'qinqated
near a generalvalue kv as
hl
U(k2):
kSU(k0
2)+ L-.(kl- k(
Jn
2
))&.
Jj
To reproducethespectrum neartheFermisurface(/fa= /s
-s),U:mustbechosen
as
U dU
j= p
.-nj
-kF -'
dk''k-ks (41.54)
a7o AppulcATloNs TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Thisexpressioncanbeevaluateddirectlyfrom Eq.(41.5l)andweEndi
3 )
'' p; krJ
L-1- j k2si0,4- -
.- . 'x (J'f(p)-7'
e(p)J'z(p)) (4l.55)
= n &s/=>7 Z ks&
where the quantity ln brackets isto be evaluated between the indicated lim its.
Numericalvaluesforthesinlplifed potentialofEq.(4l.39)are givenin Table
41.1.
(m*jmlk-kp (7,(0)j
1.25F-1 0.65
1.48F-' *.65
A nother way ofchoosing the eflbctive m ass isto expand the single-particle
potentialaboutk2= 0,
'substitutingjolkz);
k'l- k2zl6in Eq.(41.51)immedi-
ately yields
t71- jl-k'y-cPo-
'
2/
.
a Ep3/
.atpllts
- f'
j (4l.56)
r n-'lk#/ .
E (i) ?h2k2F'
,4 f lm
N ote thatthis expression containsm and not??lï'.because ???'.is mereis'an over-
simplified way of treating the single-particle potential t.'(kj that is needed i1)
evaluating the interaction energy.
The tinalcontribution to the nuclear binding energy arisezfrom the hard
core in Eq.(4l.50). Thls quantity can be com puted from the solutik)n tt3the
Bethe-G oldstoneequation. The energy shit'
tofa pairin the hard-core problem
.41.
fol1ow sfrom Eq.f 2)
X6I
.- a,k = l'-:.k r'
c $F',k
= pz-;$
.:,-ik.xj
.' a.
C(gpk
, (
x)t/rl.
v
A sdiscussed in detailin Sec. 1l.only .
5-waves contribute to the totalhard-core
interaction energy E tf'' through order (-2. For -
î waves. ît follow s from Eq.
(41.2.
3àthat
2/'
)7*
h.2
.kre2
d
-j.t.jkP'kjy.j. .;j
s .c
..a
. (t.. cj..yj,
jt.j
F
;
k:vr
.
n(
/ $(r- c) (4l,60)
lThefourspindegreesoffreedom fornuclearm atterlead toanadditionalfactorof3and 5 3,
respecti
vely.in theserelations. An examlnatlon oftheslngle-parti
clepotential(Eq.(41.45))
derived fl'onnEq.(41,65)contirnlsthatthiscorrectlon issnnallfornuclearnnatter. W hen this
hard-core energ) is included in L'(k).the resultlng et-
tkctiv'
e mass at the Fernlisurt-ace ls
m*Frrl= 0.68 forkr= l.25 F-l(J.D.B'alecka and L.C.Gomes./tpc.c?'J.).which should be
com pared with thes'alueltl. ???=z0.65ln Table41.Icom ingfronntheattractivewellalone.
a72 Appulcv loNs To pl-lyslcAt- SYSTEM S
where the second iine isobtained by noting thattheJ-wave leak contributesto
the totalenergy only in orderc4. The overallnormalization constantisgiven
byEq.(4l.36)
c/(P,K)-g
.
cosKc-q'
RcosKsyz
0 ,
(5'
,c)J-
îj-l (41.61)
where we now considerthe generalcase ofan interacting pairwith center-of-
massmomentum P (here and henceforth in thissection itis assumed thatP is
dimensionlessand measured in unitsof/cs). Itisevidentfrom Eq.(4l.5)that
thegeneralization ofEqs.(4l.8)and (4l.22)toP + 0 is
2rr' dL-
j
ys(r',r')= =.
-. pjvltr)joltr') 4='tldt (4l.62)
Eq.(41.62)gives
for?<gl-('
y#,
j2j1 4j
( yyj o
forgl-(y
#j2j1ojcjm-
#
j
whiletheintegralin Eq.(41.61)can beperformed with therelation
a
(c
.
oeOSKsSinJJds=..
0 #-
ta-t
--K-j
vshere@ istheCauchy principalvalue. Thuswefind
V(P,K)= cosKc- 2
. - c.
;.p
jvltc) #f1, a -1
?(fi(a.gz4.
g.tdt (41.64)
.
(41.66)
NUCLEAR MATTER 373
(.
41.68)
and Eq.(41.67)becomes
& (c)
'&'
lui2!.2
'
.-
1 - . t'
V'x
?*?
-
'gac..-j(.2. 0((y3)j (41.69)
g . . yqy g;p p
y z=
jjj
.
jy
-)yjjjg.
-
j
yjj
.= -
y (41.70J)
.m V ,
(F.%)
(l-i-/7/2)2--K2
l2
xlnj--
-
-j-
p
-t
j
-j
-
g..gjj
--3q=j.(1)- 21n2) (41.70:)
Fig.41.6 Hard-coreenergyEt lt
ojA computed from Eq.
(41.67)andthepower-seriesapproximations(Eq.(41.71)).
Also shown isthep-wavecontribution FJ*.
'?!.
1
'
A from Eq.
(41.72). (TheauthorswishtothankE.M onizforpreparing
thissgure.)
(41.73)
E1A (MeV )
() Hard core of0.4F
inpstate
- 2
kF = 1.25F-l
El.4 = - 6.2 MeV
- 4
)
- '
L
y xoj
aar
dcor
e
+- inp state
I
- 6
l
- 8 kl'= 1.45 F-1
EIA = - 9.1M eV
- j0 l : i t r
1.0 l.25 l.5 l.75
kF (F-')
Fig.41.7 The energy per particle in nuclearm atterasa
function ofkrcomputed from Eqs.(41.57),(41.58).(41.67),
and (41.72)forthe two-body potentialofEqs.(41.39)to
(41.42). The resultsare shown b0th with and withouta
hard core in the p state. (The authors wish to thank
E.M onizforpreparing thisfigure.
)
thatforclosepacking. ThehardcoreforcestheA-bodywavefunctiontovanish
whenever pxi- x,/< >,therebyprovidingextracurvaturein thewavefunction
and increasing the kineticenergy. Itisnotable thatthisvery sim ple picture of
nuclear m atter gives saturation at about the right density. The calculated
binding energy is too sm all;this result is to be expected because we assum ed
thatthe diflkrence between the tripletand singletforce com es solely from the
tensor force,whose eflkctsvanish in lowestorder,and used an attractive well
fit only to the 1.
% scattering. The tensor force stillm akes a second-order
contribution to the energy,however,and,like a1l second-order eflkcts,these
alwaysinerease thebinding.z
The binding energy isthediSerence between a large attractiveenergy and
a largerepulsiveenergyand,assuch,isverysensitivetoany approxim ationsthat
!Foradiscussion ofthispointseeR.K.Cole,Jr.,Phys.Rev.,155:114(1967).
2Notethata valueofm*/
'm closerto 1also increasesthe binding.
376 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
have been m ade. To dem onstrate this point,we list below the various contri-
butionsto the energy atkF = 1.50 F-1
E fa)a-1= -:6.9 M ev
s(y)-4-1= -r.2.8.()M ev
Elr'oA-1= +39.9M eV
Fl=
c)1,4-1= -4-4.9Mev
VT (J)
Fig.41.8 Sonne tqpicalhigher-orderG oldstone
diagranlsfornuclearmatter:(t?)three-bodycluster.
(/p)hole-holescattering.
H = F-i-)i(&(i)+ i2,i
'r'
kj
l
z'(l
j)- 2it&(i)
and then choosingthesingle-particlepotentialL'
'(,
')to maximizetheconvergence
ofthe expansion for the energy.
A n additionalproblem in the study ofnuclearm atterislaek ofknowledge
ofthe nucleon-nucleon force in the odd angular-m om entum states. Thisisa
largeeflkct,ascanbeseenfrom Fig.41.7,anddiflkrentpotentialsw illgivediflkrent
valuesforthe binding energy. A nother question istheeflkctoftrue m any-body
forces,w'hichm ightoccurintheoriginalham iltonianbecausethemeson-exchange
processesbetween nucleonsare m odised by the presence ofadditionalnucleons.
A ny analysis of this problem is very dim cult-and the current philosophy is to
calculate the bestpossible binding energy and density using two-body potentials
fitto nucleon-nucleon scattering. Only ifa discrepancy rem ainswould we be
forced to introducem any-body forces. The presentsituation isthatthetheoreti-
ca1valuesobtained % ith two-body forcesalone are close to the observed binding
energy of-16 M eV and density kt-u-= l.4 F -1.3
W e can now carry out the coupling-constant integration for the nth-order
contribution
1dj
J--,--jy
j..j
y
Hencewecan keepjustasinglegraphwithn.
VV
- 1pairspropagatingasparticles
(1)
where the coupling-constantintegration has now been perform ed. The corre-
sponding properselflenergy isgiven by Eq.(11.49)
hL-
j*lpq= -ï(2zr)-4fd*kG0(V)g4rtpk;p#)- Ftkp.
,p/())é'iknn
(see Fig.42.2),where we have used the fourfold degeneracy ofnuclear matter
associated with spin and isospin. The scattering amplitude in the m edium isa
p k k p
âs*(p) -
O k #
N z'
Nx Z
= e% o +
Fig. 42.2 Structure of l1* in Galitskii
approach. '
, N z, N
380 APPLICATIONS T0 PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
convolution ofamod@edGalitskiiwavefunctionzmwiththepotential(seeEq.
(1l.40)1
l-tqqq';#)= h2m-142.
/$-3f#3trjtlymtq- t,q';#)
where the variables in the scattering problem are indicated in Fig.42.3,while
ptx z p2
q- 1.(p1-p2)-)lp-k)
q'- 1-(p3-p4)- J.(p-k)
Z N P= p3+ p4= p!+ pz= p+ k Fig.42.3 Momentum variablesforF
93 #4 in Fig.42.2.
ymisinturnasolutiontothefollowingintegralequation(compareEq.(1l.39)J
, 3j(q- q,
)o #(I'
P + q!- kr)#(II'P - qr-/fs)
ymtq.q :#)- (2:.
,) m gp
/ qc-- + j.
.
,y .
d't
xj(2.)3Dtt)i
tr
atq-t,q,;p)(4a.
6)
In accordancewith ourpreviousdiscussion,themodised G alitskiiwavefunction
satishesan integralequation w'ith only the particle-particlepartofthe G alitskii
kernel. The energy appearing in the denominatorsis the totalenergy in the
center-of-momentum frame,defined by Eq.(1l.36)
h2P2 hlk2 h2p2 h2tl/2
E = â#;- -j-
m = hkv+ hpo- 2m - -lm + m - (42,.p
W e shallnow write the corresponding equations from ourdiscussion of
Sec.41. lftbe Bethe-Goldstone equations(41.l)and (41.2)for m*= m are
rewritten with a Fouriertransform,theenergyshiftofa pairbecom es
letq/,q';P)= hllnlP')-lfe-i*'*A4.
(x)t
/zpq,(x)#3x
= hzlm).')-:(2.
7$-E
$fJ3/?-'
(t)/(q'- t,q';P) (42,8)
wherewenow usea notation similarto Eq.(42.5),whilethewavefunction in
m om entum space satissestheequation
4(q.q,:P)- (2=)z,
!tq- q,
).y.#(1!'
P +ql-,aà'slfa(I1'Pj- ql- ks)
q -q + n
d5t
'
<j(2.)'
jL
'
lt)/(q-t,q,;p)(z
u.
q)
Thisis the free scattering wave equation with the Ferm isphere excluded from
thevirtualstates (compareEq.(1l.11)q. Thesingle-particleenergy spectrum is
NUCLEAR M ATTER 381
(42.10)
wherethevariablesaredesned asin Fig.42.3. Herethesecondterm in brackets
m akes explicit the exchange contribution that arises from the use of anti-
sym m etric wave functions forpairs in identicalspin and isotopic-spin states.
Finally the energy ofinteraction o'fthe asscm bly is obtained asone halt
-the sum
ofthe interaction energy &'(p)forallparticiesin the Fermisea (compare Eqs.
(41,4f)and(41.46))
Forsim plicity.u'
eassume5pïn-and isospin-independentforces.
ltis now possible to prove thatthe Bethe-Goldstone equations(42.8)to
(42.l1)and the Galitskiiequations(42.3)to (42.6)are identical. The proofis
asfollows. Themodised Galitskiiwavefunction ym in Eq.(42.6)isan analytic
function in the upper halfko plane. (N ote that this is nottrue ofy itself.)
Since1-in Eq.(42.5)isjustaconvolution ofy,,withthepotential.F isalsoan
anall'
tic function in the upper-half-kvplane. Asa result,when thekf
jintegral
intheproperself-energl'gEq.(42.4))isclosedintheupper-halfkoplane,theonly
contributioncomesfrom thepoleofG0(k)atkv- = coo
k= /ik2.2n?. 5Venow observe
thatY*(p)isalso an analyticfunction ofpvin theupper-halfpk jplane;w'henthe
conteurin Eq.(42.. 3)isalsoclosed intheupper-half'plane,theonlycontribution
again arisesfrom thepoleofG0(pjat;)v= ct?op==hpl:'2m. Theexpressionforthe
energy shifttherefore becom es
*kr
E-Ev=44L'(2rr)-3j d?pâY*(
.p,(z?p
0) (42.l2j
precisely reproducing the Bethe-G oldstone results, From the preceding
discussion.itfsevidentthatthe Bethe-G oldstoneexpression fortheground-state
energy isobtained bysum m ingtheladdercontributionsinterpreted asGoldstone
J2'J.cra???5 (see also Preb, 11.11b.NNhere the interm ediate pair always propagates
asparticles.
In sum m ary.NNehaNe demonstraled thattheground-state energiesobtained
from theG alitskiiequationsand from the Bethe-G oldstone equationscoincide
at los: densitq. Itisim portantto note.however.thatthiscorrespondence need
nothold for other physicalquantities. ln particular,the proper self-energy
difers from the single-particle potential L'(k) by the inclusion of hole-hole
scattering.l Sinceitisâl1*(k,l-())thatgivesthe correctsingle-particle energies,
we see again thatr7(k)merely representsa convenienttoolforcomputing the
ground-state energy.
!This pointwasfirstemphasizt-d
' by N .M .Hugenholtz and L.Van Hove.Physica,M :363
(1958)andbyD.J.Thouless.Phvs.Rev..112:906 (19584.
a:2 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
TheBethe-G oldstonetheory described above stilldiflkrsin principlefrom
the Bruecknertheory because the Bruecknertheory relies on a self-consistent
single-particle potential. In term s of G reen's functions. this result can be
achirvedbyreplacingG0(p)withaG(p)thatincludesself-energyeflkctsassociated
with r. Furthermore,l-'mustitselfbe determined with G and notG0. The
equationsfor this self-consistenttheory are show n schem atically in Fig.42.4.
Self-consistentG : = + + + *. *
+Exchange
Self-consistentla: =- +
A s they stand, thcse equations are quite intractable because the frequency
dependence of-X*(p,#(
)) complicates the integral equation for l' immensely.
(Thisdiëculty issometimesknown kspropagation 07. /-theenergy shell.j The
sim plerBrueckner-G oldstonetheory can beobtained from these equationsin a
series of approximations. First,fhe self-consistency is treated only on the
average,and we use a frequency.independent self-energy Ez(p)- Z*(p,v/â),
obtained by settingpn= ep/â,whereepsatissestheself-consistentequation
e'p = 60
p + âE*(p,ep/â)- e0
p+ âtlytpj (42.13)
Inthisway,theG reen'sfunction isgiven approxim atelyas
G #(IpI- k,) hkr- IpI)
sclp,po)-J,
tl- %/yjj.ixl+;o- spj)t- ixl
.. (42.14)
Second,this G reen'sfunction is used to evaluate both the properself-energy
(Eq.(42.4))and the scattering amplitude (Eqs.(42.5)and (42.6)). W eagain
obtain xm by om itting the hole-hole scattering,which ispresum ed sm allin the
low-density lim it. The only eflkct on the self-consistent wave function is to
changethedenominatorinEq.(42.6)from mpnlh- !.
(!.
P + q)2- JIJP - q)2+ iyl
NLICLEAR M ATTER 383
to (m/hljlhpo- E'
lp+q- qe-ql+ iT. This set of equations determines the
approxim ate self-consistent spectrum 6p. Third, the ground-state energy is
evaluatedfrom Eq.(9.36)usingGsclp,po)andZ).
(p)
E=-4ïlzr(2=)-4j#4pefpong6k+j. âE).(p))Gsclp)
=
4U(2=)-3fd3pgek+.!4Ek t.tpljptks- jpr,)
=
Eo+ 21zz(2=)-3Jd?pJiE).(p)hky- Jpl) (42.15)
Thisresultisidenticalwith thatobtained by substituting G,c(p,;()and Z).(p)
into Eq.(42.3). W enote,however,thatitdoesnotfbllow im mediatelyfrom the
originalform ofEq.(42.1)becauseofthecomplicated Adependence ofXJ(p)
and t'
p.
where ksisan arbitrary wave vectorlying on the Ferm isurface. The angular
integrationsoverdûkand lDxcan now be evaluated to give
1 zm. c o c
o sin(x(ksx))
= 'rrh2kj okFdxsin(kFx)Prtxl f)KdK (zX
.2+ (Kz- 1)zJ.
y (43.6)
wherethefollowing dim ensionlessvariableshave been introduced
ïâ u: k
2!H hzk/ +- a K =g
/2rn
.
s s
W eareinterestedin thelimitofthisexpressionasâ ->.0whenthesecondintegral
inEq.(43.6)canbeevaluatedas
=
gdg sin(A-(k,x)) -
lc (
â2+(Kz-1)2)+;-.
(
,jjn(,
8j.jo
lkrxQ
J-
A(j.cosAljsjnksx
* dl
+(jzgyy-j-sinjcosksx(43.
8)
ThefniterangeofthepotentialF(x)ensuresthatthequantitykex isbounded;
hencethedominantbehaviorofEq.(43.8)arisesfrom theflrstterm,andweshall
Write
co lj 1 jg j 8
Forany smallhnite .
i,the validity ofthis approximation can be verifed with
Eq.(43.8)(seeProb.11.12).
w e can now complete the solution ofEq.(43.5). W ith the dehnition
kpj0
*sinksxF(x)sinkpxd
.x-(ks!I
,
'I
(
?us), (43.10)
NUCLEAFI MAU ER 38B
Eqs.(43.6)and (43.9)become
1 2m * 8
- - x ln (43.11)
(/fFIP'+k,)1-+0=hlV i
The exponentialofthisresultyields
.4;8exp - =h2k//2v*
i; (43.12)
Lkt,IFrn,)
and theenergygap in nuclearm atterisgiven in usualunitsas
â = 8hl
ztyk/ =h2/c//2rn*
.
tv exp - )g jyzpyy
y -j
- j
,
(43.13)
A crudeestim ateofthisquantitycanbeobtainedwiththenonsingularsquare-well
potentiallitto 1S(
)scattering (Fig.41.2):
(43.14)
W e take thevaluem *t'
m = 0.65 from the discussion ofnuclearm atterand End
theenergygapshowninTable43.1. Sincees*= (m(m*)esQ;65MeV,thequan-
tityu
;
îdehnedinEq.(43.7)isindeedverysmall.
The resulting energy gap at the equilibrium density of nuclear matter
(/cs= 1.42F-1)isverysmall,thusjustifyingourprevioustreatmentofthebulk
properties. ln particular,the calculated .
t
ï ism uch sm allerthan both the gap
observed in thespectra ofeven-even nucleiand the pairingenergy in the sem i-
empiricalmassformula (forthe heaviestknown nuclei). Itmustbenoted.
however,thatthegap hasbeen evaluated in nuclearm atter,whereasthe actual
pairing energy in snite nucleiarisesfrom thenucleonsin the surface region of
m uch lowerdensity. Table 43.1 shows thatthe gap depends strongly on the
density.and becom esaslarge as2.5 M eV atks= 1.0 F-'. Thisestim ate is,of
course,only very crude. Emery and Sesslerlhave used the Bethe-G oldstone
equation to obtain much more realistic valuesof(/cslFlnsl. Nevertheless,
theirvaluesforu
'
X arevery similarto thosein Table43.1.
Table 43.1 The enerqy gap in nuclearm au er
#ortw o nucleardensi:ies
i,M eV
iV.J.Erneryand A .M . Sessler.Phys.Retl.,119:248(19* ).
386 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
PRO BLEM S
11.1. (J)Ifasquare-wellpotentialofrangedhasaboundstateatzeroenergy,
usetheefective-range expansion kcot3c= -1/c+ !.r(
)k2to provethatrf
j= #.
(b4Ifthehard-coresquare-wellpotentialshownin Fig.41.5hasabound state
atzero energy,provethatro= 2b+ bw.
11.2. (J)Assumethenuclearinteractionsareequivalentto a slowlyvarying
potential-U(r). Within anysmallvolumeelement,assumethattheparticles
form a noninteracting Ferm igas with levels Elled up to an energy -B. In
equilibrium ,B m ustbethesam ethroughoutthenucleus. From thisdescription,
derive the Thomas-Fermiexpression for the nucleardensity n(r)= (2/3*2)x
(2v/â2)1 (U(r)- .
8)1.
(bjDerivetheresultsofpartabybalancingthehydrostaticforce-V' and the
forcefrom thepotentialnT U.
11.3. Thesymmetryenergyf4/a4 (Eqs.(39.8)and (39.12))maybeestimated
asfollows. AssumethenonsingularpotentialofEq.(40.10)and computethe
expectation valueofX in the Fermigasmodelfor-4= Z + N nucleonswith
3= (N - Z4lA # 0.
(J)UseEq.(40.9)toprovethat
E
j.32(h
....
zz
mk.
/--
k
=),
sF(*RM+f
'w'
.
/dtkz'zllza(
sj
wheretheeflkctivemassatkFisgiven byh2kF/m*= (#(e2+ Ulkjjjdktk.kyand
t7(k)isdesned by Eqs.(40.17)to (40.19). Discussthephysicsofthisresult
and comparewith Probs.1.6and l.7.
(:)W ith m.Q$0.65 (Table 41.1) and the potentialof Fig.41.2,show that
th = 37M eV.
11.4. Prove thata two-body tensor force with Serberexchange F = P-ws'
jzx
M1+PMjmakesno contributiontotheenergyofaspin-è isospin-èFermigas
(i.e.,nuclearmatter)inlowestorder.
11.5. Given arepulsivesquare-wellpotentialofheightFcand rangeb,ifuIr
istheI= 0wavefunction,prove thatFN-->.W3(r- bjforFc->.c,whereW is
aconstantthatcan depend onenergy.
11.6. Carry outan exactpartial-wavedecomposition ofthe Bethe-Goldstone
equations(41.5)and (41.2)forarbitrary P. Show thattheeven-/wavesare
coupled,asaretheodd-lwaves. Estimatethelowestorder(inc= krajinwhich
thiscoupling afl-
ectstheground-stateenergy ofa hard-sphereFermigas.
11.7. U setheBethe-G oldstoneequation forapurehard-corep-wavepotential
toprovethatELC
-LIA = (â2k//2v)(c3/=). ComparewithProb.4.7b.
NucuEAR M AU ER :87
11.8. Thecom pressibilityofnuclearm attercan bedehned as
Kv
-lO k/Wztf/Wl/tf/c/lequilibrium
(u)EvaluateKvapproximatelyfrom Fig.41.7forthetwocasesshown. Relate
K vto the usualtherm odynam iccompressibility.
(b)Comparewith thecorresponding valuefora noninteracting Fermigasat
the sam e density.
11.9. TheA particleisabaryon w ith strangeness-1,and henceisdigtinguish-
able from the nucleon. Show thattheenergy shiftdueto theintroduction ofa
hard-sphereA particleinto a nucleargasofhard spheresisgiven by
Ec- h2 z.
/ bksa 8(/k
.sa)2 l l (?- ,)2 jl- (,
r
j24- 1)2 1+,r)
2/, 3,
. 7.H- =z j-kl-,?)1 6,7 - ' ,
x)2 lnl ,r) -
+OtksJ)3)
wherea is the rangeoftheA-nucleon hard core (compare Fig.11.1),l/Jz=
l/vx+ l/va,and' ?
7= (An,
x- mslllm;k+ ms).
11.10. Considerthebindingenergy ofaA particlein the nucleus.
(J)Ifthenucleusisconsidered a square-wellpotentialofdepth Uzand range
R = rozll,show that the binding energy Bh ofthe A particle is given by the
solution to theequations
s(1-x)-+cot-'-(j.
-
x.x)*
h2=2 2 3
sw ac(
l--
.
y+p+''
B a - Uz- a
where s= ((2p,
aA2/â2)Uc)1,x- Bhjlh, and l//u = 1/?'
?;A+ L(Ams. Explain
how tousethese resultsto identify thebindingenergy ofa A particlein nuclear
matter.
(b4 SupposetheA-nucleonpotentialisoftheform showninFig.41.5. Discuss
the calculation ofthe binding energy ofa A particle in nuclearm atterwithin
theframeworkoftheindependent-pairapproximation.t
11.11. Starting w ith G oldstone's theorem , show that the Bethe-G oldstone
equations(42.8)to (42.11)sum thatpartofthe laddercontributions to the
ground-state energy shift where the interm ediate pair always propagates as
particlesabovethe Ferm isea.
::Forareview ofthissubjectseeA.R.Bodmerand D.M.Rote,ttproceedingsoftheInter-
nationalConferenceon HypernuclearPhysicsy''vol.II,p.521,Argonne NationalLeaboratory,
Argonne,111.,1969.
agg APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
11.12. (X VerifyEq.(43.8).
(b) Retaining allthetermsin Eq.(43.8)andusing thenonsingularsquare-well
l5'
t
)potentialofFig.41.2,solvethegapequation(43.6). Show thatthenumbers
in Table43.1arereduced byapproxim ately afactorof4.
12
Pho nons and Eleclrons
B*-Fê
P#
Prjs (44.j;
justasifitwereauniform fluid. W eshallassumeBtobegiven,althoughitis
in fact determ ined by the potential energy of the lattice.which depends self-
consistently on 170th the interatom ic and electrostatic interactionsbetween the
ionsand on the interaction w' ith the electrons.
The large ionic m assleadsto an importantsim plihcatiol'thatallows usto
treatthe problem in two distinctsteps. First.the smallam plitude ofthe ions'
motion meansthattheionsm aybeconsideredfixedattheirequilibrium positions
in calculating the behaviorofthe electrons. Second,the low-frequency ionic
m otionisthen determ ined from thechangein energy associated with asequence
of such stationary ionic consgurations,assum ing that thu electrons have the
wavefunction appropriateto theinstantaneousionicconhguration. To agood
approximation,it follows thatthe electronic system and the ionic system are
decoupled.z A sa sim ple exam ple ofthis separation,we recallthecalculation
ofB foradegenerateelectrongasina uniform positivebackground (Sec.3). In
thatcase,theground-stateenergy E(r,)iscalculated asafunction ofthedensity
ofthe background;the bulk m odulusattheequilibrium density isthen propor-
tionaltothecurvatureofE(rs)at(r,)mi.= 4.83,andwe5nd
e2
(#)mi.= 4.5x 10-52 = 0.66x 101odyne/cm2
/1
The discussion ofSec. 16 showsthatthe variationsin mass density 3pm
obeytheequation ofm otion
1 :23
? Dt2 pm= V2&pm (44.2)
'G.Joos,t*-rheoreticalPhysics,''2d ed.,chap.VIII,HafnerPublishingCompany, New York,
1950.
2ThisistheBorn-oppenheimerapproximation EM .BornandJ.R.Oppenheimer.Ann.'/l .y'.çfà,
% :457(1927)).whichisdiscussed,forexample.inL.1.Schifll.touantum M echanics,''3ded.,
p.446,McGraw-l-lillBookCompany.New York,1968.
PH O NO N S A N D ELECTRO NS 391
where
2 B B
(
y zzcP
...
?---
n()cun
:lki.
n.
-
v
isthelongitudinalspeed ofsound and
/7moK M /70 (44.
4)
is the m assdensity ofthe background. The solutions to this wave equation
describe the longitudinalsound waves. W e m ay again use oursim ple m odelof
a degenerate electron gas at the equilibrium density to 5nd the theoretical
expression
2 c2 2 (0.916)2
c = j-
tz-
o9,: ktj-é--f)
.
For M = 2?m p,uzhich is appropriate for sodium . this expression gives ctj,=
l.Ix 105cm/sec.in reasonable agreement with cexp= 2.3 x l05 cm/sec,w' hich
wasevaluated withtheobserved valuesforsodium 1# = 5.2 x l0l0dyne/cmzand
pmo= 0.97 g, .
'
cm 3. Sineethe theoreticalcurve Elrxj(thelirsttwo termsof Eq.
(3.37)J is a variationalestimate that represents an upper bound on the true
ground-state energy,ourcalculation presum ably gives too sm alla curvature at
the m inim um and thustoo sm alla value forB and c.
9mQ S0
(44.5)
and the wave equation can therefore be w'ritten in term sofd as
l 02d '
V.gzjj.
y-V2dj=(
) (44.
6)
'esAmerican Institute ofPhysicsHandbook,''2d ed.,pp.2-21and 3-89,M cGraw-ldillBook
Com pany,New York.I963.
z:z Appuscga joNs To pHvslcAu SVSJ EM S
In an elastic m edium w'
ithoutshearstrengthand vorticitl'. d satisfiesthe general
condition
lanypaIt
:
which m eans
V x d==0
ThusNse conclude
1t
i2d
' '
VX((
.2o/c--V'd)-0
1
-.t
,-.
-r -- l' (44.l1a)
'
L
0='
!
'.
i
'tï3. ,('??
V$p,,
( (/jedi ?t( è(I-
yot--Xav,àl-y-y1.
'
(44.llbs
where repeated latin indices are sum m ed from 1 to 3. The Euler-Lagrange
equati(
717s),ield Eq.(44.9).5$hiie Lq.(44.10)plalsthe ro1e ofa subsidiary con-
.
dition guaranteeing longittldinalU a:es. The usualcanonicalprocedLlre alIow s
us to derive :
1 ham iltonian.and NNe find
ld
<tx.J1s
t
z:/7,'()g
-r
'
Ht
)---
!(tl3x(p,
-u)=2- #(V .d)2)
whereEq.(44.l0)hasbeen substittlted illto thesecond term in Eq.(44.1Ibband
the result integrated tw ice by parts. Introduce the llorm al m ode expansions
(we w'
ork in a large box ofvoIume 1,'and use periodic boundao'conditions)
Pd j
=(x.?)=pa,
t
ljjE!
E.
--(.
%Itl
q
j) (h
gcs
ovjlg
.
k(ck6
4
ik.x-i.,
k î.
j
.
t.(,
t.j
k .
,-fk.x-ic
t
?
k,)
(44,l4)
lForadiscussion ofcontinuunnluechanics. seeH.Goldstein.''Classi calMechanics,-'chap.l1,
A cldison-W esley Publishlng Colllpanà.lnc.,Reading,M ass.. l953.
PHONONS AND 393
(44.15)
coy= ck (44.16)
which now explicitly incorporate the subsidiary condition V x d= 0. After a
little algebra,the ham iltonian becomes
Hv= .
!.jklâcoytcf
kck-1
-t'
kC'1) (44.17)
whïch represents a system of uncoupled lm rm onic oscillalors.' A lthough we
can im posecom m utation relationson = and d,the subsidiary condition makes
this procedure quite intricate'
,instead,it is m uch m ore convenient to consider
ckandtrlasOurindependentcanonicalvariablesbecausethesubsidiarycondition
is then explicitly included. Thus we shall quantize by using the canonical
com m utation relations
Cf-k,cl'1= Jkk' (G .l8)
DEBYE THEO RY OF TH E SPECIFIC HEAT
Equation (44.l7) provides a basis fbr investigating the thermodynamics and
statistical m echanics of the free phonon system . W e Erst observe that the
chem icalpotentialofthe phonons vanishes
(44.l9)
which m ay be seen in the following way. C onsider the H elm holtz free energy
computed foralixed numberofphononsF(F,V,Nps). Sincethereisno restric-
tion onthe num berofphonons,theequilibrium stateofthe assem bly atfxed F
and Iz'is obtained by m inim izing the H elm holtz free energy
èP
N/ph-j
,!rpr
.(; (44.x)
Thisexpressionisjustthechemicalpotential(Eq.(4.6)1,therebyverifying Eq.
(44.19). Thethermodynamicpotentialforthiscollection ofbosonsisgiven by
(compareEq.(5.8)1
D / 4,.
o=-kBTlnTrexpj-yj.
sw
k
'j (44.21*
t
ao-k.vJ/tlng1-exp(-kjo;)1+zh
k'
:k
w) (44.21:)
where theextra term com esfrom thezero-pointenergy in theham iltonian
lîo= Jk(hulk(clck+ I.
J
lThisisthereasonforchoosingtheparticularcoemcientsappearinginEqs.(44,14)and(44.15).
APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Sincerzp:= 0,weim m ediatelyderive
oe--z'p'-E-vs-E+r(. P
-
pfr
-
l
-
?j,
E--rzjP-j.(Py)F (44.
22)
,-zkj/ jt
-,.exptj
tB
oa
w
k)-l-'+ptwj (44.23)
Thesum can beconverted to an integralintheusualfashion
Zk --*J#a'#(t,a) (44.244)
#(tDl= (2R2)-1ZC-3œ2 (44.24:)
(44.24c)
ln a uniform medium sthe frequtncy u)has no upperlim it. ln a realcrystal,
however,it is clear that the wavenum ber of propagation cannotexceed the
reciprocal of the interparticle spacing. W e can determ ine the m axim um
frequency u)o byobservingthatthetotalnum berofdegreesoffreedom in areal
crystalis?N ,whereN isthenumbtrofions. Thus
?N=j9
'
E
'
Dgtoallf
.
z
y (44.25)
which gives
9N o)llf
x)
g(fx?)dœ = a (44.26)
Defining the dimensionlessvariable u= âtza/ksF and the Debye temperature
# huln
= ks (44.27)
wefindl
y 3 #/r x3du gxksp
E-gxksz'
.
(-
j)j,vu.j+ s (44.28)
c.-(D
PT
f)y
,-9xks(F
.
j-)'j(
'
)
'T(e
&4-
'
#'d
1)
&2 (44.29)
which istheD ebyetheoryofthespeciicheat.2 Equati
on(44.29)hasthefollow-
inglim itingvalues
Ck = ?Nkg (44.30/)
lNotethattheonlyquantitydependingon thevolumein theseexpressionsisœo.
:P.Debye,Ann.Physik,39:789(1912).
PHONONS AND ELECTRONS 395
p 3 . x4eut/x
Cz= 9Nks # z
() (
c'- 1)
12=4 F 3
=
5 Nka .
j. (44.30:)
Thefirstisjusttheresultoftheclassicalequipartitionofenergyandthesecond
is the fam ous D ebye 7*3 law. The D ebye theory provides an excellent one-
parameterdescriptionofthespecischeatsofcrystalsasisevidentfrom Fig.44.1.1
6 Pb
e= 90.3
4 Ag
C;z #= 2l3 AI
2 p=389 C (di
amond)
0 e= 1,890
1 2 3
logjoT
Fig.44.1 Theheatcapacity'in caloriesperdegreeperm olefor
severalsolid elements. ThecurvesaretheDebyefunction with
the # values given. (From N, Davidson. '*statistical
M echanics.''p.359,M cGraw-ilillBook Company,New York,
1962,afterG .N .Lewisand M .Randall,AtTherm odynamics,''
2ded.,revised byK.S.Pitzerand L.Brewer,p,56.McGraw-Hill
Book Company,New'York,1961. Reprinted by permission.)
In Table 44.lwe com pare som evaluesof$ determ ined by fitting speciflc heats
with the valuescalculated from the elastic constantsofthe m aterial.z
zel n 1 hœ 14,
v
/.
.).
el-ph= c .
.2
M q q
2P' -j-#((so- f.sqj(uk
,o.q. Aav, zo
kA q
+ J1zJk-
yq.ACq
f1 (45.6:)
The electron-phonon coupling isproportionalto thecharacteristiccoulom b
interaction
&J(q)= 4r+2q-2 (45.7)
Ourinvestigationsin Secs.12 and 14 showed, however,thattheeflkctiveinter-
action between two chargesin the m edium governed by A el-gasism odised bythe
dielectricconstantand becomesUclq)= &J(q)/s(t
?). In theapproximation of
PHONONS AND ELECTRONS 397
sum m ing the ring diagram s with repeated coulom b interactions between the
electrons(Fig.12.4),theqfRctil'
estaticcoulombinteractionbecomeslgseeEq.
(12.65)J
rlq)u='z4=e2-1-
L'f ptl?<<
:1'z- (45.8)
q '
V qvF
where the Thomas-Fermiwave numberisgiven by Eqs.(12.67)and (14.13)as
4= '9rr 1 77.
2 '
rrzaf
j
u
vs
-- =
(.
y1,
.
,â
--j
s-'
k-
, (45.9)
Itisclearfrom thisrelationthatqv
-lisoftheorderofthelatticespacing;since
thecutofTolnlcin Eq.(45.6:)isofthissameorder,wemaytake
&c
r(q)Q;4nelq.
t.i
- (45.10)
foralm osta11phonon wavenum bersofinterest. W ith thesubstitution
4= 4= 4=
u.-.+ --j-. j- Q:.j
9 Q H'0Tr CTF
theelectron-phonon interaetion in Eq.(45.6)may berewritten as
4er-p,- yJJ3.
v'
;1(x)'
fxtx)(
/.
(x) (45.1l'
)
where the following defnitionshave been introduced
ZP.2 /'
1..- u 'Y .vli2.zv2
FH fIQ$ un: n /l(j (45.12)
g & -g g.ys.. yy-) u
- =s''-
y).
-sh'X
(45.13)
N ote that the coupling constant y is independent of the ion m ass J.
/ and has
dimensionsof(energys volumeli'. Thenew phonon field ;(x)can bew'ritten
in the Schrödinger picture
/hco '1
f
/'
(x)= j.
jyZ
.j((
-
kFi
k
k*x-(
%
7
)p-l
kexj#t(
z)
s-(
skj (45.14)
The density variations ofthe baekground also m odify its own coulom b
energy according to
-#3xd'
Hv= J.
$ )x.
,P?s
(X)
--?-N(p
X'
;) (45.154)
IX - X !
1Although thisequationisstrictlyvalidonll'athigh densitiesfr,-m 1).anqoregeneraltreatment
merelyreplacest
/1.
,-- 312
P1t
')b#'(1p
2t.
s
'7.u'
heresistheexactspeedofsoundinthemodelcon-
sidered in Sec.3 (D.Plnesand P.Nozi
ères.''TheTheorl'ofQuantum Liquids.'':70).I.-secs.
3.land3.4.NV.A.Benjamin,lnc.,Ncw York.l966).
398 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
3a(x)bnlx')
J/'
.,=H3+!.z2e2J#3x#3x' lx x,- l - (45.l$b)
wherethesecondresultfollowsfrom J(/3x3n(x)= 0. Thefirstterm ontheright
side ofEq.(45.15:)hasalready been included in Hel-gzs. Furthermore,the
coulom b interactionin theintegrand ofthesecond term isagainshielded atlarge
distances,and its eflkcts atsm alldistances have already been included in B,
which isassum ed to begiven. Thisterm thereforewillbeneglected.
Inthisway,wearriveatthe(approximate)hamiltonian forthecoupled
electron-phonon system l
X =Pel-gas+Pp,+-
)?J#3.
'
t'#â(x)('a(x)t/(x) (45.16)
whereXel-zaswaSdiscussed in Sec.3 and Xp,in Sec.44. Sincelîphdescribes
physicalphononswiththeexperim entallong-wavelengthdispersion relation,the
interaction term clearly representsthecoupling between electronsand physical
phonons.z Itm ust be rem em bered,however,that the bare electron-phonon
hamiltonianwith UJ(q)IEq.(45.6/9)hasbeenscreenedbysummingtheelectron
ringdiagrams,asshown in Fig.45.1. The resulting eflkctiveinteraction U,
f(q)
k+ q '
q tl
. G --- + + .- - + . .
- ..
k &0
t(q)
k+ q k+q
q tl
= -% - -- c --+ - -
k &tr(q) k Nx& r
t(0)
1F.Bloch,Z.#/?.y.
î,
'
/C.52:555 (1928);H,Fröhlich,Phys.Ret'
.,79:845 (1950);H.Fröhlich.
Proc.Roy.Soc.(London),215)291 (1952). The approach in thissection essentially follows
the latterpaper.
1Asan alternative approach,the ions and electronsare often considered a gas of charged
parti cles. The low densityoftheions(h2)
'M e2<.
:ai
-ljthen l
eadsto theformation ofaW igner
lattice,whosebarelongitudinalphononsoscillateattheionicplasmafrequencyl4vnoz2elt '
M lk.
Theinclusion ofring diagramsscreensthe singularcotllomb interactions,however,and yields
theobserved phononspectrum. Thismodelalso allowsan improved calculation oftheelastic
constants,which agree quite wtllwith experimentalvalues. See,for example,J.Bardeen
and D.Pines.Phys.Aerl..99:1140 (1955);T.D,Schultz,Keouantum Field Theory and the
Many-Body Problem,''chap.IV,Gordon and Breach,Science Publishcrs,New York,1964;
J.R.Schriefer,t'Theory ofSuperconductivity,''sec.6.
2,W .A.Benjamin,Inc.,New York,
1964.
PHONO NS AND ELECTRONS 399
is then approximated by the constant UCr(0),thus yielding the renormalized
electron-phonon hamiltonian (45.11). W hen computing with Eq.(45.16),w' e
m ust,ofcourse,om itthose diagram s already included in this renorm alization
procedure.
+ y j-J3xka
ttx)'
;alxl(7
.
(x)
where t,kare now the Hartree-Fock single-particle energies ofthe electron-gas.l
The present treatm entconcentrates on the zero-tem perature properties ofthe
system ,and the extension to snite temperatures isleftforthe problem s. W e
now w ish to exam ine the G reen's functions for the coupled problem specilied
in Eq.(46.1). The motivation isthesameasbefore;theGreenesfunctionsgive
theexpectationvalueofanyone-bodyoperator,thepolesoftheG reen'sfunctions
givetheexactexcitationenergiesofthesystem,and theground-stateenergyshift
ofthe interacting system can be com puted from the electron G reen'sfunction
according to Eq.(7.30)
vd , im
-X I
,/4î (hq,-
/.
r. =-j'
-.Evs
. , y -eq)iGtilq)eiqo'l
-
o'
/' n.
->
o- (2*)
where Ev is the ground-state energy ofthe uncoupled electron-phonon system .
(ThereisnofactorofJ in thisresultsincetheinteraction ishereproportionalto
l
/'f?J.) ln addition,the Green'sfunctionsdescribe the linearresponseofthe
system to an externalperturbation.
FEYNM AN RULES FO R
Thegeneralfield theory ofChap.3appliesjustasbefore. In theinteraction
picture W'ick's theorem allow'
s a decom position into Feynm an diagram s. and
onlyconnecteddiagram sneedbeconsidered. W eshallsimplystatetheFeynm an
rulesin m om entum space foran arbitrary process.z
lThese energies mustbe appropriately smoothed atthe Fermisurfaceto take into account
theefrectofsumming theringdiagrams(seeProb. 8.2).
2Notethatthese Feynm an rules, because oftheirgenerality.aregiven in a slightly diflkrent
form from those in Secs.9 and 25. To construct the Green's functions iGxnlqjor iD(q),
an explicit Qctor (2=)48t4'(4 - q'
) must be inserted forone of the end lines(See Fig.9.10
and accompanying discussionl; for example, the lowest-order contribution to iDlqj is
Jd*q'?
'
(2rr)-4D0(#')(2=)4:t4)(t
?- q2)= /
.p044
/).
400 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
1.Construct a1l topologically distinct Feynman diagram s,the basic vertices
being theem issionand absorption ofaphonon byanelectronasillustratedin
Fig.46.1.
p- q
p
Fig.46.1 Basicelectron-phonon vertex.
A ssign afactor--iyt'
h foreach orderin perturbation theory.
lncludeafactori(2=)'-4G0
a/$(q)foreach electronlinewhere
G0 (q.(/o)= 3.o ..p-( .qf- ks)
-..... . .-
0(/,
.
-s- q.)
xb t
:
/0- 6q. ,
h -.jyy qv--sq,,
,
Jj.
- iy
and take the spin m atrix productsalong the electron lines.
4. Incltlde:
1factor/420-)-4Dofk
qjforeachphonon line. To com putethephonon
PCOPa,
gatOr.V'
P r11tlStCXalT)ine
(46.4)
(46.5)
(46.6)
(2,,)4r
$f''(V
'
x,
'(1ij
6. I1
-
1tegratc()ver:1llintcrn:
111ines ((14q.
7,lncltldeafactor(-..1)f'wherc J-isthe nunnberofclosed ferm ion loops.
8. D iscard alldiagran1s that haN'c subunits connected to the rest ofthe graph
b.y o11) onc ph(
3no111i1)e asin Fig.46.2. T his resultfollowsfrom m om entum
pHosoNs AND ELECTRONS 401
conservation. which im plies that the phonon line m ust have q = 0,and Eq.
(46.6) shows that DQ(q= 0)EED0(0)v
-zO for any hnite y. M ore generally,
wenotethat. D0(q= 0,ç0).=0becausethefundamentalheld( ;isproportional
toV .(1'
,hencetheintegraloftfoveral1spacevanishesidentically.
A ny connected
subunit
p q=0
z /
D0(0)= 0
p
Fig.46.2 Generaltadpolediagram,whichvanishes.
L'
)(q.(
/n)EEE--ih-1y2iD0(q)= ,,2h-lDoLq) (46.75)
(46.7:)
Since ulw'c is com parablew ith kr,the upper cutofl-can be neglected in alm ost
a1lcasesofinterest. lfweassume &o(q,0)= -y2forallq,then theequivalent
interelectron potentialbecomesan attractit'
edeltafunction.
lfeqtx)= -y28(x) (46.9)
'The phonon-exchange potentialbetween electronsw'assrstdiscussed by H .Fröhlich,Phvs.
Ret..,loc.ci:.
4c2 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
The consequences of an attractive interaction between particles close to the
Ferm isurface have been considered in Secs.36 and 37.and they are explored
indetailinChap.13. ltisalsoclearfrom Eq.(46.7:)thatl.%(q.t?c)willceaseto
be attractive when the energy transferqo satisses I
çoh> trq. Since opq< œns
we therefore have
or()
tqstyolu-0 if1
t?(, o.u)o (46.10)
ln the noninteracting ground state w here the electrons form a slled Ferm isea
&o(q,t/o)can be attractiveonly forthose electronslying within an energy shell
of thickness hujo below the Ferm isurface,because only those electrons can be
excited to unoccupied levels with energy transfer less than hulo. Sim ilarly,
(zltq,ç(
)lcan beattractiveonly w'
hen a pairisexcited to unoccupied stateslying
within an energyshellofthicknesshuloabovetheFerm isurface.
VERTEX PARTS AN D DYSO N'S EQUATIO NS
The graphicalstructure ofthe coupled-held theory can be elegantly sum m arized
in a setofequationshrstderived by D ysonlin connection with quantum electro-
dynam ics.z These nonlinear integralequations involve the exact propagators
and vertices. W 'hen iterated consistently to any given order in the coupling
constant,they reproduce the Feynm an-Dyson perturbation theory. N everthe-
less, Dyson's equations are m ore than a convenient sum m ary of perturbation
theory,and theirgenerality is often used to seek nonperturbative solutions.
The proper electron self-energy hasalready been discussed in Sec.9. The
properphonon self-energy Il* isintroduced in an exactly analogousfashion.and
leadsto equationsthatare form ally identicalw'ith those oftheeflkctive interaction
propagator ofSec.9
G = G0+ G0l:*G (46.11)
D = D0+.,
:,2h-1DQ11*D (46.12)
where 1-
1* iscom puted with the effective potentialofEq.(46.7). There isone
im portant new elem entahowever,known as a t'ertex part,defined to be a part
connected to the restofthe diagram by two ferm ion lines and one phonon line.
Two exam ples are show'n in Fig.46.4. M om entum conservation im pliesthata
1F.J.Dyson,Phys.Reu'..75:486(1949);75:1736(1949).
2ln fact,the Feynman-D yson perturbation theory ofquantum electrodynam ics isform ally
identical with that Of the electron-phonon problem .the m ain dipkrence being the explicit
form Ofthe propagators. In addition.quantum electrodynam ics has no diagram s with an
Oddnum berOfphotonlinesconnectedtoaclosed ferm ion Ioop' .suchprocessesvanishbycharge
Conjugation.inaccordanceWithFurryfstheorem (W .Furry,Phys.Sf'
r..51:125(1937)). F0r
qtlite a diflkrentreason (See rule8 Ofthe Feynman rul
esin thissection),theelectron-phonon
System haS no closed electron loops connected to the restofa diagram by one phonon line.
Consequently.neitherfeld theoryhastadpolediagram s.
PHONONS AND ELECTRONS 403
Proper 1n3proper
(a) (b3
Fig.46.4
vertex partdepends on two independent m om enta.and allspin indices nlal be
suppressed because the interaction is spin independent. A proper l' tar/cx par:
is desned to have no self-energieson the externallegs ofthe N' ertex. Thus the
second diagram in Fig,46.4 isim proper,forithasself-energy insertions on both
theferm ion and phononlegs.
To obtain Dyson'sequations.wenow attem ptto writethe integralequations
for the G reen's functions in term s of the proper vertex and proper self-energy
Take an arbitrary Feynm an diagram with an) . num ber of externallegs
The rem ainderis known asan irreducible or5' /&'c/t'/(p??(liagratït. The irreducible
diagram s for the proper self-energies and vertex parts 'llt,l'lsL'il'es are defined to
be those diagram sremaining afterthisprocess has been carried outl?p to the
pointwherea furtherreduction would lead to a sim ple lineorpoint.respectively'.
Some exam ples are shown in Fig.46.5. The lowest-order fernnion self-energy.
phonon polarization part,and vertex correction are thusdetined to be theirou 17
skeleton diagram s. W'e now claim the fo1Iowing:
l. Forevery graph there is a ulliquc skeleton.
2. AIlgraphs can be builtup by inserting the ekactG reen's function G.phonon
propagator D.and propervertex part F in aIlthe skeleton diagram s.
404 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
D iagram s:
hh
Skeletons:
).
S*(t?) - x x
11*(t?) - x x
X X
X
Ia ëux . =z + 4.
X
X X
X X
X X
+ + +
x xx x
h-.
NW >
1
)
2EEE'
)z(1 ..J'f2)-- )
I'N(4)-'-.
To iterate these equations through order y3 in the interaction strength. the
propagators and vertex correction com puted to order :,2 m ust be inserted in
the second diagranl.uhile the lou' est-order resultm aq'be inserted in the last
three diagram s because they are alreadj explicitly of order y'. This iteration
procedure yields the expansion sho::1 : in F'ig. 46.7.NNhich contains aII proper
vertex parts through order :.z5. h 'e can now com bine these results to obtain
the nonlinear coupled D b'.
%ollp?7lcgr
' , (7/equations shown in Fig.46,6. A lthough
we have not derived them .we claim it is plausible thata t't?l?. 5'
l'
.
5
'/t
;'
r7;iteratioll
q/- the D 1.j'
t?,7 intezral t
a/
?l/tz?I
'
f?l?.
s lo tz?7J' gitoetl order //7 y reprodtlces J/?(a
f-
tzI.
????7t7??-D 1.5-
//?perturbatiollr/pt>t
'
)r1..
4û6 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
The com ponents of D yson's equations are the exact G reen's functions G
and D and theexactpropervertex r. ltisthereforepossibletoattem ptadirect
solution of these equations without resorting to perturbation theory. For
electrons in a norm alm etalinteracting through phonon exchange,such an
approach can be greatly sim plified by the rem arkable theorem derived by
M igdalt
r=yl+OV
mjl (46.j4j
wherem(M isthe ratio oftheelectron massto the ion mass. To an excellent
approximation,Eq.(46.14)allowsustoreplacetheL?prr:x by thepointtw/l/èy,
and the problem is thusreduced to the coupled equationsforG and D . The
detailed discussion ofthe corresponding solutions isbeyond the scope ofthis
book,and thereaderisreferred to theliteraturefordetails.z W eshall,however,
conclude thischapterwith a discussion ofM igdal'stheorem .
p + q- l
I
p- l
# Fig. 47.1 Second-ordervertexcorrection.
Thesrstvertexcorrection,whichisdenoted Pt2)inEq.(46.13)andisshown
in Fig.47.1,can be w ritten with the Feynm an rules
Pt2'(p+ /
.4.2.k
..). #4/ (
.oj
q,p4= ..
y (2=)kIk- (-( --17
,&- T)c
lA . B.Migdal,Sov.Phys.-JET1L7:996(1958).
2See,forexample, J.R.Schrieflkr.Ioc.cit.:G .M .Eliashberg,Sot'.Phys.-JETP,16:780(1963).
3A .B.M igdal.Ioc.cit.
4ln fact,M igdaliscontentto assert'*Itcan beshown thatthisestimate isnotchanged w'hen
diagramsofa higherorderaretaken into account. '' (A.B.M igdal,Ioc.cl '
J.)
pHoNcNs AND ELECTRONS 407
Here the integralisnow dim ensionless,allwavenum bersbeing m easured in units
ofksand al1frequenciesin unitsofeF o/
'h= hky
lf
lkm ,and
5-(q)EEEf''-l IqJ> l
t-l (q1< 1
In these units the phonon frequencies are proportionalto the factor(mlakljk
glpy7.i B i
a,.....
-
(-
k
$
-
j)(-
,,
-al?
lp
and themaximum wavenum berQaxEHStt
?s cisapurenum berfsee Eqs.(44.24:)
and (44.26))
/maX= (6/
'z)i (47.4)
N ote that 1-Xt2)depends on the ion mass only through the factor coland thus
through the sound velocity. ln contrast,the bulk m odulus B depends only on
the potential-energy surface for the crystal and is independent of M . The
phonon propagatorhasafactorofo)lin thenumerator,andintegrationsover
frequenciescanreducethisatmostbyonepower(thatis.(2=s')-lj-dIot,?/g/à-
((z?,- /z7)2)-1= -!.
uj),
.consequently,the remaining expression for the vertex
correction isstilllinearin (z)land hencein (m(1
%1)1. Thisobservation provides
the basis for M igdal's theorem .
W e now verify thisresultexplicitly for1M62)by j
lrstcarrying outthe integral
overQ,closingthecontourineithertheupperorlowerhalfoftheQplane. After
som e familiar algebra,the resultcan be written in the form
'
-
lfthequantityinbracesisdenotedby/tf
.
,?ll,thisexpressioncanberewritten
(47.6)
Providedthattheintegralcontaining/to)converges,theIimitingexpressionfor
small (rrl/.
#/')1 can be obtained by neglecting the second term containing
408 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
/'((s))- /-(0). The proof is therefore reduced to showing that the limiting
. .
expression
l-' -q.p);4rV2/k
(2'(p -+. .3jay?y'.
i./ s !- j
'
v d3/
a-
c
--
y
Fj-jj
v jjj.
(;sy .
.
j('
-j-z/j
-.
3/8(Iî
nax-/)
iswelldefined,fortheexplicitfactor(,77.31)1'infrontofthedimensionlessintegral
then givesthe desired result.
The expression of Eq.(47.7).howeNer. is as u' elldetined as any integral
over ferm ion G reen-s functions thatappears in the r = 0 theory. The D ebye
cutof'
flimits the m om entum integralto a finite region.thusrem oving any diver-
gences at large /. In addition.realcrystals haN' e a sm ooth ctltol
'l-at the upper
end ofthe phonon spectrunè so thatally logarithm ic singularitiescaused by the
sharp Debye cutoil-are spurious. Ftlrtherm ore. the infrared divergence of
Eq,(47.7)atqv= q = pv= p = 0 gwhich mal'give rise to term sproportionalto
(/??,'.$J')1ln(/3?,
.51)1jisirreleN'
ant because thc weak phonon interaction is only
importantforelectronsnearthe Ferm isurface where ;p : 4;l.
The only rem aining source of dipicultl'arises from the singularitiesin the
integrand in Eq.(47.7). Although each one indlvidualll'gives rise to a énite
integral,the resulting expression m ay diverge u'hen the tw'o singularities com e
together. W e m ay isolatc the contribution of this regton with the following
seriesofsteps.
l. The inénitesim al il'
naginary term s in the denom inators are relevant only
wheretherealpartN'anishes. Thusu'emay replace5'(p .-1)and 5-(p = q- 1)
w'ith .
p(pv)and .
v(/?(
).,-qù)sw'here.
,(p())isdet
ined by
o (
t-i
lrçjqEEE' -l
.- 1
2k) '
-x t2d; ds -i
r'
s
(2)
(,.q,y?
),
ej
V.
n
-
.
--e
1 1O
--
,*qPJ/opn--
'
-:
--
?
'.
iT
-vfpo
-bq-
oj'j
x lnC?-
.
-.
-%- --!
e-+-j.dE.,/
'
,8-
?.
+-i
xlalJye--qyl
.
- - . -
- :,- q)c;/J/+.lyulpv... )
4. To study the region where the singularitîes coalesce,w'e evaluate the slowly
varying functions tz and Pef?
/olatthe position ofthe tirst singularity,e?= pf
j.
W ith thenew variable (EEEE'
f- p0,Eq.(47.8)reducesto
1-32)( ck3 .t
.
?(Fj-2 ag,
-P .
-.
r d(
p-q,p):
4;-j
t-
myC
s-
y(jp'), r.s,
.,
. j,, .po
.
--
t
. -ys(
.
..
).
(j)
(--q,- q(?6r. 'J?l6-.po- l 'T. ;lpù- qzq
)
a')j)(
-------
-.
q-
o---
- v..
-q(-J-
e-
f,'83/.)
.
-
,.' 7---..
l- pv -
i'
r
z--
o-l
--
<.j-.----.
pç -
?--
t cu)
Thesingularity at(= iyvlpv)isimportantonly forpv> eo,w'
hen theintegral
fncludestheorigin. Inthiscase,thestructureofthesingularitiesisunchanged
when the integral is extended to - v: and evaluated with contour methods.
lf.;(p0)and Jlpv-.-t
y0)havethesamesign.theintegralcanelearlybeclosed in
thathalfplanecontainingno singularitiesand vanishes.
5.ThusJ(,(h)and atpo-.
-qo4musthaveopposite signsto yield a nonzero value.
The integral can then be closed in that half plane containing the pole at
(= l
'.
r).
)lpolwiththesnalresultforpv> 6etreintroducingdimensionalunits)
Thisexpression isfiniteeverywhereexceptat
hqn=z
kq(a
os
t
yj
y ,,.sp,
where it develops a logarithm ic singularity. 5Ve note the following points.
however.
(J) A logarithmicsingularity isgenerally integrable(forexample.when we
substitute r intotheskeleton diagramsforl1* and Y*).
4:0 APPLICATIO NS T0 PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
(/?) Iftheelectronsareontheenergyshelland elosetotheFermisurface,then
hpl
j;4;esand 1-
*k21isonlysingularw'hen i
c/tli;
4;qt'p. Sincec.c
t&s,thissingu-
.
Iarity isalso unim portantboth forrealphononsw'
ith 1% , = qcand forvirtual
phononsw' ith I
ço < qc < t
ro.
Thus Eq.(47.7) is well defined in most regions of interest,and we have a
dem onstration ofM igdal'stheorem to ordery3.
M igdal'stheorem also can be understood qualitatively by observing that
the dimensionless ratio of-the displacement ofthe lattice d(x) in Eq.(44.15)
to theinteratomicspacing(;4:q-
w).)dependsontheion massasLm,
1M )i. This
,
qtlantity is smallforheavy ions,explicitly verifying ourrem arksatthe beginning
ofthischapter. (Infact,thesmallvalueof-theratio(?è?,
'.
W )1'isjustthecriterion
for the validity ofthe Born-oppenheimer approximation.1) The ratio enters
twice in evaluating a second-order correction as in Fig. 47.1, so that
r =ytl-
i-Og(rn,
/
',
%1)1)). ItisalsotruethatY
--*= Okltnj'k
W )1)forthesamereason;
as seen in Secs. 36 and 37,however,a weak interaction can still have drastic
eflkcts nearthe Ferm isurface.
PRO BLEM S
12.1. Proke thatypy= 0 in the interactl
hg electron-phonon system .
12.2. Theexactphonon G reen'sfunetion isdefined in theH eisenberg picture
as
iDqx- .
x')= .
,
xO1Fg(/s(x)(
/s(x'))iO)
where kO) is thc exact normalized Heisenberg ground state of the coupled
electron-phonon system. Hencederivethe Lehmann representationforiD(q).
12.3. Using the generalrelation 0O,
'èt= lijhj(4 ,t))forHeisenberg operators,
show thatthe Heisenberg phonon 5eld forthe problem deined in Eq.(45.16)
satisfies the following relations
lt/'
fJ(X),t
f'ff(A'')1?-:'= 0
(u(x4,P --t
/'
èVt(
./'
r')
.r = â --c2 23(x- x')
. ,, i.Vx
in the lim itcoo .
-.
>.z'
z. Thus derive the following equation ofm otion
V2 1 92
- p g j ;s(x)- -yVx
2zfl
salx)#,,atxll
H ow are these relations m odified forsnite f
z?s?
1L.1.Schifllop.cit..p,447.
PHONONS AND ELFCTRONS 411
l é?2
(Vx
2--
(y
.
jjy.
j1iD(a---x).
-h
,
-
.Vx
a(
5(x.
-x,)(
5(?--t,)
,
--
yVa
2..O Fgjlf
'
t
faj.
v)q?jya(a')(
/jj(A-'))O
N ote thatthe lastexpression isone lim ltotthe generalvertex function. W'hatfs
the corresponding resultfor snite u;o'?
12.5. (J) Evaluatethelow'
est-ordercontribtttion to 11*(q)shoun in Fig.46.6.
(b) Compute the corresponding G(q)and discussthe rezulting expression:for
the single-particle energy'and lifetim e.
(c) How arethechemicalpotential.thespeciécheat.and tlneground-stateenerg);
aflkcted ?
12.6. (t7) Evaluatethelouest-ordercontrlbution to 11*(61)shown in Fig,46.6.
(??) Compute the corresponding phonon propagator and deri&e the fol1oNNing
expressions for the renorm alized phono1)frequentzy fzjq and in%erse llfe!inne èq
(neglectcorrectionsoforder c'r7s):
(12
:=(
sjgl-2x
&(0):2gjtF11
Jq= '
c
-n
-?
f
u.t)z
a
hY2
.A'(0)ptayrs- q)
qkr
- .. -
E-Eo-Jj0-
.'
-
)
(
?jd3xx
-OI
v'?
/'
a(x)y
# .lx(
.
x)(
;(x)i
O'
)y,
*y a ,j. a .
= -
i Jy'fd3.:.lzim,x l
'
u 0
. i m
y,--,x -
-.
.
O Fly'
sat
.x
'ly'
u z(>'
)(;
's(
2'
))O y.
where the m atrix elem ent m ust be calculated for aIl0 < y'< y. A nalyze the
rightside ofthis expression in term s of Feynm an diagram sand use M igdal's
::W .KohnsPhys.Ret'.Letters,2:393(1959).
412
theorem to show'thatin the norm alm etal
12.9-
12.11.
12.12.
J.Jex= (
. 'cl34-î
-'
ex(x :)jgitx)
=
((/3&-)'cx(xt)(
j
-
.(x)
13
S upercond uctivity
(48.2)
thenim pliesthatthefluxdensityB rem ainsconstantforanym edium with inhnite
conductivity because E vanishes inside the m aterial. In particular,consider a
superconductorthatiscooled below rcin zero m agnetic field. The above result
showsthatB remainszeroevenifafieldissubsequentlyapplied(Fig.48.1).
2. M eissner p/
ft
oc/:Althoughtheinsniteconductixityisthemostobvious
-
Fig.48.1 M eissnereFectinsuperconductors. No t
hen
Sc)œ led below
marmalicmç
gnet flt
ea
ll
di
n V(
,c(r)-,c(o)g1-(j)2q empi
rical (48.3)
H
Hc(r)
Normal
NormalIingin Cooled below Fr, ' Fig. 48.3 Flux trapping in a supercon-
magneticfleld magnetic field ihen ducting ring.
remove
isthen rem oved;no flux can passthrough the superconducting m etal,and the
totaltrapped fluxm ustrem ain constant,being m aintained by circulating super-
currentsin theringitself. Suchpersistentcurrentshavebeenobservedoverlong
periods.l Furtherm ore,the flux trapped in sum ciently thick ringsisquantized
in unitsof2
970= hc
j-i= 2.07 x 10 7 gausscmc
-
(48.4)
5.Spec@cheat:ln addition to its magnetic behavior,a typicalsuper-
conductoralso hasdistinctive thermalproperties. For zero applied held,the
transition isot-second order,which im pliesa discontinuousspeciticheatbutno
latentheat'(Fig.48.4). Asdiscussed in Secs.5 and 29,theelectronic specifc
heatCnin thenorm alstate varieslinearly with the tem perature. In the super-
conducting state,however,the specific heat Csinitially exceeds Cnfor TL Fr,
butthendropsbelow Cnand vanishesexponentiallyasF -. >.0.1
- ào
Csr
c expk
aT
lTypicalrecentmeasurementsarethose ofJ.File and R.G.M ills,Phys.Ael''.Letters,10:93
(1963),who 5nd lifetimesoforder105years.
2B.S.Deaver,Jr.andW .M .Fairbank,Phys.Rev.Letters.7:43(1961);R.Dolland M .Nâbauer,
Phys.Rev.Letters,7:51(1961).
3W . H.Keesom and J.A.Kok,Commun.Phys.Lab.Univ.Lei den,221e:(1932).
1W .S.Corak,B.B.Goodman.C.B.SatterthwaiteandA.W exl er.Phys.Ret's,96:1442(1954).
sgpEncoNoucTlvlTY 417
Thisdependenceindicatestheexistenceofa gap intheenergy spectrum ,separating
theexcited statesfrom the ground statebyan energy à().t Formostsuper-
conducting elem ents,Ao is som ewhatlessthan 2ksFc.
6.Isotopecfcc/:A finaldistinctive property ofsuperconductorsis the
isotopeeflkct. W enoted thatthecrystallographicpropertiesofthenorm aland
superconducting phases are identical. N evertheless, careful studies of iso-
topically pure sam ples show thatthe ionic lattice plays an im portantrole in
superconductivity,forthetransition tem peraturetypically varieswith theionic
ITIaSSl
FCa:M -* (48.6)
Thisresultindicatestheim portanceoftheattractiveelectron-phononinteraction,
whichprovidesamechanism fortheformationofboundCooperpairs(compare
Secs.36,37,and46).
THERM O DYNA M IC RELATIONS
Forcom pleteness,wefrstreview thebasicequationsofelectrodynam ics. O n a
microscopic(atom ic)scale,thereareonlytwo fundamentalseldseand b,dehned
by the equations
dive = 4=p (48.7/)
divb= 0 (48.7:)
ob
curle= -c-1& (48.7/)
pe 4=
curlb= c-1'
)J+ -c pv (48.7:)
H erep isthe totalchargedensity and v isthe m icroscopic velocity Eeld. The
macroscopicseldsaredesned asspatialaverages
E= (elvol B = (blvol (48.8)
overa volum e appropriateto theparticularproblem in question;they obey the
conventionalM axwellequations
divE = 4rtplvol (48.94)
divB = 0 (48.9:)
PB
CUI'IE = -C-1 (48.9c)
1Althoughtheenergygapisatypicalfeatureofsuperconductivity,itisbynomemnsnecessaryy
asshown by theexistenceof''gapless''superconductorswith zero dcresistivity.
!H.Fröhlich,Phys.Rev..79:845(1950);E.M axwell,Phys.#er.,78:477(1950);C.A.Reynolds,
B.Serin,W .H.W right,andL.B.Nesbitt,Phys.Re? J.&7*:487(1950).
'
4!g Appulcv loNs TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
OE 4=
curlB = c-lW + - '
lp#lvol (48.9J)
( c
Although these equations are formally complete,it is customary to separate
(plvolintoa polarizltiondensity.
-divp and afree(externallyspecised)charge
densitypz. Equatim (48.9/)thenbecomes
rrP)2
div(E+ 4' - divD = 4rpy (4810)
.
,- -
td
Jwjs u-.(d
aF
s)v (48.13)
Hereweassumethevolumeisheld constant,and sistheentropydensity.
Thefluxexpulsion associated with the M eissnereflkctindicatesthata bulk
superconductorin an externalm agneticheld H isuniquely characterized bythe
conditionB = 0,independentofthewaythestateisreached (Fig.48.1). W e
therefore infer thatthe superconductor isin true therm odynam ic equilibrium
and accordingly apply the techniques of macroscopic thermodynamics. For
m ostexperim ents,however,it isim possible to m anipulate the ;ux density B
directly;instead.theexternalcurrents(ina solenoid,forexample)controlthe
m agnetic seld H ,and we preferto m ake a Legendre transform ation from the
HelmholtzfunctionF(F,B)toanew (Gibbs)free-energydensity
G(r,H)- F - (4.* -1B-H (48.14)
1Thisresultcan bederivedverysimply bysurrounding thesystem witha surface.
/
1in free
space. Poynting's theorem showsthatthe energy Cowing in througb ,
4 in a shorttime dtig
given bydWim= -dt(cI4=4Jxds.E x H. Thedivergencetheorem and Maxwell'sequations
(48.9c) and (48.11) then yield JHz'
em=(c/4=)fy.d% (c-tH .#B + c-bE.JD +(4zr/c)E.Jz#J1.
which verihestheassertion.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 419
with theeorresponding diflkrentialrelations
JG = -sdT - (4=)-lB.#H (48.l5)
s- -
tj
aG
zjHs--4=(
bt
j
'
j
n/
jT (48.16)
Consider a long superconducting cylinder in a parallel m agnetic Eeld.
Iftheheld H = Hâisincreased atconstanttemperature,Eq.(48.16)gives
G(F,S)-G(F,
0)=-(4r
8-1j0
HB(H'
)dH' (48.17)
To agood approxim ation,thenorm alstateofm ostsuperconductingelem entsis
nonmagnetic(B = H),and wehnd
Gn(T,H)- Ga(F,0)- -(8,
n.
)-1H 2 (48.l8)
In contrast,B vanishesinthesuperconductor,which yields
G,(F,S)= Gs(F,0) (48.19)
Thetwo phasesarein therm odynam icequilfbrium atthecriticalfield H c. This
condition m aybeexpressed by theequation
GXF,1fc)= Ga(F,Sc) (48.20)
andacombinationofEqs.(48.18)-(48.20)immediatelygives
Gs(F,0)= Gk(F,0)- (8=)-lHj (48.21)
F,(r,0)= Fa(F,0)- (8z8-1Hl
c (48.22)
These equations show thata negative condensation energy -Hk(b= per unit
volumeaccompaniesthe formation ofthesuperconducting state. In addition,
a sim plerearrangementleadsto thegeneralresult
Gs(T,H4- Ga(F,S)=(8r4-l(S2- H6j (48.23)
so thatthesuperconducting phaseistheequilibrium stateforallH < Hc(T).
ThederivativeofEq.(48.23)withrespecttotemperatureyieldstheentropy
diflkrencebetween thetwophases
J,(F,S )- sn(T,H )- (4,* -'Sc(F)y
-sco
#F (48.24)
Figure 48.2 shows thatthe rightside is negative,so thatthe superconducting
phase haslowerentropy than the normalphase. Note that Eq.(48.24)is
independentofthe applied field,which also followsfrom the therm odynam ic
M axwellrelation derived from Eq.(48.15). The latent heatassociated with
the transition is Tlss- .
%),which vanishes at r = 0 and atFc(see Fig.48.2).
420 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Finally,thetherm odynam icidentity
cs-v(p
q)H (48.25)
givesthedit
lkrence in thtelectronicspeciticheatsatconstantEeld
F JS 2 dlH
c'H- cnn= y,;; dpc + Sc(v -
2F. (48.26)
lnparticular,thejumpinthespecihcheatatTcbecomes
( T dH 2
Cs- Cntvc= 4-5
=- dTC v (48.27)
C
r 2' '
' X
%f. . .
5
1
g x
1'''
. ,
'
. '
., ..- 1 '
1''' . '
'
S()
(&) (DJ
Fig.49.1 Geometry ofsupercoqducting (J)halfspace,(bjslab in a
parallelapplied held Hz.
'Az,
(0),âl &,A As(0)/& A(0)t',.Aj Molexp,A
I
A1 1 1*
Sn ' 340
16
2
.(X* 0.010 530 490.515
3*
, 0.16 510 5l0
Pb 370 830 0.45 440 390
1Az.
(0)iscalculatedbyassuminga,=natF= OOK .
jA(0)tN isthe penetration depth atzero temm rature,calculated
with the BCS theory for diffuse scattering ofelectrons atthe
boundary.
Source..R.M eserveyandB.B.Schwartz,Equilibrium Prox rties:
ComparisonofExm rimentalResultswithPredictionsoftheBCS
Theory,inR.D .Parks(ed.
),lçsux rconductivity,''vol.1,p.174.
M arœ lDekker,lnc.,New York,1969.
!Thissmallsize makesprecise measurementsquitedimcult;typicalexperimentalprocedure
arediscussed in F.London,op.cit.,sec.5.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 423
with increasingtem perature,and thefunction
&(
A F)= 1- wF 4-+ em pirical
zX0) 1c (49.14)
providesagood:tltothedatafbrF/Fck;!.. Sincensistheonlyvariablequantity
inEq.(49.13),weinfer
NXF)= 1 - F 4
G(0) (y1 empi
rical (49.15)
Asa second example,considera slab ofthickness2# in an applied seld
Hok paralleltoitssurface(Fig.49.10. IftheoriginofcoordinatesisIocatedin
them iddleoftheslab,then the appropriatesolution ofEq. (49.11)is
hlz)= cosh(z/As)
Hzcosh(#/,V) (49.16)
Them ean fluxdensity.
# isthespatialaverageofthemicroscopicheld
J 1 d HoAs d
-s J.,dzhlz)- dtanhjj (49.17)
In thelim itofathick slab,Eq. (49.17)becomes
S oAs
J;k; #
. dy.As (49.18)
andthesampleexhibitsaMeissnerefl
kct;intheoppositelimit(#.c
.
:As)themean
flux densityisessentiallyH u.
.,
.i'.
. t.)
r.2
.u .
(.. y u$
.
yA,.i..14w,.. . ' ::
w
'
.k
.z
'q!
.f..:.. ;z... a.
..
.,
,:
'v
e s..,
. r y.
a.
. ,
,
Holein su rconductor
(J) (A)
Fig. 49.2 Integration contour for evaluation of
quxoid:(J)simplyconnected;(b4multiplyconnected.
where therightside has been transformed w ith Stokes'theorem . Since C lies
inthesuperconductor,Eq.(49.19)appliesateverypoint.giving
&
0(ds.h+nm
sc,jc(
81.j-O (49.21)
weseethatthe/uxofffldehnedas
mc
(I)s:j#s-h+M
-s ea c #l.j (49.22)
rem ainsconstantforalltim e. Itisclearthat(1)diflkrsfrom the m agnetic flux
by an additionalcontributionarising from theinduced supercurrent.
W ith added assum ptions,itispossibleto derive m orespecific results.
1.IfC issuëcientlyQrfrom theboundaries,thenjisexponentiallysmall,and
(I)reducesto them agneticflux.
2.lfthe interior ofC is wholly superconducting (Fig,49.25),then the other
Londonequation(49.8)immediatelyimpliesthat* vanishes.
3. Asacorollary ofthepreviousconclusion,* isthesame foranypath C 'that
can bedeform ed continuously into C,alwaysrem aining in thesuperconductor.
F.London also observed thatEq.(49.8)can bewritten in termsofthe
vectorpotentialA as follows
eA
curl mv - - = 0 (49.23)
c
where
h = curlA (49.24)
Thecanonicalm om entum isgiven by
eA
P = nIM - c (49.25)
'F.London,op.cit..sec.6.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 42:
and Eq.(49.23)thusbecomes
curlp = 0 (49.26)
which m ay be considered a generalized condition of irrotational flow. In
addition,theCuxoid m aybewritten as
C
(Il= -e- c
#l.p (49.27)
Thisequation isrem iniscentoftheBohr-som merfeld quantization relation,and,
indeed,London suggested thattheCuxoid isquantized in unitsofhcle.î As
noted in Sec.48,thisprediction wassubsequently consrm ed,butthe observed
quantum unitishcllegEq.(48.4)J.
PIPPA RD'S GENERA LIZED EQ UATION
Itisnow convenienttochooseaparticulargauge(Londongauge)forthevector
potential
divA = 0 (49.284)
onboundaries (49.28:)
which allowsustorewritethestaticLondonequation(49.10)as
M 2
J(X)= - se A(X) (49.29)
mc
Thischoiceofgaugeisalwayspossible,becauseEq.(49.28:)can besatissedby
adding the gradient of an appropriate solution ofLaplace's equation. N ote
thattheLondongaugeensuresthatdivj= 0andthatJ.H= 0ontheboundaries.
Equation (49.29)showsthatthe London theory assumesj(x)proportionalto
A(x)atthesamepoint. Furthermore,thetheorypredictsthatthepenetration
depth dependsonly on fundamentalconstantsand na(Eq.(49.13)). To test
these predictions, Pippard studied the properties of superconducting Sn-ln
a1loys.2 Although thethermodynamicpropertiessuch asSc(F)and Frwere
unaltered byratherlargeconcentrationsoftheIn impurities(f3X),hefound
that the penetration depth increased by nearly a factorof2. Such behavior
cannotbe understood in the London picture,becausean increased penetration
depth w ould im ply a reduced value ofnsand a corresponding m odihcation in
thefreeenergyandothertherm odynam icproperties. Forthisand otherreasons,
Pippard proposed a nonlocalgeneralization ofEq.(49.29),in which j(x)is
determ ined as a spatialaverage ofA throughout som e neighboring region of
dim ension ro. For heavily doped alloys,rz iscom parable with the electronic
mean freepath Iin the norm alm etal;forpurem etals,however,rcisnotinfnite,
IF.London,op.cf?.,p.152.
2A.B.Pippard,Proc.Ro)'
.Soc.(London),A216:547(1953).
426 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
J- Jo 1
l(0)-.
'
z
=z
ls(0)( j ) lOCall
imit:r(
)-,
èZ
J
Foraplfrc Lolldon superconductor(#0<,'/).F.q.(49.35)reducesto thepre:ious
London expression.
lnpractice(seeTable49.1),mostsuperconductingelementsatlow tempera-
ture violate the condition for a pure London stlperconductor.u hich requires
ro;
:
k:Jt
l<.z
tA. Hence London superconductorsare usual1. ).hea:i1) dopcd allo)s,
where thelength rvisdetermined by /instead ofJ't
).and thet'ollou illg inequality
holds:rv; 4;/-s.A. ln thiscase,Eq.(49.35)explainstheobser:ed increasei1 the
penetration depth fordirty alloys&$here/.<-(!(
). lfa sam ple isa Londol)super-
conduetorat low temperature.Eq,(49.I4)shov:s thati( remains onc forall
F ..
c rc. Sillce the penetration depth ofans superconducting m aterialinureases
rapidly as r -.
' Fc,how ever-aII.
- îl?p&r('t
???t/s?c'J(?r.
5
'bel-ollll,1.o/pti//?sltpL'rcoltthlctors
s'lk-/
-
/i'
c-àt.
antIî'c/(?A't
?ïo Tc.
Itisim portantto em phasizethatLq>.(49.34)and (49.35)areolllyeorrect
forrv- k
tz'
t-a1-1d we !-
1oïNeonsiderthe nlore t)picalno1 )local11m it(?'().
,.z
ï),N.
' N.hen
the m aterialiskno% i )asa Pippartl.
y'
l/1t'/'t'
t)/?t/Ift'/ö?
-. A lthough a generalso1ution
isverydit
licuIt.wecanevaluatejandheom pietel)foraninfi1-
1itesuperconductor
surrounding a currentsheetjv:
-,
t
$(z)lying in thex1'plane. The curre1tsheetis
.
asourceofmagneticfleld.?hich in turI
1Induces:1supcrcurrentjrx). The total
current is the sun'
lofthest
' .48.
ltïso contributions.a11d 51axUeli'> equatio11( 9J)
beconles
This equation m ust be solved along with Pippard-s equation.u hich provides
anotherrelation betweenjand A.
Thetransiationalinvariancem akesitusefuIto introducethree-dim ensional
Fouriertransform s
jtx)- (2=1-3 4
-(13:(afq-Xjtq) (49.37/)
A(x)= (2:7.
)-31'J?qtpfq-xA(q)
and thel-ondon gaugeimplies
q'A(q)= 0 (49.38)
42g AppulcATloss To pHyslcAL SYSTEM S
ItisstraightforwardtoverifythattheFouriertransform ofEq.(49.31)takestht
form
J(q)- -sc A-(ç)A(q) (4939)
.
where
3ase2 *dx 1P sinqx
X(V)= -mczït4* o
-
t-1C-XF'Oq
.
-à-
(? qx
6r- ,e2 arctanqra c 1
=
mcafnq (çro)k (1+ (qrv)j- q% (49.40)
and thegaugecondition (49.38)hasbeenused to simplifythevectorcomponents.
Inaddition,theFouriertransform ofEq.(49.36)isgivenby
-
qx qx A(q)= 4rrc-1fd?xE'-iQ*X(.j()#3(z)+jtxlj
= 4=c-3E(2=)2.(#x)3(çx)+j(q)) (49.41)
andtheltftsidamaybesimplifedwithEq.(49.38):
qX q>.A(q)=qlA(q)- q(q.A(q))= q2A(q)
-
A(x)M -4(z)#= 4
-
77 * dt?. J'
a:
kt7i?T
.-
(49.43t8
c -x2=q + K%)
h(x)u >(z)9- -4-.
v =d X -'pakiqei4z
c -.2=:2+ K(q) (49.435)
which providethecom pletesolution.
Itisinteresting to examint the asymptotic form ofhfzjasz-+.œ. If
ql+ Kfqjhasno zeroson thertalqaxis,then theintegration contourcan be
dtformedintotheupper-halfqplane,showingthathlz)vanishesfasterthanany
algebraicfunction ofz. Sincethisbehaviorisexactlythatfound intheM eissner
elect,weobtain thegeneralcriterion
qn+ K(q4# 0 forqreal:Meissnereflkct (49.44)
Inpractice,Eq.(49.44)isnotvery convenient,becauseK(q)isacomplicated
function ofq,and we m ustinstead rely on graphicalm ethods. The Pippard
kernel(Eq.(49.40))isplotted in Fig.49.3. Ithastwo characteristicfeatures:
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 429
1.0
K (<)
A-(0)O.j
q%
00 1.0 :
Fig.49.3 Pippard kernelKlqj(Eq.(49.40)1. 2,0 3.0
1=2=-1J0
Odt(
/2+(A3/A)J:)I-1
F(lr(
j
/à)j-l
whereF(x)=1.I(x-2+1)arctanx-.
x-lj. Thelimiting valuesofFltrolh)forro/à..
+0and
ulh-.
y.* reproduceEqs.(49.35)and(49.
48),respectively.
:F.London,op.cI'
?.,pp.l25-130.
3V.L.Ginzburgand L.D .lnndau:Zh.Eksp.Teor.Fiz,20:1064 (1950). An English trans-
lation mayix foundin4'M enofPbysics:L.D.Landaus''vol.1,p.138,PergamonPress,Oxford,
1965.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 431
and Landau describe the condensate with a complex order parameter 1F(x).
The observed second-order transition im plies that Vl''vanishesforF > rc, and
thatitincreasesin m agnitudewith increasingrc - r > 0. NearFc,thequantity
r'Frissmall,andthemicroscopicfree-energydensityFsoofthesuperconducting
state in zero Eeld isassumed to have an expansion oftheform
Fsz- Fno+ at
'l'
-12+ q.b1.1,
-t4+ '''
where Fnois the free-energy density ofthe norm alstate in zero m agneticfield
and wherea and b are realtem perature-dependentphenom enologicalconstants.
Sincetheorderparam eterisuniform in the absence ofexternalfelds, G inzburg
and Landau added a term proportionalto 1V'F(25tending to suppressspatial
variationsinYP. ln analogywith theSchrödingerequation, thisterm iswritten
as
(2-*)-'r--fâV:l'(2
where m * isan egkctive m ass. W hen m agneticfields are present, this term is
assum ed to take the gauge-invariantform
(2 1 esA
1,:(
2 .
,,+)-11
(-ihT.
,.-cj'
where-e*issomeintegralmultipleofthechargeon an electron and
curlA(x)= h(x) (50.1)
determ ines the m icroscopic m agnetic l
ield. In this way,the totalfree-energy
density ofthe superconductingstatein am agneticfield becom es
Fs - i c*A 2 h2
Fnv+ aIY15I2+ jb1YF14+ (2rn*)-11
I-l'
hT + c
4'j
!+ @-# (f0.2)
where the lastterm represents the energy density ofthe m agnetic :eld.
conventionaltochooseaparticularnormalization forV1S:
1
'
t
F12> ns
* (503)
.
where ns
* desnesan eflkctivesuperelectron density. Thischoice fixestheratio
(t7/:)2. Experiments:indicatethat
ra*= 21q (50.4)
inagreementwiththepairing hypothesisofSecs. 36and 37;wethereforeidentify
ns
*with thedensityofpaired electronsand detinens by theequation
'ns
*- lws (50.5)
!B.S.Deaver.Jr.andW .M .Fairbank.Ioc. cl't.;R.DollandM .Nâbauer,Ioc.cit.;J.E.Zimmer-
man andJ.E.M ercereau,Phys.Rev.Letters,14:887(1965).
4a2 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
1
'
1-
..1E
s(1
&!
bjl (50.16)
isthe m agnitudeof'F deep in the sam ple. A combinationofEqs.(50.l4)and
(50.15)gives
-
lm âz J2
,y
-rJ)z-
y
zc-f+f3= 0 (50.17)
whichdefnesanaturalscaleoflengthforspatialvariationsoftheorderparam eter
ft'' hl 1 h
- è'--tt
z-
t
-f-) - Ez,'
,?-tt - r)u'1+ t50'1''
Thislengthisknownasthe(Ginzburg-l-andau)coherencelength. Itbecomes
large as F .
-->Fc and is thus very dipkrentfrom the tem perature-independent
parameters(0orraintroducedinSec.49.
In certainphysicalsituations(seeFig.50.1J)'1Pessentiallyvanishesatthe
boundary ofthe superconducting region (z= 0). Equation (50.17)can then
434 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Norm al
(50.l9)
If/increases
(50.20)
Justasin theelectromagneticpenetration.thespatialvariation of/ isconsned
to a region !z $
k:J',becausel- If ;vanishesexponentiallyforizr
, .y.J.
Fora inalexam ple,consideran applied m agnetic held with an essentially
uniform orderparameter%' -= I
YFXI(see Fig.50.1:). The supercurrent (Eq.
(50.9))thenreducesto
jt (c*)2n* e2n
x)= - FNY.C'A(x)= - m c'A(x) (50.21)
whichtakespreciselytheform oftheLondonequation(49.29). Thepenetration
depth form agneticseldsfollowsim m ediatelyas
m * c2 +
A(r)-jyxp
-
,,
Nwl(pk
-
j-
jl (50.22)
m *clb 1
A(F)= 4
=(/V (rc---'lv
and isproportionalto(Fc- F)-1 forF -->Fc(compare Eq.(49.1444.
SLIPCRCONDUCTIVITY 435
1:isimportanttoemphasizethatthecoherencelength ((T)andpenetration
lengthA(F)areboth phenomenologicalquantitiesdehnedintermsoftheconstants
aand b. ltisconventionalto introducethe Ginzburg-l-andauparam eter
KEEA
ï(
(F)
--/'
) (50.23)
w'hich is independent oftem perature near Fc. W ith the preceding deénitions,
a sim ple calculation yields
v'l'g,
<= -hc ,/c(r)A(r)2 p;
4rpc (f0.24(z)
l?1*f /7 1
&= We-b i,
-r (50.24:)
each of which is usefulin applications. ln particular,Eq.(50.24/)relates /t
'
to them easurablequantitiesH cand A;itm ay also berew ritten as
H - -.-11-- (jo.a5)
C 2rrN.2JA
where(asshown in thefollowingdiscussion)
(50.26)
is the flux quantum .
j e.h -a (ta*)2I
V1'
el2A
-- m#1% (V+- m .c (50.28)
A + (j??c?c. = hcVv
P*)2iV2
-
e* (50.29)
1Thisrepresentation ofVl-*isparticularly usefulin describing the Josephson eflkct.w'herethe
phase ofthe orderparameterisofdirectphysicalinterest(see,forexample,B.D .Josephson,
Advan.Phys.,14:4l9(1965)).
436 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
lntegratethisequationaround aclosedpath C lyingwhollyinthesuperconductor
(Fig.49.2)
(c JI.A .-z-(?7
.
7*-c
ta,yj
#
j ty-
,1
kj.
j
-k
- hvc cJI.V(p
,a= -g
-
I (50.30)
Thet irstterm ontheleftm ayberewrittenw'ith Stokes'theorem ;ifVl-
'isassum ed
to beslnglevalued,theintegralon therightm ustbean integralm ultiplen ofl. z:
,7121c J1.i hc
'$*JS .h + .
(g-ï').j yj.*
c, : .a= L
zznx
e (50.31)
Comparison with Eq.(49.22) shows thatthe left side is London's fuxoid *
generalized to nonunil
-orm system s,and weconclude that(1)isquantized in units
of(pv= /7c.'
t?*. The presentderivation appliesonly nearFc,butitisplausibleto
expectthe sam e quantization foral1F < Fc.
SURFACE EN ERGY
The significance ofthe param eterK ism osteasily understood by studying the
energy associated with a surfaceseparating norm aland supereonducting m aterial
(see Fig.50.1). Theboundary ismechanically stable only ifthenormalregion
has an applied tield H c parallelto the surface,since the G ibbs free energy deep
in the norm alregion
H2
G(.
z-+-:
x)= G'
,,
()- y7c
F
(50.32)
then equalsthatdeep in thesuperconducting region
G(z--+.:c-)= Gbv (50.33)
(com pareEq.(48.2l)1. Thepossibilityofasurfaceenergyarisesinthefollowing
wal'from theoccurrenceofthetwolengthsAand J. Ifthesamplewereentirely
norm alorentirely superconducting,theG ibbsfreeenergy perunitareaw ould be
fc
J.dz(-S2 cy'
8=). lnthesurfaceregion,however,thefluxisexpelled forzk;A,
while the condensation energy buildsup forzk.(. Hencethe true Gibbsfree
energy perunitarea isgiven approxim ately asthe sum oftu'o term s
-A -JI1 -. - .s 2
;
4;(-..(lzV,
;rE'=-(jJz-p,v,--c
.
YF
h -0 jz >.- :c- - A1'
-= '1
Y.
l'-:*1j
,z.
--
,.+:
x. (50.36)
-
Hcj h= 0 J
guaranteethatEqs.(50.32)and (50.33)are satisfied.z W ith the samedesnition
ofthe surface energy,we l
ind
j-xt
fzjh
vk
z+d
?1
.
l.
-k
4+(2p7+)-1;
l
t-mv+t
'
*c
-
A
-),
.
I,(
i
r
2j-()
!V.L.GinzburgandL.D.Landau,loc.cit. IfI Y*I2dependsonlyonz,theorderparameter
takes the form ciWï;
r.F'àF(z). ln additions M axwell's equation implies thatj(z)=.
/(z)#.
Equation (50.9)then showsthatVF(z)mustberealwhileP(
p/
'P.
xvanishes. Theremainingphase
factor+(y)mustbe a linearfunction ofy and maybe absorbed with thetrivialgaugetrans-
formation z4 ->.z4- (hcle*jPg)/Py'.
2TheseboundaryconditionsviolateEq.(50.8:)atz= +*,owing to ouridealized one-dimen-
sionalgeometry. A morephysicalconiguration isaIongcylinderplaced in a solenoid.with
am acroscopicsuperconducting cortsurrounded by anorm alsheath.
438 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
SubstitutionintoEq.(50.37)givesthefinalfdrm
x 4 (#c- hj2
c.s=
j-c
odz-'
Wlk
l'l+ g. (50.
38)
BothEqs.(50.37)and(50.38)areexact-
,theformerisalsovariationallycorrect
while the latter,which m akes use ofthe exactheld equations, is considerably
simpler,
Itisconventionalto characterizethesurfaceenergy witha length 3:
M2
cp&= - cb (59.39)
8=
where
ss.je
-œJzg
r-j
,
l
o
Xwo!
T .
1
4+(l-pj)2j (50.40)
hasbeenrewrittenwiththeaidofEqs.(50.12)and(f0.16). Althoughacomputer
solutionofEqs.(50.35)and(50.36)isneededtoevaluate3forarbitrary<,special
lim iting caseshavebeen studied analytically. The num ericaldetailsarerather
tedious,however,and we only state the results'
4v'jJ
3 ; k;1.89/ (50.4lJ)
b= 0 1
a.= x,é (50.41:)
.-
)(v'
'1- 1)A;
:
z-1.l0A Kà>1 (50.41c)
inagreementwithourqualitativeestimateofEq.(50.34).
The surface energy isim portantin determ ining the behavior ofa super-
conductorinan applied m agneticseld,and am aterialisconventionallyclassised
astype Iortype 11according asn sispositive ornegative. Com parison with
Eq.(50.41)yieldsthefollowingcriterion
T 1
ypeI: K< O J(F)> V-
1'A(F) ans> 0
l (50.42)
Type11: K > O ((T4< vYA(r)
Thepositivesurfaceenergy oftype-lm aterialskeepsthesam plespatially hom o-
geneous,and itexhibitsacomplete M eissnereflkctforallH < Hc. In contrast,
type-ll m aterialstend to break up into m icroscopic domains as soon as the
magneticseld exceedsalowercriticalseldHcj(seeProb.13.5),which isalways
lessthan H c. ForH > H cL,m agnetic flux penetratesthesam ple in the form of
!V.L.Ginzburg and L.D.Landau,loc.cït.;D .Saint-lames,G.Sarma,and E.J.Thomas,
tt-l-ype-llSuperconductivity,''chap.II,Pergamon Press,London,1969.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 439
quantized flux lines,and the sam ple is said to be in the m ixed state. Thisstate
Persistsup to an uppercriticalfield Hc;= V'IKHc(see Prob.l3.6)abovewhich
the sam ple becom es norm al. The possibility oftype-ll superconduetivity w as
:rstsuggested by A brikosov,lwho used theG inzburg-Landau theory to study
themixed statein detail. W'
e regretthatthisvastsubjectcannotbeincluded
here,and we m ustreferthe readerto other sources.z
' ) ..#.
, ..'
F ,. a
-
J.
q
jrpii'.
'
t-?'a(x)l
j's(x)?
,'slx)L'
a(x)
whereA(x)isthevectorpotentialand-eisthechargeonanelectron. Asshoun
in Chap.l2.the exchange of phonons leads to an effective attraction between
electronsclose to the Ferm isurface. Thisinterparticlepotentialhashere been
approximated by an attractive delta function with strength g nw0 (com pare Eq.
'A.A.Abrikosov,Soc.Phys.-JETP%5:1174(1957).
1See.forexample,P.G .deGennes.*wsuperconductivity ofM etalsand A1lo)'s.''chaps.3.6.
W .A.Benjamin.lnc.,New'York.1966' .A.L.Eetterand P.C.Hohenberg,TheoryofT/' pe-ll
Superconductors.and B.Serin.T3'pe-11Superconductors:Experiments.in R.D.Parks(ed.),
.Ksuperconductivityy''vol.ll,chaps.14,l5.MarcelDekker,lnc..New'York,1969,
3W ehavefoundthefollowingbooksparticularlyuset-ul:P.G.deGennes./tlc.cI'J.;G .Rickalbzen,
Sk-fheory ofSuperconductivitys''John W'ileyand Sons.lnc..Neu'York,1965-
.J.R.Schriefer,
Sû-rheory ofSuperconductivityv''W .A.Benjamin,lnc.,New York,1964. Seealso.A.A.
Abrikosov,L.P.Gorkov.and 1.E.Dzl'aloshinskii,**Methods ofQuantum Field Theory in
StatisticalPhysics,'qchap.7.Prentice-Hall.lnc.eEnglewood Clifl-s.N.J..1963.
4L.P.Gorkov,Sot' .Phys.-JETP,7:505(1958).
l4.tl Appulcv loNs 'ro pHyslcAu sys-rEM s
(46.9)1.1 Thephilosophyofthemicroscopictheoryisthento solvethismodel
ham iltonian ascom pletely as possible.z
As an introduction to our subsequentdevelopment,we first review the
H artree-Fock theory,which m ay be obtained by approxim ating theexactinter-
action operatorf'in Eq.(51.l)asa bilinearform
P;z rr'fsa -g fd?xgxl
. J.
f(x)fatxllss#j
ltx)'
fp(x)
-
q-'
f'a
f(x)fjlxllz?s#)(x)fatxll
Heretheangularbracketsdenoteanensem bleaveragewith thedensity operator
e.- jxss
)zfs=Tr
- e-jk-s
', (51.3J)
and
Xss= ko+ Pzfs (51.3:)
Inthisapproach,Xffsisused to define atinite-temperature Heisenbergoperator
('
xytxz)= ekssT'A'
t
;y(x)e-*HFr/h3withtheequationofmotion
hPI
X (x'r) l' eA 2
.
y2
(
---=-yt(-j
Jj
v-
h--
y.
-j-sfxytxr)
'-g-,
;J(x)fztxl-,ssf'
xytxv.
)--g(#â(x).
ll,
/xllp
.ss4xztxr)
The corresponding single-particle G reen'sfunction
%x/1(xr,x'r')= -t
$ x
'rzg;.
'Ku(x'
r)ylx
fp(x'm')))us
satistiesthe sam e self-consistentequation ofm otion asthatderived in Prob. 8.3
and istherefore identicalw'ith the H artree-FockG reen'sfunction ofSec. 27(see
Prob.l3.7). Theself-consistency here appearsthrough f'
ss,which both deter-
minesandisdetermined byEq.(51.3).
The precisestructure of P'sscan be understood by seeking a linearapproxi-
mation to the exactequationsofmotion. Since the commutator (P,fk(x)J
contains three tield operators, it m ust be approxim ated by a linear form
(P,f'
?.(x)J-.
>./.
'#?
J#(x)wherethe/ajarec-numbercoemcients. Thisreplacement
hastheconsequencethat((P,' t
Ja(x))s?/j
f(y))o /xjftx- r). lnfact,theleftside
ofthisrelation isstillquadratic in thefield operators. W e therefore replace it
by itsensem ble averageto obtain the linearized theory,which providesa prtscrip-
tionfordetermining/a#. Theapproximateform bhyinEq.(5l,2)ischosento
reprodueethecorrespondinglinearequations.
1Thesingularnatureofthispotentialoccasionally leadstospuriousdivergentintegrals.which
wlllbecutof:ratthe Debye frequency inaccordancewiththediscussion in Chap.12.
2Superconductingsolutionsoftheelectron-phononhamiltonian(Eq,(46.1)Jhavebeenstudied
by N.N .Bogoliubov.Sov.Phys.-JETPn7:41(1958)and byG .M .Eliashberg,Sov.Phys.-JETP,
11:696 (1960)and 12:1000 (1961). This approach is essentialfor strong-coupling super-
conductorssuch asPb (Fig.51.2 and Table 51.l).which do notfitthe usualBCS theory Isee,
forexample.J.R.Schrieler.tlp.cil..chap.7,andW .t-.M eM illan,Phys.Sep.,163:331(1968)).
SUPEnCONDUCTCVITY 441
W e m ay also recallthe alternative derivation ofthe H artree-Fock theory
studied in Probs.4.4 and 8.3. ln analogy w ith W ick's theorem ,the ensem ble
average offourfkrm ion held operators is factorized asfollows:
'Frg1/')a(1)1Jlj(2)'
?. ?
Jxy(3)?
fxô(4)))zfs= ':(Fz('
(4a(1)1Jxô(4)))zfs
x (FzE1 J1:(2)fxy(3)1)ps.-'Fz(' ?
/'la(l)?Jsy(3)1'
zHF(rz(1;l.j(2)'
(,xôt4lllzfs
(51.4)
This procedure im mediately yields the H artree-Fock equationsfor F '.it also
provides a generalm ethod fordealing with the typicalexpressions occurring in
thetheory ofIinearresponse(see,fbrexample,Eqs.(32.7)and (32.11)).
The foregoing discussion m ustnow begeneralized to includetheone essen-
tially new feature ofa superconductor.namely the possibility thattwo electrons
ofopposite spins can form a self-bound Cooper pair(Secs.36 and 37). As a
m odel for this phenom enon,we add tw'o extra terms representing the pairing
amplitudeto Eq.(51.2):
f-,
.z:f-
HF-l.g.
6*#3xgktfattx)?
J;(x)k.?
Jj(x)'
t
/atx)
1
-#'J(x)?
-
/)(x)'
t'
;,(x)'
t
/'atxlhq (5l.5)
Thisapproxim ation correspondsto adding a term cçzjfj
ftx)to the linearform
/zj!
Jjtxl.l Sincetheresultinglinearequationsofmotionfor.
?
Jand 9%arenow
coupled,the theory no longer conservesthe num ber ofparticles. Indeed,the
condensed Cooperpairsmay beconsidered a particle bath,in close G?1(7lO#>'With
the Bose condensation studied in Chap.6 and Sec.35. FOr consistency,the
factorization procedure of Eq.(51.4)mustalso be generalized to include the
pairing am plitudesz
trzEfx
fa(l)'
t
;)j(2)'
#xy(3)fxô(4)J)= (Fz(?J1
ka(1),?
Jx,44)1)ktrzll/1:(2)1Jxy,
(3)1)
't
-
rglé)a(1)?
Jxz(3)1)'trmlfx
fj(2)'?
Jxô(4)))
+ f'Fr(fla(1)'
t
ix
tj(2)1)k'Fz(?
;xy(3)(' x:(4))) (51.6)
Although allthetermsinEq.(51.5)canberetained,itismuch simplerto
omit the usual Hartree-Fock contribution f'ss entirely,thereby treating the
norm alstateasa freeelectron gas. Thisapproxim ation isbased on theassum p-
tion thatPss isthesamein both normaland superconducting phasesand does
notafectthecomparison between thetwo states(seethetreatmentofSec.37).
SincetheCooperpairhasspinzero,theindicesaandjinEq.(5l.5)mustreferto
oppositespinprojections,and thetotaleflkctivehamiltonianbecomes
#.,,-Xo-gJ#3xE--f1tx)#1
!(x))f?(x)?
;)(x)
+'(hltxlf!
$(x)t4,(x).
#t(x))J (51.7)
!P.G.deGennes,op.cl
'
/,.p.141showsthatthepresentchoiceoffxnandgxgminimizesthe
freeenergy.
2L.P.G orkov,Ioc.cà/.
442 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
whichform sthebasisfortheBCS theory. Thetheoryisselflconsistent,because
theangularbracketsareinterpreted asan ensembleaveragcevaluated with Xefr;
in particular quantitiessuch as
(
1' y.
j.jo-jkeff't';t(x)yC!t jx)j
.j-,)t
1(x)yaf
?(x)-,= -.. /
..y.re
u.jt-
k.
.
-r..-!
r ---
donotvanish,becausegxeff,x'l+ 0.
W enow introduceH eisenbergoperators
k1,
' K!(x'
r)= cxeffT'h1l
3
.r(x)t7-XrffT'h
ê*)
X't = ---
1 ihV + ex l- s y?,x
tt--g q'?t
h J&r..
lm c,
' yy?) ;,xy .
.
(5l.ll)
(5l.l2a)
(51.12b)
--
â3tx - x')ôt'
r- m')
443
SUPERCON DUCTIVITY
In the usualcase ofa time-independenthamiltonian,the functionsF,. W ,and
+ %depend only on the difference '
r- r'-and itisconvenientto introduce the
abbreviation
'
tlp
. vx:(xr) (51.18)
xt
xz)- ?/
-'
t
xt(XT)
and a 2 >'2 m atrix G reen-s function
$(xT.x'r') (5l.19)
=
#-f(x'
,. r.x,r,)
1W e herefollow theconvention ofA.A .Abrikosov,L.P.Gorkov,and I.E.Dzyaloshinskii,
op.cI'/.ysec.34,butseveralauthors(forexanApleaP.G.de Gennes,op.('f'
/..p.I43)introduce
an additionalminussign.
2Y.Nambu,Phvs.RE't'.s117:648(l960).
444 Appt-lcv loNs TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
The corresponding equation ofm otion becom es
(51.20)
l&(x)
t
?.
' l CA 2
à*(x) -
:jz +y,
-,(ov+yj
,
(5l.21)
This m atrix form ulation has been used extensively in studies of the electron-
phonon interaction in superconductors.l lt also provides a convenient basis
fora gauge-invarianttreatmentofelectrom agnetic flelds.2 U nfortunately,itis
notpossibletoconsiderthesequestionshere,and wegenerallyrelyon theoriginal
Gorkovequations(51.l5)and(5l.17).
sotu-rloN Fo R UNIFO RM M EDIUM
ln alm ost all cascs of interest the hamiltonian is tim e independent, and the
corresponding G reen's functions depend only on . r- - r'. lt is then useful to
introduce a Fourierrepresentation
Ftx-
r.x'r/)= ()h)-1N'e-iLe
'D(T-m'F(x,x',(
s,,) (51.22J)
(51.22:)
where the choice t.
,)?
,= (1114-lj=,
'lh guarantees the proper Fermistatistics.
Thecorresponding equationsofm otion are
1 t
4A 2
ihu)n- 2m .
-ihT + -c-- + y.
z t#(x,x'.ts,,
)+ ,â(x).X 1(x.x',(s.)
=
hblx- x') (51.23/)
1 ex 2
-
ihcon- A-N ih% + -C- -hp,.
-'l
W t(x,x',f
w )- .
'
X*(x)F(x,x',(sa)= 0
(5l.23:)
whichm ustbesolved along with theself-consisteney condition
(51.24)
lJ.R.Schrieflkr,op.cit..chap.7.
2J.R .Schrieokr.op.cit.,secs.8-5 and 8-6.
s UPEaCONDUCTIVITY 446
In the m ost general situation,these coupled equations m ust be augm ented by
M axwell's equation relating the m icroscopic m agnetic tield h = curlA to the
supercurrent j and any externalcurrents used to generate the applied held.
It is clear that a com plete analytic solution is im possible,so thatwe m ust turn
to Iimiting cases. Therem ainderofthissectionisdevoted to thetherm odynam ics
ofaninhnitebulksuperconductorin zero seld. W ethen exam inetwoexam ples
where the existence of a sm allparam eter pernnits a rather com plete solutîon:
the linearresponse to a weak magneticfleld (Sec.52)and the behaviornearFc,
wher: the gap ftlnction A(x)is small(Sec.53). These cases are particularly
interesting.forthey providea mlcroscopiejustitication oftheLondon-pippard
and G inzburg-l-andau theories.respectively.
In the absence ofa m agnetic seld,the vector potentialcan be setequalto
zero.and Eqs.(51.23)and(51.24)assumeasimpletranslationally invariantform
(51.25J)
(51.25:)
&. -. .l&h
- g-.conn,xttx- 0,(
,?u)
?1
(51.28J)
(-iho,n- (kj=Wflks(wl- z
X*Ftk,f
zlnl=0 (5l.28:)
where EcompareEq.(37.24))
h2k2
fkEE lm -- p. (51.29)
These equationsare readily solved to give
F(k hlilta)n+ J7
.-
k)
,a?a)= jcuj.
s+ jk
n 2-j.j-j-ri
- (51.30J)
Y ttk, hA*
(snl= haco2
u-t-Ja
k-i--s
!--'i (5l.30:)
446 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
In theabsenceofan appliedfield,theparam eter,
A m aybetaken asrealwith no
.
(51.32:)
(51.33)
and
X
.
Nk!hk= jyk
!
7
k l- uv,,-jl I êkb
2 ,.- '
,
-j - .. (51.34)
arepreciselythequantitiesintroducedinEqs.(37.32)and(37.34). Comparison
with Eqs.(2l.9)and(2l.l0)showsthecloserelation between superconductors
and condensed Bose systems.
Forthe presentuniform medium ,the self-consistentequation (5l.26)for
J
îbecomes
.
#3/t
- h.
.s
.=b#b
A - -i-
t >7j(#Jk-)a+-y-
j
k
-
(5j.35)
where theconvergence forlarge nJallowsusto sety = 0. Theseries m ay be
summed directlyw'ith a contourintegral(compareProb.7.6)orwith thepartial-
fraction decomposition ofEq.(51.32:);canceling the'
common factor.
l,we5nd
l=g(2=)-3(d?k(2Fk)-1tanh(JjFk) (5l.36)
W e now introduce the approxim ation
l=gX(0)(&c
oo(tj-s
dt
xj)ytanhgz
.f0
-j-
t.
:
y2
.)
1
-
.
-
s
(51.37)
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY M7
whichdeterminesthetemperature-dependentfunctionA(r). Since
( h2k2
= lm - p
1 lcopd( (
= g#(0) o -f tanhlkBTc (51.39)
Tosolvethisim plicitequationforFc.itisconvenienttointroduceadim ensionless
integration variable
l zd z
X(0)#= -
4) z tanhz (5l.40)
wherethecutofl-z = âoao/zksrcisessentialbecausetheintegraldivergeslogarith-
m ically forZ -->.:s. Integrate by parts2
1 z
A(0)g (
1nztanhz)
=
I-jodzlnzsechzz (51.41)
In a11casesofinterest,the upperlimitisvery large(seeTable 51.l)and Eq.
(51.41)maybeapproximatedas
1
.
N(0)# ln(1k*
-
sr
-
Bc)-j0
'
*dzlnzsechzz (51.
42)
where the dennite integralis given in A ppendix A . A sim ple rearrallgem ent
yields
(51.43)
W eseethatrcandthezero-temperaturegap é(F= 0)- tâtlEEq.(37.49))both
dependsensitivelyon theparameterA(0)g;thisdependencecancelsinforming
APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
theirratio
Atl
k =' e- yQJj.ys
n. (51.44)
s Fc
whichisauniversalconstantindependentoftheparticularm aterial.
l j I 1
Bcs 1 i ,76 1
4 ; 0.168 1 1.43
cd 0.56 164 0.18 ; l.6 I 29 :'i 0.l77 i1 32-1.4o
.
A
snl 3
1.
.2
75 375 !0
195 0..
18I
25 ' .
l6
0.164l
!0.161-.
.
!l .
4
l.5
' 13-2.1 I 1o6 ' l 0.171
I 305 i 60
Pb 7.22 96 t0.39 2.2 -
j 805 t
l 0.134 1
; 2.71
5
1N(0)#iscalculatedfrom Eq.(51.43).
Source:R.Meserveyand B.B.Schwartz.Equilibrium Properties:ComparisonofExperimental
Resultswith Predictionsofthe BCS Theory,in R.D.Parks(ed.),tesuperconductivity,''vol.1.
pp.122.141.165.M arcelDekker,lnc-,New York,1969;D.Shoenberg,*lsuperconductivity,''
2d ed.,p.226,Cambridge University Press,Cambridge,1952.
atwla,k.r-,rg,/(3)j'(l-j)*
z' 1
cs3.06:sFc 1- p Tc- F< Fc (51.46:)
'œC
à(T)
k 1.5
S T oTIN33.5Mc N
* TIN 54Mc %
1.0 - BCS THEORY %
Fig. 61.1 Variation of A(F)/ksFc in Sn,
measuredfrom therelativeultrasonicattenu- 0.5
ation in superconducting and normalstates
(see Prob.13.19).(From R.W .M orseand
H.V.Bohm,Phys.Rev.,10*:1094 (1957). 0
Reprinted by perm ission oftheauthorsand 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.0
theAmericanInstituteofPhysics.) F/Fc
Thethermodynamicpotentialmaybedeterminedfrom thebasicequation(23.21).
Sinceourmodelneglectsthe usualHartree-Fock termsin both thenormaland
superconducting state,the thermodynamic potentialDain the normalstate is
justthatofafreeFermigasDn,and we5nd
('
h'
:-taa-J0
't
czz-ltz/ll
=-j
1j'0d#
',
'j#3x#,t4J(x)fj
f(x)4j(x)4.(x))
=-j,
'#g'(g
-
1,
)2jtisx?.
A(x)l
2 (51.
47)
whereEqs.(51.1),(51-6),and(51.14)havebeenusedinthesecondandthirdlines.
Notethat(AXI)difersfrom theensembleaverageofthelastterm inEq.(51.7)
by afactor!.. Thisfactoralwaysoccursinany Hartree-Fock theory andmay
beseenexplicitlyin Eq.(27.20).
4B0 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
In the presentuniform system ,the spatialintegration m erely introducesa
factor P''
,a sim ple change ofvariablesthen gives
(1 g l2
,-
D.=-F(odg', .--;. tX2
-I
,'j-o
gdg,-
dj&o
l#-
,fy
,.
').
,
:Xc
-v)-v
a
fs,
1,o,)a #v(
nl
/g
,) (5l.48)
Thislastform isparticularly convenientbecauseEq.(51.37)expresses1/g asa
functionofzV FI.anddirectsubstitutionleadsto
t
-
k-p'fk x(())jo
''
.n(
/jr(o'
&dh.(a
,,
)zp.P
. â't
.
anh(
j.
?E'
E' )
â-'z'
-x(0)jof
yg-
'
â
gztanhtl.
js)-2jc
-
sJa'v
'
l,
'tanl
atèjz-'
lj(51.
49)
wherethesecondlineisobtainedwithpartialintegration. Thehrstterm isjust
therightsideofthegap equation (51.37),andthesecondcan besimplified by
changingvariablesfrom z
'
X'toF'= ((é')2+ J2j1. Inthisway,we5nd
ha)o
Jogy(j
.
js
co.
s
k
-
h
à-
(
t
jè)
jE
tj)
4N (0) *h*l1
+ # j, d(ln(1+e-if)(5l.5û)
Sincehœo>>ksF,thelastintegralontherightm ay beextended to insnity. A n
easy calculation then shows that it equals the srst tem perature-dependent
correction to the thermodynamic potentialin the normalstate (compare Eq.
(5.53)):
4N(0)U' a'
.
-
# j,(
dl'l
ntl+e-bt)-.
jx(0)p'
xzt1.
sr)2;
k:-((k(r)-(1a(0)j
(.
5l.5l)
In addition,itisreadily verised that
'- D
-2x(o)jo #f(e--f)a.-x(0)(
/
.
1
.a2+a2Inz
-/.
i
,
t
j
ooj
(5l.52)
SUPERCON DUCTIVITY 451
*hf.tpo
-
4Ar(0)kaTJ(0 dlln(1+e-bE)+.
j,
rr2.
N(0)t/('sF)2 (51.53)
where the inequalities F ,
:(Fc<:
.
tP <<:rs have been assum ed.
Thisexpression correctly reducesto Eq.(37.53)atF = 0. ltalso allows
us to evaluate the leading Iow-tem perature correction, which arisessolely from
the norm al-statecontribution becauseA - AoN'anishesexponentially forF --+.0
(Eq.(51.46J)J. A directcalculation with Eqs.(23.9)and (5l.32J)shows that
N .s ;
k:N,,foralIrc.
crcgcompareEqs.(37.51)and(37.52)1,and wemaytherefore
reinterpretEq.(51.53)as
(51.54)
A com bination with Eqs.(48.22)and (51.44)givesthe low-temperature critical
tield
(,2? 'T '2
s-(w)-l4x-
,
vtel.
spl
xgl--j(. y;)j
where
.u-(.)g,-I.e6(yrf
'
j2j
. (5l.55)
Hc(Q)= (4=2V(0).Xà)i
is the criticaltield at F = 0. Since 2N'(0)determines the normal-state speciflc
heat(compareEqs.(5.59)and(51.38)q
C,,. . 2x2
.
X' j x(()jkjv
(5l.58)
which isindependentofthe m aterialin question. Each ofthese parametersis
measurable,and experimentalconhrmation issatisfactory (Table 51.l).
Itisalsointerestingtoevaluatej'
k itself,whichmaybeobtainedfrom Eqs.
(5l.5l)and (51.53)
f
kz, DyjF= 0)
s=--.
j
y-..-jN((jyz(jm2jnAg
). y.((jg
jj-4, pj-
ho
a,syj
.
rju(js.g-,s)
g
(51.59)
4s2 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Inthtpresentlow-tem peraturelim it,itisperm issibleto evaluate theintegralby
settinghœo -.
>.(
x,and /.
ï QJétl;an approximatecalculationyields
-*
lcdtln(1+expE-j(f2+u
&à)1))a;.
I.d-/.
ln(2=1(j#-1)1
whichcanbecombinedwithEqs.(5l.46J)and(51.59)togive
f l
p'P-,-
-.-.,.
(F-
p
---
0)-lxt()ag-2x(()(2z
p
rA
qo)1e-bho (51.60)
g .so(,y--
s
2x(O) i-h'
.o .v f l .
:2
=-p J(
) dtzzLîytzpn)-i+yz-((:f
.
sa)2+J2)2+'
Thederivativewith respectto z
'
X iseasilyevaluated,and acom bination with Eq.
(51.48)gives
f1,- f'
)a= -
z
V(0).
54 hcoo#f 1 au
a (51.62)
p' j () '
E
-(
-/u
',n) + f 1
Sincehœo> kzFc,theintegralmaybeextended to insnity:
f1,- Da X (0)Z4 = 1
s =- y é -
jjjms.
-
j
--!.
x(0).
â(1.)2éX(zn+
4
l.j)3.-7
a=0 ..
4:
.
/1xto142
#.2c
8 N(0)(
7(
(3) - rksrclzj
l(I-. v
Tc
,
)2 (51.
63)
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 4B3
where thesym metry ofthe sum m and hasbeen used in the second line and the
explicitform ofé(F)in Eq.(5l.46b)hasbeen used in thelastIine.1
Equation (48.22)againdeterminesthecriticalheld,and wehnd
y -8
Hc(T)=zJc(0)e7((j)'jl-y
- -
rcj ,
cs1.
74.s-(0)I-zrC
-j r.-sv- (51.
64)
where Sc(0) has been taken from Eq.(51.56), Note that Eqs. (51.55) and
(51.64)areverysimilarto thephenomenologicalrelation (48.3). Nevertheless
there are smallbut distinct diflkrences (Fig.51.2),and the BCS predictions
provideabetterfltformostsimplesuperconductors. SinceS1/8=istheactual
diflkrencein free-energy density between thenorm aland superconductingstates,
theexcellentagreementbetweentheoryand experimentjustihesourassumption
thatthe Hartree-Fock energy is the sam e in both states. Thisassum ption is
extremely diëcultto justifya prioribecausethe condensation energy (= 10-7
ev/particle) isso much smaller than the Hartree-Fock energy (;
k;l to 10 eV/
particle). Equation(51.63)alsoallowsustoevaluatethejump inthespecihc
heatatFcgcompareEq.(48.27)1
l 8
'
ptc'
x- Cn)iwc-yttjj-
Y(0)n.2/fjFc (5l,65)
0.02
S((F) I7 Pb
,-(()) - gl-(z))j
0 02 0.4 0.6 0.8
(F/7))2
- 0.02
A1 Sn Bcs
- 0.04
Fig. 61.2 Difrerence between actual critica! Neld
/f(F)/Sc(0)and theempiricalcurve1-(F/rc)2. (From
I.B.M .JournalofResearchandDevelopment,vol.6,no.1,
Jan.l962,frontcover, Reprinted by permission. )
'An argumentsimiiarto thatin Eq.(37.52)showsthatFs(N)- Fn(N )= D,(Jz.)- DntJzal,apart
from corrections of order tp.x- p.
alz//
zz
a. W e can therefore use Eq,(51.63) to determine
y.s- p,
nnearTc. A simplecalculation with Eqs.(51.38)and (51.44)gives
N (p.
s- H.nb/(Fs- Fa)='à-f2(Plnz&u,'êlnN )Fc/
. '
(Fc- F).
464 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
andacombinationwithEq.(51.57)yields
C,- Cn 12
C = a;1.43 (51.66)
n 7((3)
rc
inreasonableagreementwithexperiment(Table51.1).
z?x-J#3x(a, E
,,
.
*-l
C,(.,
/
,
)(x)vf-(x)-(v, c(x))4-(x)j..(x)
t'2
+2mcr .(x)1
.2,
-- -
c
J)(x),
J-(x))(,a.
A s noted previously,e isa positive quantity and the charge on an electron is
6)
- e.
For any operator ö(x/),theensemble average (0(x/))x in the presence ofthe
vectorpotentialisgiventolowestorderby(compareEq.(32.2))
wheretheunlabeled bracketsdenoteanaverageintheunperturbedbutinteracting
ensem ble. Since we shall deal w ith operators that conserve the num ber of
particles,itispermissibleto replacethe Heisenberg picture by (compare Eq.
(32.6))
Jx(x?)- cifl/âJ(x)e--ikbl
't (52.8)
detined in termsofk = X - JzX.
W e now specialize Eq. (52.7)to thetotalel
ectromagneticcurrentjin the
presence ofA . Thisoperatorhasthe intuitive form
j- -'
l'
e'E'
?
;'lv';'a+ lv#zll';'al (529) .
(52.ll)
4se APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Thelinearresponseisobtained byexpandingtohrstorderinA ;sincetheexpecta-
tionvalueofjvanishesinzeroseld.wefind
J(x/)- tj(x?))x
(52.12)
where
eh
jl(x?)- -js,,.l#la(x?)V#xx(x?)- (Vf:a(x?))#xa(x?)) (52.13)
isthe current operator for A = 0. lt is convenient to rewrite this equation as
anintegralrelation between thevectorpotentialA and theinduced supercurrent
j(compareEq.(49.3l)1
C
jklxt)= -j-
.
j #.
4x,#/,Kktlxt,x'/')zll(x,t,)
.
..
(52.14)
wherethe repeated lower-case latin subscriptsreferto vectorcom ponentsand
are sum m ed over the three spatialcoordinates. Tbe specifcproperliesofthe
m edium are contained in the kernel
ekl(x,x'.v.)- = dl.
,
o'%k.
'(x'x''œ') (52.20)
n Ip.a- ttlr
-x 2.
wherethe Fouriertransformsare desned asin Eqs.(32.12)and (32.13),and
vn= ln=lph.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 467
Thefunction@ktmayberewrittenasaspatialdiflkrentialoperatorapplied
to a ittim e''-ordered productofseld operators
(52.21)
wheretheargument1isanabbreviationforthevariables(xj,'
r1). Thisequation
is exact,butit is now necessary to introduce approxim ations. Schafrothl has
show n to allorders in perturbation theory that an expansion in the electron
phonon interaction can never yield the M eissnerefl
kct. W etherefore rely on
Gorkov'sself-consistentfactorization fEq.(5l.6))to write
'FmE?
'
/4(
x(2)#x.(1)f4j(2')kxjtl')))
;
k;4C#(12)F(l'2')- 2F(12')F(1'2)+ 2.W(11').Ff(2'2) (52.22)
where@ and.W'aretheG orkovfunctions,and thespinsum shavebeenevaluated
explicitly. A combinationofEqs.(52.21)and(52.22)gives
(52-24)
The corresponding Fouriercoeëcientiseasily evaluated with Eqs.(51.22)and
(51.27). Thefrstterm involving F(l2)F(1'2')isjusttheproduct-(X(x))x
(7/(x')). A simplecalculation showsthatitvanishesidentically,conhrming
the previousassertion thatthere isno supercurrentin zero feld,and we obtain
'
eh 2 #3p l
J?
Ql
(q,'
za)-2(-
.)J(a.)3yjF
.(p+ 'l'q):(p+ 'l-qll
,
x lf#tp+ q,f
.
,?,+ L)f#'
lp.t.
u,ll+ ,
* (p+ q,t,
'
al+ u).
* (p,r
.
zal)) (52.25)
lM .R.Scharroth,Ioc.cit.
468 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Here F(p,t,)I)and .Wtp,(t)jlaregiven in Eqs.(51.30)and (5I.31);since they
depend only on lp(,a change ofvariablesin Eq.(52.25)zp-. >.-p- q,faal--+
f
,.
,l- valshowsthat. @ktisanevenfunctionofra,exactlyasinEq.(30.l8):
#'kllq.wl- J/kltq,-%)
'
.. (52.26)
The evaluation ofthe frequency sum islengthy butnotdim cult, because
tht partial-fraction representation in Eq.(5l.32)reduces allthe variousterms
to theform studied in Eq.(30.8). Hencewemerely state theGnalresult
ekl
,
(q,
u)-(E
,J12J(sj-
2 r)
-
jpkp:((r
/+u-+t'
-r
,
-)2L.
t'
(E-)-.
/'
(s-))
x
l i
l,w --#u (
.-
E/.
.-----s-
r..1- lu--
s+.àuj-(-
/-.-
---/.
-j
+ (u.r-- t,.u-)2@l-f(E+)-f(F-)) .
1 l t
i-
vn- /-1(/.+ # ) ivn-
- ,à'Q(#+e.
L E'-jJ
where the sym m etry in va has been m ade explicitand p has been replaced by
p- !.
q. Here the subscripts + denote the arguments p:i:l.
q (that is.Ex=
fpàlq,etc.),and
f(E)> (p9E+ 1)-1= Jg1- tanh(JjF)) (52.28)
isa modised Fermifunction. Notethat/(F)diflkrsfrom theusualdistribution
function even in thelimitz
'
â--.
>0 (normalmetal),because E then reducesto
Ifi= re- p.r. Equation(52.27)isnow intheproperspectralform,and#!(q,(,p)
is obtained with the substitution ivn--
>.u)+ lh. The factors involving u and v
maybeevaluatedwith Eq.(51.34),and wethereforeobtaintheFouriertransform
oftheintegralkernel(Eq.(52.15))
4=nelj
Xkîtq,(
z
)l-mcz.1o4.
a.j
'.
m
câ
.
c
-42)ta#,3
r
g
lj/Npl(j
)(js.(+s
J.
-.
s
+-,
12)
.
-E.
,.
(s-)-.,.
(s-)!gà-., .
,-1(s--e.,
(52.29)
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 459
which describesthe generalresponse ofa uniform superconductorattem perature
F to a ueak applied (transverse)vectorpotenlialA
c
J'
ktq-tz?l.
'
--- 4= A'k/tq-t
.
z?l.
-
1Itq-tz?l (52.30)
M Elss N ER E FFECT
TheM eissnereflkctcannow bedem onstrated byexam iningthelim itingbehavior
ofA-(q.0)as(1..
-'.0 (com pare Eq.(49,45)1. ltismostcon:enienttoevaluatethe
induced supcrcurrentilself
?L,2
1 ) ch 2 .
* J3?
j(q)--??cAtq)-t(
.nt-j j(2=)/3pg
-
p.A(q)j
. .
s
-#-v
g(l. (--.X2 f(E.)-/'(E )
.v j-j. -.s.è-(l-J.(.-t-.
ly â2 1-.
..jy.-j-fy (F-)-.
..g).lE-jj
and ue find
jt nel 2 eh l '
* (1'p èj'qk-)
q)$
4;- -
s ')
(.A(q)--
c
'(,
?
-
y)!(2.))plp-A(q)1'-ègv'
.
hz xaz 4;-qs )
ns(T)H /7- -
j4cj-
t,. )(
jp4dp---
jyP
C (52,
33)
4en APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
dehnesthe superelectron density in the BCS theory.t ltslimiting behavior is
easilydeterm ined with thetechniquesdeveloped in Sec.51:
n,(F) I-(a
œ
,
-
r
.rk
-y
r
,.jle-a,/.sr (52.344)
a a(j-y vC.
j (52.34:)
g.
è.
J.
à(q.
1.q21,o
r) smpirjcajk.
t-(y,,yl4)
.
0.8
O.6 BCS(nonlocal)
0.
4 BcS(locall-
0.2
O
0 O.2 0.j 0.6 0.8 1.0
TlT
Fig.62.1 Temperaturedependenceofthepenetrationdepthin
apuresuperconductor. ThecurvesBCS (local)and BCS (t l0n-
local)were plotted from Eqs.(52,33)and (52,
44),respectively,
using1helablescomputedbyB.Muhlschlegel.Z.Physik,155:313
(1959). NotethatthecurveslabeledBCS(local)andempirical
alsorepresentthecorrespondingratiosnslTlln(Eqs.(49.15)and
(52.35)1. '
in Eq.(49.15). Sincethe form ofEq.(52.32)agreeswith thatofthe London
theory gEq.(49.29)J,we immediately conclude thatthe penetration depth fora
pure London(local)superconductorisgiven by
lA(0
r)j2.j/
As
(z
0'
)j2.n
.'
i
L
-
l
n'
iz
b joeajjjmi
t (52.35)
wheretheonlyeffectofthemicroscopictheoryistheuseofEq.(52.33)onthe
rightside. Notethatz7s(F)isdefined through the strength ofthe response to a
long-wavelength perturbation and reduces to the totaldensity n as F -.
>.0.
1The BCS single-particle excitation spectrum hasa gap A. Asshown in Sec.54,a simple
quasiparticle modtlthen yields both Eq.(52.33)and a criticalvelocity l?c$
kSé/âks for tbt
destruction ofsupercurrents. Thisexplanation offrictionless flow mustbe psed with care,
however,for there are gapless superconductors,which have a finite order parameter A(x)
butno gapin theexcitationspectrum (A.A.AbrikosovandL.P.Gorkov,Sov.Phys.-JEF#,
12:1243 (196l);M .A.W oolfand F.Reif,Phys.Rtrl ,
'.,137A :557 (1965)),whereasinsulating
crystals also have a gap in theexcitation sptctrum. The correctprocedure, ofcourse.isto
aska physicalquestion.suchasthe Iinearresponseto atransversevectorpotential.
SUPERCON DUCTIVITY 461
>:l(l-r#->
.
E
).
-E
+-i-2j.
fJ-
fz
7
-
')
.-f
Eb-
E
.
-A
--(l-l.
tj+
r-j
t-/
-
x-
zj-
1-
.u
fE
f-
E
-t
.+
t.
-
tT
- tf-j
(52.36)
ThisexpressionmayberewrittenwithEqs.(5l.29),(52.28),and(3.29)as
- tanh(Jjf.s)
J+(-+..:2 tanh(Jjfyj.
.
L(l+ s-s-) s.-s-
'
. ..
where
--( (.s#-+ ,
-,--.â2)tanh(Jjf+e.
j- )+ tanh(Jjf-) j,
,-s- 1)(gg) .
(t- f+ j'
hqt,
rz (52.38)
neglectingtermsoforderqllkl.
W e shallsrstconsiderthe responsein thenormalstate,which isobtained
bysetting.(X= 0and Et- ffz(inEq.(52.37). Anexaminationofthediflkrent
possiblesignsof#+and(-yieldsthesimpleform
4nnelg a rx a, j -l a ,! . c%tanh(à.jJ+)- tanh(èjJ-)
Knlqb- mczjl-.j.
p--ag.,-,aztIz, 3.-t- 1
. . -
4=ne2 l g . t
-
m c, jl-.
pj-,dz(1-z). (-.y tanh(JjJ+y)g-v,tz
anh(!.jf-)
1
The(integrationcanbeevaluatedexactlyandgives
4=nel l
Knlq)= -tn-,
y gl-t.
(.jJz(1-z2)1=0 (52.39)
*ea APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
This resultholds forallq<:
.ks,thusconhrming thatthe normalstate is non-
m agnetic,apartfrom theweak Pauliparam agnetism and Landaudiam agnetism ,
both ofwhich areneglected in thepresentapproximation. (SeeProbs.13.17
and 13.18.)
The evaluation ofthe superconducting kernelmay be sim plised by con-
sidering thedifl
krence between Eqs.(52.37)and (52.39). Aftercollectingtht
factorsoftanhtè#fz)separately,wefindi
?nnel * l a
KlqtH Klqj- Knlqt= - 4m c2
J-.#fJ-!dZ(1-z)
-(#,
4-
é2#-
tgtanhs(J.jf+)-tanhs (!
-.
#f-)1
+(+-21-jyojtanhf (!+
.
jF+).tanhf (!
+.
#J+)j
yjtanhS(!-#f-).tanh1 (è
-jf-ljjj (jr. 4o
Since f+- (-= hqvyz,tht lastttrm (in square brackets)containsthe factor
. f+ ja(jjy..
J-xdfE+tanhq?E+)-tan j
along with anotherterm with thesubscript*ç-'' Itisevidentthatthisintegral
convergesabsolutelyforlargelf!;itisthenpermissibletochangevariablesfrom
(tof+,andtheoddsymmetryoftheintegrandshowsthattheintegralvanishes.
lnthisway.Eq.(52.40)reducesto
?nmel12 1 l- z2
Klq)= - lmccâçl?s -1
dz z Jç
*-j
- f
.
tL
gtanhE
(!+
.
#f+)-tanhE
(J-#F-()
j
52.41)
Eachterm oftheintegrandseparatelydivergesnear(œ 0,z= 0,and thisregion
dom inates the integral. W e may therefore approxim ate the slowly varying
numerators (1- zzltanhtljfz)by theirlimiting valuestanhtl#l) at(= 0,
z= 0,which yields
Kl
q,ar-3nmekz12
-ctz
m anh(J#Z) 1 Jz * X 1 1
xps J.,- zJ-.-y(zt-r-
()
=-L
qzrnel82tanh(J#A)g* #(g*dl
mczhqvp J-.T jaY
' '
x1:
(f+.
1.
0+a - ) (52.
-..- :(;- !.()c+ a-!. 42)
l1.M .KhalatnikovandA.A.Abrikosov.Advan.Phys.,8:45(1959).
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 463
w'here(= hqt'pzand theconditionq(o=qhvptlvr-ïv>>lallow' susto extend the
limitsto(= +.aa. Theremainingintegralscanbereducedto(-4'A).f;(sinh-vl-lxffx
,
A(w)-z(0)g-
'
lu
-
9
:
-r
o
-'tanhytt
s
r/)j-1
where40)- 8j(-
j.
-
j)
v/ 1(#oA/.
(())
1 (52.45)
is the com m on zero-tem perature lim it of b0th theories. N ote thatthe present
microscopic calculation predicts a definite temperature dependence for A(F)
in the nonlocallim it;thisfunction isshown in Fig. 52.lalong with the em pirical
form Eq.(49.14) and the theoreticalcurve predicted for the locallimit gEq .
(52.33)4.
NoN LOCA L INTEGRAL RELATIO N
A s a 5na1 conhrm ation of the Pippard phenom enological theory, w'e shall
transform Eq.(52.31)to coordinatespace. Forsimplicity,the calculation NNi11
be restricted to r = 0,butthe sam e approach applies for a1lr < rc.l W ith the
change ofvariables p+ l.q -.
+k.p - Jq ..
--1,the inverse Fourier transform at
F = 0 may be NNritten as
(52.46)
where
F(f',ï')- )J
. L'
''E-V,(.
t
X
#!+-EEE
-)-'
,
because/tf')vanishesasF -->.0.
To putEq.(52.46)in theproperform,weconcentrateonthesecond term ,
w hich containstheintegralkernel
464 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
This expression is m ost easily evaluated by introducing a generalized kernel
Sjj(X,X')EH(2Jr)-6fJ3V#3J(k-t-l)j(k+ l)ycftk-ll*xei(k+I)@x'y'
((yg(,)
w'hich clearly reducesto 5'
f,(x)asx'-+.0. Thevectorcomponentscan now be
replaced by spatialgradientswith respectto x'
where./.
(,(z)= (si1)z)'
z. Thefunction F((v.(t4issharplypeaked neark ; 4:/;4$ks,
while thc relevantspatialdistancesarc m uch largerthan the interparticle spacing
$
kJkkl. Consequently. the trigononnetric functions oscillate rapidly,and the
variation ofthedenominatorof'
h maybeneglected inevaluating thederivatives.
A straightforNvard calctllation gives
r x . *b
'
'
E'*:
f'k J/.'/dl
%,.
. (x)---$'
ë,(x,0)--8â., .si.4J
2.- j -(j-
.
a)
-
y--y((g.(t)cos((k-/)xq
%
- 0 v.
l0
s'
.
fj(x)--1
'
rk.
s'
rk,4j . -. . -. (i
(#ïF(#
.
:
.t
-)cost.
c-()hL
-'-
y
The rem aining double integralm ay be evaluated with the change of vari-
ablesl
(= At
lsi1h('
r- m') ('= ét
lsinh(r- m')
2..
:,.
vsx-j/??
2k/ j
'2
:
- *x' dv#'
r'cos((2.Xox)
IhL'y)sinhT'cosh'
r)sinh2T'
Siy(x)==- -..î.0/à
772kFl-vf-x.j 'co dr 72.
.: x cos
0 ..-- h z'
n'=.h
' ..x
= --.
Y.,
4 - . (2O.S.
= - h T 2=3 -- .h !'.
-
- 2:X()xcosh T
rrexp àt'p
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 466
and the rem aining expression m ay be rewritten as
mk 2x xl a
s'
fytx)- '
rrz; .
X
'4l-z'
,mr,.'
3(.
x)+=-'
&oJ(x)1 (52.49)
HerethefunctionJ(x)isdefined by
(52.50)
j( ?nelvrk'
xg 3 ,X(X.A(x'))
x)..
--4= m c yvs # -
'
r -yi--. J(X)
whereX = x - x'. Thisexpressionisform allyidenticalwith Pippard'sequation
(49.31)forapuresuperconductor(r()= ïo)atF= 0,apartfrom theappearance
ofJ(X)inplaceofe-X/' f'. ItiseasilyseenthatthefunctionJIX)isverysimilar
to thePippard kernelforallX (Fig.52.2),and,in particular(seeAppendix A),
./(0)= l
co
jv#.
j'
,.
/(.
y'
)=w
h.
v
,jF
, .
1.0 l
0.
8j
- exp(-A'/f(
j)
O.
6j
O.4
0.2 J(X )
Fig.52.2 ComparisonoftheBCS kernel(52.50)
with the Pippard kernele-A'
'C0 for a pure super- O 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
conductoratzero tem perature, #/f()
fo = hït
s
zrtïtl (52.52)
!NotethatJr ô(x)#x- !..
466 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
in term s of the param eters of the m icroscopic theory. The above m icroscopic
calculations have been extended to snite tem peratures and frequencies and to
alloys w ith finite m ean free path. ln allcases,the resulting supercurrent m ay
becastin theform ofPippard'soriginalexpression,therebyjustifying theearlier
phenom enologicaltheory in detail.l
coupled integralequations
Ftx5x',f.
z
.
ln)= #0(x.x',(zp:1)- h-l.(J3.).r#0(xqj'
,u)n ).:(
.)
,),.
k
.z'
1(y.x',(wl (53.25)
oFftx5x's(
.t?,l= h-l1
'(/3).t,:
40(y'x.-(,.
)u)..
:*(y)F(y,x'.r .
s,,) (53,2:)
'
. ..
g rï3w /
.
-
40(y x.-(z?,).. ï.dc().)'
.t0().,z.Lun).
V
..
. l(z)
'
<'
' W0(wqz:-(,-)rl).
u
L . îi'(w)' ,
4D(w!x'.( .ur!)- .. .
W hen Eq.(53.4)iscombined w'ith the self-consistentgap condition (5l.24),we
obtain an integralequation forthegap function itself
(53.f)
F0( - dl
x,
(
sn);
4:/
jAr
(0)jjj-
oswiy'
oqk-
k.
l
â
j'
/
vt.
.
t%-
s
.
Y.j
-jj.
-dnqyj
fexpg,
.jz-y
.+j))xj-expg-/(/
cs+.(v
;)xj)
=/kia
= - -- V(
' 0)
.-
- exp I
' un- xl
kFx sgn (. rco
-n1
,
z--Y rs (53.9)
Thislastrestriction (E/it.
z
.
;p,'-.
tkpt)isfullyjustifled inpractice,becausethe terms
omitted makeanegligiblecontributionto thesum overninEqs.(53.6)and(53.7).
Themagnetictield in Eq.(f3.l)isthatin the superconducting state,which
varies with the natural length A(F). In contrast,$Q oscillates with a much
shorter length k;l,so that A can be considered locally constant over m any
wavelengths. Gorkov thusmakesan eikonal(phase-integral)approximation,
assum ing thatthe dom inantefrectofthe m agnetic field can be included in a
slowly varying ens'elope function f
p
-
t.#. ()tx,
x'nt l)= t?i(J)(x.x')t:.
z
J.a'0(.
,
z?, - x - x,stonl (53.10)
Theeontribution ofA isnegligibleforx ;
k;x';hence+ isehosen to satisfy
(
F(X,X)= 0
Directcalculation with Eq.(53.10)gives
(v+-
i
j
e
j
y
A-j2L
#è-ci
wj
y7.
2f
<'
0+lit'
vw+4
eA
c
.
-v g 0 ,
.
ivzv + i
+ -
i$
%c
.
'A
--)-(vv.
j
-j
,-
A)2goj(53.l2)
c
Herethetermsaregrouped inapproximateascendingpowersofeAjhckybecause
F 0varieswith thzcharacteristic length /s
-s
-l. Since,'fisoforderhH ,thispara-
m eter m ay be rewritten as hebli
lhcks'which is sm allfbr a1lm agnetic seldsof
Given A(x).thissrst-orderdiflkrentialequation can alual'
sbeintegrated.
W e now return to the kernelç)(x.y), A com bination of Eqs.(53.6)and
(53.10)gives
(53.l4)
whichdefinesthe kernel/0in the absence ofa magneticfield. Thisfunction is
readilyevaluated w'ith Eq.(53.9)andtherelation)é/(con')==2 V f((
ou):
n Ncb'
Q0(x)-.jcj
t
v
F
/x
o
-ljz.
1
/
jnexpg-2
' -
.
-
:
J.
?
i
.
con.
s '
j
=h'(0)2 1
ksx jsini'
t(é=x.
'j/7l's)
NearFc.the kernelQQvanishesexponentially for.
vw âl's'ksrcQ:0(ï0),and it
thus has a range comparable with the (temperature-independent) Pippard
coherencelength. Since(vismuchshorterthanthescaleofvariationsofeither
the vector potentialor the gap function,it is perm issible to treat A and .X* as
slowly varying functions. ln particular.Eq.(53.13)can beintegrated explicitly
e ' ,
+(x,x')- - jj-
C(A(x.
)+ A(x)).(x- x ) (53.16)
wherethesym metrized form representsacom prom ise between thetwo form sof
Eq.(53.l). Furthermore,A isoforderSc(F)A(F)cc(Fc- F)1;therestricted
rangeof:0then meansthat+(x,x')itselfbecomessmallasF ..
->.Fc,permitting
an expansion ofeiT in powersof%.
The above conditions allow us to evaluate the firstterm on the rightside
ofEq.(53.5). W iththedetinitionzHëEy- xwehave
(53.17)
470 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
TheshortrangeofQ0requiresthatz% #:,andtheremainingfunctionsmaybe
expanded ina Taylorseriesaboutz= 0. Retainingtheleadingcorrection term ,
we5nd
.
f-,3,c(x,y)a.(y)a.a+(x)fv
lszvn(z)+)gv-2't
.
'
,
A-(x)jza-tx)
x J#3zz2;0(z) (53.18)
where V denotes the gradient with respectto x and acts only on the vector
potentialA(x)andthegapfunctionA*(x). Notethatwehavenow reducedthe
originalintegraloperatorto a simplerdiflkrentialone.
The properties of the norm al m etal appear only in the num erical co-
emcients of Eq. (53.18), and we flrst consider j#3z:0(z), which diverges
logarithm ically atthe origin. This singular behavior reflects the unphysical
approximation ofa short-range potentialin Eq.(51.1). lt must therefore be
cutofl-inmomentum spaceatIttp= halo:
J#3z;0(z)=(jâ2)-1(2:7.
)-3j(
/3/:jFlyg0(k,(
w)F0(-k,-(.
on)
= j-1(2rr)-3fd3k IDg(hlct
)j+.42)-1
*ljwo
- .
v(0)j0 #t:#-1tanhllj#)
Thisintegralisjustthatconsidered in Eq.(5l.39),and comparison withEqs.
(51.42)and(51.43)gives
J#3zQ0(z)= .
N(0)lntzâtt)oqeY=-1)
-xtelln(F
w)+g-t.x(0)(1-z
C
.--
()+g-1 (53.
19)
The other integralin Eq.(53.l8)can be evaluated directly in coordinate space
usingEq.(53.l5). Sincethisterm isalreadythecoeëcientofasmallcorrection,
we setF = Fcand obtain
Jdqzzzco(z).)cg'
r-v
kF
tojzjy3zcschjl cx
yv
z,
=$N(0)(-#c-
=
--
1 &f)2Jo-dysin
A'
h
2y
=8
7(13)x((j)('rk
hs
t
'r
Fc,
12 (53.20)
whereEq.(51.38)hasbeen used.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 471
Theonlyothercalculation isthesmallnonlinearcorrection inEq.(53.5),
which maybeevaluated inlowestorderby setting #0$ k;f#'
0and taking al1the
factorsof7
X atthesame point
.
J#3y#3z#3u'S(x,y,z,w)u
.
&*(y)A(z)aX*(w)
;4J.
1*(x)1u&(x)(2j
-d?))J3z#3wA(x,y,z,w)
A straightforward calculationin m om entum spacegives
- -x (0)TJ8
J-
3)(=kswc)-z (53.21)
w'
hereF hasagain been setequalto rc.
Thefinalequation forA*(x)isobtained bycombining Eqs.(53.5),(53.18),
and (53.19)to (53.21). Aftersome rearrangement,theterm g-lA*(x)cancels
identically,and we find
hl
-2--
gv. 9A(# 2
ycj, â+(x)u-6-=2y(
(/:Fc)2 F -F :
tlj
-
cyjf- y. :y(x)-7((3j
)-
X*(x)r
zusy,â;z
j j
xlI
2j .
(53.22)
Therelationwith theGinzburg-l-andauequationcanbemadeexplicitbydehning
avb'
avefunc:ion
kl.-(x)e j74.
(3)
-n.-1.
l(x)= 7-((3v)1,l
,(
-x-)
u-n1. (53.23)
l=ksTc)< yrrz #sI'
c
thatsatishesthefollowingequation(notetheeomplexconjugation)
(53.24)
Heren isthe totalelectron density.and comparison gith Eq.(50.7J)identises
the phenom enologicalparameters
cp = 2: (53 25)
.
J(w)-ï'
o=e-vg?-
)s
??1'(1-z
rC
-v
)-'
T j-1
c
r0.
7395(1-j.
-) ,
(53.26:)
while the G inzburg-l-andau parameter becom es
KEBA(r)
ttFl; -
A O)
4:0.957.g.
t'a. r.-+Fc
..
The penetration depth agrees w ith that obtained with the w'
eak-l
ield response
nearrclcompare Eqs.(52.34:)and (52.35)1,butthe coherencelength can only
be determ ined by ineluding spatialvariation of the gap funetion. ln addition,
the Ginzburg-l-andau expressions for nsll-j= 2/?s
*(F) and Sc(F) derived with
Eqs.(50.12),(50.l6),and (53.25)agreeu.ith Eqs.(52.34:)and (51.64). Thelast
calculation requiresthe expression
ES 3=3(/csF )2tle-lY
c (0)12= .
-- --& --- - -
6/
obtained by combining Eqs.(5l.38),(51.44).and (51.56).
The preceding derivation shows how the srst G inzburg-l-andau equation
em erges as an expansion of the self-consistent gap equation near Fc. W e now
consider the supercurrent, which can be related to spatial derivatives of the
single-particleGreen'sfunctionr# tcompareEq.(52.10))
eh :2
jtx)= - -
m i(V -V')'
Ftx'r,x'r?)lx,-x- 2--
lncA(x)'
r#'(x'
r,xr+) (53.28)
Here the factor 2 arises from the spin sums. If Eq.(53.3/)ïs expanded as
F(x,x',fw )= V0(x,x',fw )+ 3F(x,x',t
w)
with
473
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
In this way,the totalsupercurrentreducesto
e 2e2
j(x)= --p
m j RV - V')3F(x,x',(s.)Jx,-x- m cj
-jA(x).
'
j
aj3F(
x,x,f
w)
The remaining calculation depends on theexplicitform of8@ ,and sub-
stitutionofEq.(53.29)gives
j(x)+ -2,2 A(x)â 3g(x,x.(w)- ie
lâ, J3ydazA(y)sqv(z)
mcph n m
x#n(z,y,-a?n)E#0(z,x,/
w )Vx#0(x,y,(,an)- #0(x,y,t
.
oa)Vxf#0(z,x,(sn))
(53.30)
Thespatialderivativescan beevaluated with Eqs.(53.10)and(53.16),and the
resultcan besim plised with theslow variation ofA
j(x)+m2c
el A(
bh x)j
a)3g(x,x,f
w)-à-j
.
--pXj(
e
$ s3yt
/3zatyla..
tz)
x a?nl -2f:â
#0(z,y,-r A(x)#(
c
)(x,y,tz)n)go@,X,t.'n)j.ef@(x,x):2+(z.x)
..
x(g0(z-x,(
snlvxF0(x-y,f
,
.
anl-f
#otx-y,oanlvx@o(z-x,(
sn)!'
)
TheErstterm on therightsidenow cancelsthe second term on the left. W ith
the same approximationsas in Eq.(53.17),the supercurrentnear Fcbecomes
j(x)- e #3y#3z@ulz- y,-u,n)(Fotz- x,aulvxC#otx- y,(s'nl
mishc
lie
- F0(x- y,ulnlTxF0(z- x,f
xlnll(1A(x)k2- Ià(x)12hc
x A(x).(z- y)+ A*(x)(y- x).VA(x)+ à(x)(z- x).Và*(x))
(53.31)
Severaltermsvanish identicallyowingto thesphericalsymmetry:
PRO BLEM S
13.1. Show that Eq. (49.6) can be rewritten :Q/ê/+ (#.V)Q = (Q .VIV.
Hence prove the conservation ofthe flux moEH2 (ds.Q through any closed
surfacebounded byacurvethatrnoré'.
sx'ith//76./u1#. Asacorollary,conclude
thattheguxoid (1)isa rigorousconstantofthem otion.
13.2. lfFs(F,0)isthefree-energy density ofa superconduetorin zero field,
show that Eq.(49.11)is the Euler-l-agrange equation ofthe totalHelmholtz
free energy UFs(r,0)+ J#3x((8rr)-1h2+ jrqpyvzj for arbitrary variationsOfh
subjectto curlh= 4=jjc. How doesthisderivation failfora normalmetal?
13.3, (tz) Evaluate the mean Helmholtz free-energy dcnsity gsee Prob. 13.2
andEq.(49.16)JforaslabinaparallelappliedfieldHvk. UseEqs.(48.13)and
(49.17)to verifythatH = Hvk throughoutthesample,andfindthemagnetization
(.
: - S )/4=.
(:) From the corresponding Gibbs free energy,show thatthe sample remains
superconducting up to acriticalfield //c
*determined by theequation (H c
*/fc)2=
(1- tAs/#ltanh(#/As)1-1,whereScisthebulkcriticalseld. Discussthelimiting
cases#<.
:htand # à>As.
13.4. Considerasem i-infinitesuperconductor(z > 0)w'ithanexternalmagnetic
seld H parallelto the surface. Use the Ginzburg-l-andau theory to 5nd Y-(z)
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 475
and >(z)for >cy>1. Show thatthe jield-dependent penetration depth A(/.
f)is
given by (A(S)/A(0))2= 1Hc,
l
'LHc+(Hcl- S2)1j. Sketch the spatialvariation
of/7and Vl-forvarious values ofH . W'hat happens forH > Hc? W hy is it
permissibleto violatetheboundaryconditionJ'l
''l
/#z - 0?
13.10.
476 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
to solve Eq.(37.35)given the interparticle potentialgrecallthe convention ot-
Eq.(37.6)thatg> 0 foranattractivepotential)
(k- k(I,
z'2k'- k')-glU-1blhu)o- 1ù r)hho)o- 1Jk'l
.)
g1P'-iblhûpt- IL 1)d(âf1,,- IL,1)
-
gk
Z.V
V Fcj2x78
('
J
(
r
3
21jj.X
F,
j.i
2jmhk
2B
kT
scj2ga
and determinethe criticalvalueofqthatmakes2X vanish.û
13.13. Carryouttheanalyticcontinuationtoobtainareal-tim etherm odynam ic
G reen'sfunctioncorrespondingtothephysicalsituationinProb.13.12. D iscuss
theexcitation spectrum forsm allq.
13.14. (J) Use the analogy with Bose systems(Sec.20)to generalize Dyson's
equationsfortheelectron-phonon system to asuperconductor.
(b4 Approximate the electron self-energies by the lowest-order contributions
expressedin termsofF,.
X ,.
F %,and 9 ,andwriteoutthecoupled self-consistent
equationsforF and+ %in m om entum space.!t
tN.N.Bogoliubov,V.V.Tolmachevand D .V.Shirkov.$1A New M ethod in theTheoryof
Superconductivity,''chap.6.ConsultantsBureau,New York,1959.
jIn fact,the system makes a hrst-order transition to the normalstate at a criti
calvalue
qc;4r1.23(.
Ac/ât
,
.s)I1- (r/Fc))#,whi
ch issmallerbya factor1/V3-. See,forexample,P.G.
de Gennes.i'Superconductivity ofMetalsand Alloys,''pp,182-184,W .A.Benjamin,Inc..
N ew York,1966.
I)
'G.M .Eliashberg,Sov.Ph.vs.-JETP,11:696 (1960);12:1000 (1960).
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 477
13.15. Assume thatthetwo functionsl/(x)and ?
Xx)satisfy thecoupled eigen-
value equations
;
t.- 2
y
p 3=2e
-
n
7j'
(
Opzoj-P/3t
) -
E
Gplj
whereypisthePaulisusceptibilityofanormalmetal(Prob.7.5).
(b) VerifythefollowingIimits:y= 0atF= 0and z= ypatT= Fc. Interpret
these results.
glq,vn)=-ât1)ltpï+(z):
2+(tj,
y2Wtgypalj-lolcop- uyj
1Theseequationsarediscussed in detailinP.G.deGennes,SesuperconductivityofM etalsand
Alloysy''chap.5,W .A.Benjamin.lnc.,New York,1966.
478 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
W here
d3k (
@(q,
v.)=jjs-
yj(u+u--t
?..,-)2Ey.
(s+)-y(s-)!
X -
1 - .-
1
ihvn- (E-- E+) ihvn+ (E-- E+)
+ (lk+r-+ u-n+)2g1-f(E+)-f(E.)j
1 1
X -
ihvn- (f7+ E-) ihvn+ (E++ F-)
and thenotationisthatofEq.(52.27).1
(!))Derivethe retarded phonon Green'sfunction DRLq,t
.
o). Ifhul.:
t2é,:nd
the ultrasonic attenuation coelcient t
x,in a superconductor and prove that
as/t
xa- 2T(,
'
X),whichallowsadirectmeasurementofà(F)(seeFig.51.1).
13.20. Derive Eq.(53.33).
tForadetailed comparison ofultrasonicand electromagneticabsorption,seeJ.R.Schrieflkr,
S'TheoryofSuperconductivity,''chap.3.W .A,Benjamin,Inc.,New York.1964.
14
Superfluid H elium
E
G
Q
(a)
Fig.54-1 (a4Comparison ofphasediagramsofHe3and He4in 'F plane. (Frol l)J.DeBoer.
Excitation Modelfor Liquid Helium II,Course XXI,Liquid HeliumsProceedings of''The
International Schoolof Physics *Enrico f.-erm i'.** p. 3.Academ ic Press, New,York. l963.
Reprinted by permission.) (b4Enlarged portion ofmeltingcurveofHe3. (From D.P.Kell y
and W .J.H aubachs'kcom parativePropertiesofHelium -3and Heliunl-4---A EC Research and
DevelopmentReportM LM -I161.p.18. Reprinted-by permission.)
and excitation spectrum of norm al Ferm isystems such as nuclear m atter and
liquid He3. Thesituation isvery diflkrentforbosonsbecausethe particlestend
to occupy thesam esingle-particlestate. In addition,theinterparticlepotential
preferentially m ixes in the unperturbed states thatare already occupied,thus
enhancingthem any-bodyeflkcts. Forexam ple,thesuccessoftheindependent-
particle m odel shows that the low-lying states of a norm al Fermi system are
generally sim ilar to those of a free Ferm igas. This correspondence clearly
fails for interacting bosons with snite m ass,where the low-lying excitations
usually havea collectivephonon character.l Thediflkrencebetween bosonsand
ferm ionsalso appearsin the expansionsforthe dilute hard-core gas. Although
this system serves as a usefulm odelfbr nuclear m atter and H e3,the correction
term in Eq.(22.19)becomes 1j2j8(nt
z3/,
rr)1;zr;.4 when evaluated for He4where
'R.P.Feynman.Phys.Ret..,91:1301(1953);94:262 (1954).
su PER FLCJlD H CLlU M 481
(at73)à;
:
zr0.5.1: Asahnaldiference,wenotethateventhe/recBosegasexhibits
acom plicated phasetransition (compare Figs.5.2and 5.4).
54E7FU N DA M ENTA L PRO PERTIES O F He 11
W efirstreview som eim portantfeaturesofsuperiuid H e4.
BAslc EXPERIM ENTA L FACTS
l, h-point: W hen liquid H e4 in contact with its vapor is cooled below
FA= 2.17CK ,it enters a new phase know' n as He II. The transition is m arked
byapeakinthespecificheat,whichbehaveslikelnIr- FAIonbothsidesofthe
transition.l Thissingularity isgenerallythoughtto representthe onsetofBose
condensation,butno theory hasyetprovided a satisfactory description ofthe
phase transition.
2.Superyuidily(p7#//?:two-
uthlidmodelLHe11hasremarkablehydrodynamic
properties. lt can flow through fine channels with no pressure drop, which
seem inglyim pliesthattheviscosityiszero. O ntheotherhand,adirectmeasure-
mentoftheviscosity (forexample,with a rotating cylinderviscometer)yieldsa
value com parable with the viscosity of He I above FA. The apparent paradox
wasexplained byTisza2and byLandau3w'itha two-fluidm odel,in which He 11is
considered a m ixture oftwo interpenetrating com ponents:the superiuid with
density psand velocity vs.and the normalfluid with densitypnand velocity % .
The superquid is assum ed to be nonviscous,which accountsfortherapid flow
through 5ne channels,and irrotational
curlv,= 0 (54.1)
The norm al fluid behaves like a classical viscous Puid, which provides the
measured viscosityofHel1. Thistwo-iuid picturewasstrikinglyconfirmed by
Andronikashvili4with a torsion pendulum ofclosely spaced diskssuspended in
He lI. Theoscillatingdisksdragged thenorm alCuid andthusallowed a dired
measurementofpntr).which variesas7-4forF.:
.
CFA(Fig.54.2).
3.Second soundLThe presence oftwo com ponentsgives H e 11an extra
degree of freedom ,and Landau predicted that He 11 would support two in-
dependent oscillation m odes that differ in the relative phase of vx and va. If
L and vxm ovetogether,the wake transm itsvariationsin density and pressure
(atconstanttem peratureand entropy)and isknown asérstorordinary sound.
tW e follow N.M .Hugenhoitz and D.Pines,Phys.ReL?..116:489 (1959),p.505 in taking
a= 2.2X. SeealsoF.London,op.cit., p.22.
$M ,J.Buckingham andW .M .Fairbank. TheNature of:heA-Transition in Liquid Helium , in
C.J,Gorter (ed.),''Progress in Low-Temperature Physicsy''vol,111,p. 80,North-ilolland
Publishing CompanysAmsterdam,1961.
CL. Tisza,Nature,14l:913(1938).
3L.D .Landau, 7.Phys.(USSRq,5:71(1941))11:91(1947).
''E..L.Andronikashvili.J. Phys.(USWR),10:201(1946).
*82 Appt-lcATloNs To PHYSICAL sYsTeM s
If'v. and v,.are opposite, however,the m ode transm its periodic variations in
p,/paand hence representsatem peratureand entropy wave(atconstantdensity
and pressure) known assecond sound. The calculation is a straightforward
generalization ofthatleading to Eq.(16.19),and wemerelynotethatthevelocity
ofsecond sound isproportionalto (p,/' s )1,which showsthe importanceofthe
two com ponents.l Second sound was srst Observed by Peshkov;2 the corre-
spondingvaluesofpsandpnagreeverywellwith thoseobtained with theoscillat-
ingdisk(Fig.54.2).
l.
0
0.8
0.6 %
0.4
Fig.54.2 Tem perature dependenceof p..,''p.
0.2 The dots are obtained from the velocity of
second sound;the crosses are obtained from
0 the oscillating-disk method. IFrom V. P.
1.J l.4 l.6 l,3 2.
0 7.2 Peshkov. J. Phys. (f 75'
5'S), 10;389 (1946).
F (OK ) fig.6. Reprinted by permission.)
K= j(/1.v (54.7)
and thecorresponding sym m etricsolution becom es
Ystr)= 2K
=r
J' (548)
.
K h
0.997 x 10 3 cnncysec
-
= -- =
m (54.10)
This prediction has been confrm ed 170th for irrotational flow in m ultiply
connected regions3and for vortex rings.4 Itis now possible to flnd the energy
perunitlength ofvortex line
2 2 PsK2 dr
Ev= f# rjpsrs= 4.n. -r
Ps,2 R
QJ4= In-
J tj4.)1)
H ereR isan uppercutoF thatm aybeinterpreted astheradiusofthecylindrical
container,whilefisalowercutoF representing theradiusofthe vortexcore.
Experimentssindicattthat#QJ1â,sothatEv;z1.3x 105ev/cm forR ; kJ1cm.
LAN DAU'S QUASIPARTICLE M O DEL
Atlow temperatures(F<tL ),thespecischeatofHe11variesasF3. Toexplain
thisobservation,Landau6interpreted the low-lying excited statesofH e 11asa
weakly interacting gasofphononswith theusualdispersion relation
phonons (54.12)
wherec= 238m/secisthespeedof(srst)sound. M oregenerally,hesuggested
thattheenergyspectrum hastheform shown in Fig.54.3,with alinear(phonon)
region neark = 0and adip near/o ,where ekbehaveslike
hllk- kz)2
ek= à + 2 rotons (54.13)
àw
!L.Onsager,Nuovo Cimento,6,Suppl.2. 249(1949).
2R.P.Feynman,ttprogressin Low-Tem perature Phyeics,''loc.cit.
3W .F.Vinen,Proc.Roy.Soc.(f-t7?lJt)a).A2* :218 (1961).
4G.W .Rayseld and F.Reif,Phys.Rev-,136:A 1l94 (1964).
5G .W .Rayseld and F.Reif, Ioc.cit.
t'L.D.Landau,loc.cit.
sulPERFLU ID H ELIU M 485
Excitations with this latter dispersion relation are known as rotons. Landau
originally determ ined the roton parameters by titting the specihc heat above
;4:0.6 K . M ore recently.howr ever,the theoreticalcurve in Fig.54.3 has been
contirmed in greatdetailby inelastic neutron scatteringl(compare Prob.f.13),
ek
Fig.54.3 D ispersion curve for liquid kB (oK.)
helium . The experim ental points are
the neutron-scattering mcasurements.
(From D. G . Henshavv and A . D. B.
W oods, Phr.$. Sel'.. 121:l266 (I961).
5g.4. Reprinted by perm ission ofthe
authors and the A merlcan Institute of
Physics.)
w'hich yields an independent and m ore accurate measurement of the sam e
parameters(Table 54.1).
Table 54.1 Roton param eters
Landatl(l947)) A'
etl/rolls'l'
attering (l959)j
9.6 K 8.6'K
1.9f,
4-l 1.91.
i-'
0.77vlse 0.16 hhlj-lr
tSotlrce:L.D.Landau,J.Pll.v-
b'
.(USSR),11:91fl947).
jSource.'D .G .Henshaw and A .D .B.W'oods.Phys.Ret'.,
l21:1266(1961).
l'JjF
'qvl
- ,;.-0 (54.l4)
ED .G .HenshavNand A .D .B.l 'oods.#/?y'â.Rek'.,l21:1266(196l).
7An equivatentapproach isto describe He Ilb/ the approxlnlate quaslparticle ham iltonian
P4:- N-
'ek;.
'
>
K wk. 5
:.here6kIStheexcitatlonspectrurl:ln Fig.54.3.
.
k
486 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
andcomparisonwithEq.(4.6)showsthatthecorrespondingchemicalpotential
iszero (seethediscussion ofEqs.(44.19)and (44.20)). Thethermodynamic
potential(1thenreducestotheHelmholtzfreeenergyF,andEqs.(5.8)and(5.9)
give
F(r,F)=ksFF(2=)-3J#3/ cln(1-e-ifà) (54.15)
Nqp(F'F)= F(2rr)-3J#3*(eie:- 1)-1 (54.16)
whereekistheexactdispersionrelationfrom Fig.54.3andj = (/fsF)-1. Atlow
tem perature,however,only the phonon and roton portions contribute signi-
icantly,and we m ay separate the integraloverk into two independentparts
F = Fp,+ Fp (54.17)
N qp- Nph+ Nr (54.l8)
AsF-.
>.0,wemayassumethatEqs.(54.12)and(54.13)holdseparatelyfora1lk.
A straightforwardcalculation yields
Np.-1=
(3
,)p-jkâ
sc
rj' (54.194)
='
Fph=-ibP' ksTLkh
*c
Z)' (54.19:)
Nr = â2(2PT3G rkaF)*e-hjg.v (54.20/)
rr)1
Fr= -ksTNr (54.20:)
Thecorresponding entropy and heatcapacity are then obtained with the usual
relations
s--(ê
az
'-
.
). cv-rtp
as
w). (54.21)
ItisclearthatCvpsvariesasF3,whileCvrvanishesexponentially;both ofthese
predictions are verifed by experim ents.
In addition to the foregoing therm odynam ic functions,Landau's quasi-
particledescriptionjustisesthetwo-iuid modelandallowsacalculation ofthe
normal-iuid density. Consider a situation where the quasiparticles have a
m ean driftvelocity v with respect to the rest fram e of the superquid. Their
equilibrium distribution as seen in that rest framel isflek- âk.v),where
1Thisresultismosteasilyderived in them icrocanonicalensemble,wherethesystem ofquasi-
particleshasasxed energy E and momentum P. Theadditionalconstraint(tixed P)necessi-
tates an additionalLagrange multiplierv.and the maximization ofthe entropy immediately
verihestht aboveassertion. See,forexample,F.London,op.cl'J.,pp.95-96,and Prob.14.4.
SUPERFLUID HELIUM 487
/-(:)= tt,/e- 1)-1isthe usualBose distribution function. In the sanne franne
.
the totalm om entum carried by the quasiparticlesisgiven by
P = 1z'(2zr)-3fd?kâk-
/-tek- âk.v)
-
a:p-(2=).
31
'd'khkg.
/-
(.
k)-âk..P'
/
e
'
te6
kk)+...1
Vh2 -. oflek)
% 6=avj0dkkk- 8ek (54.22)
Thusthe flow ofquasiparticles is accom panied by a netm omentum iux;the
coeëcientofproportionalitydehnesthenormal-iuid massdensity
pa(F)H6h
.
v
lcj
J
*o
*u
a'
sa
xs4j
g.8.
/
a
'
(6
s
k)j (54.23)
whilethe superiuid m assdensity becom es
(54.28)
w here the recoil energy pl)'l&l has been neglected because u
k/ is large.
suë ciently low veloeity,theprocessviolatesenergyconservation
E - E'= e (54.29)
As 1,increases.however,we eventually reach a criticalvelocity l'
c,where e - p.vc
firstvanishes. ltisevidentthatp willbe parallelto vc,and a sim ple rearrange-
m entyieldsthe Landau criticalvclocity
(54.30)
where t'istaken from Fig.54.3. lf6werea purephonon spectrum sthe m inim um
value of E/'p would be the speed ofsound ck 238 m 'sec. W hen rotons are
included, however,t.c drops to ; kh 'likt= 60 m z'sec,and such roton-lim ited
criticalvelocitieshave been observed with ionsin He11underpressure.l
A sim ilartheoreticaldescription appliesto flow in channels,foragalilean
transform ation to the rest fram e of the super:uid reproduces the previous
situation.withthewallsast'hemacroscopicobject. Unfortunately,thepredicted
criticalxelocity of ;
4:60 nn,sec is m uch too large to explain the observed break-
down of superiuid flow in channels.w here l'c is instead thought to signalthe
creation ofquantized vortices.z
/(x)ë/#(x)- #f'
(x))- ,
;(x)- '.
l-(x) (55.4)
Thec-numberfunctionkF(x)isfrequentlyknownasthecondensatewavefunction;
itiscloselyanalogoustothegapfunctionA(x)(Eq.(51.14))inasuperconductor,
and,indeed,thepreseneeofsuch flniteanom alousam plitudesservesasageneral
criterion fora condensed quantum quid.l Note thatEqs.(55.3)and (51.14)
are rnerely general defnitions. In any practical calculation, they m ust be
evaluated withsom eapproxim ation schem ethatdependsonthepreciseassem bly
considered.
In the presentweakly interacting system ,alm ostallthe particlesare in the
condensate. Consequently,theoperatort
/)maybeconsideredasmallcorrection
!Thisconcept,which firstappearedin V.L.Ginzburg andL. D.Landau,Zh.Eksp.Teor.Fiz..
20:1064(1950)and in 0.Penroseand L.Onsager,Ioc.cit.,isa morepreciseformulationof
London's:slong-rangeorder''IF.London,op.cit.,vol,1,secs.24-26andvol.Il,sec.221. See
also.C.N .Yang.Rev.M od.#/l)zJ'.,34:694(1962).
49c Appulcv loss To PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
toT',andweexpandk inpowersofj'
handC,retainingonlythelinearand
quadraticterm s:
k = A'
()+ X + X'
where
Kv= J#3xT*(x)(F(x)- JzJT1x)+ !.J#3x#3x'Ftx- x')l
1F(x)!2
x !'
.
le(x')12 (55.6)
kt=J#3x<#(x)(F(x)-p,+jd3x'Ftx- x')1 T(x')I2)T(x)
+JJ3x((F(x)-p,+ JJ3x'F(x-x')IN' -(x')I2J11'*(x))(
/(x) (55.7)
#'= J#3xt/#(x)(F(x)- JZJ(/(x)+ J#3x#3x'U(x- x')
x E(
'1'(x')t2t/3(x)t/(x)+ kl'
e*(x)Y*(x')t/#(x')#(x)
+ èkl'*(x)'I''*(x')4(x'):(x)+ à;1(x):1(x')'F(x')kI'(x)l (55.8)
Theresultinghamiltoniancan besimplihedbychoosingT to satisfythefollowing
nonlinearseld equation
2F(x)-p,)kF(x)+J#3x'Ftx-x')t
T(x')l2àF(x)=0 (55.9)
which m aybeinterpretedasaself-consistentH artreeequation forthecondensate
wavefunction.l ln thisway,tht linearterm .
:1vanishesidentically,giving an
eflkctivequadraticham iltonian
# çç= Kz+ X' (55.10)
Thetheory can now be m adeself-consistentbyintroducing astatisticaloperator
e- jx.,,
).ff= Tre-jx./f (55.11)
and acorresponding ensem bleaverage
;.'')= Tr().ff' (55.12)
Sincea
orfdoesnotcommutewithX,thecondensatewavefunction
X1'(x)= Tr(âerr#(x)1 (55.13)
m ay besnite,in contrastto thesituation fora norm alsystem .
Therem ainingform ulation followsin directanalogyw ith thetreatm entof
superconductorsgiven in Sec.51. W eintroduceHeisenbergoperators
/xtx'
r)= eX.'f'/5:(x)e-Ref'T75
(55.14)
41
x(x,
r)= eAeffv'/â4#(x)e-*.n'1%
hE.P.Gross.Ann.Phys.(N.y.
),4:57(1958)andJ.M ath.Phys.,4:195(1963).
SUPERFLUID HELIUM 491
which satisfy linearfeld equations
t-:
'?
hy (/xtxml= -(F(x)- p.+ J#3x,U(x- x,)1Y.(x,)1z)fxlxrj
'
-
jdbx'P'tx- x')X%*(x')Qxtx'm)+ 4)(x''
r)àF(x!))VF(x) (55.15J)
0- 3
/ltxml= (F(x)- Jz+ jd x' Utx- x#)1t1'(x')12)(/))(xr)
hjz (
(55.15:)
These field operators can be used to Uesne a single-particle G reen's function
(compareEq.(19.4))
Ftxm,x'r')= -(Fz((,x(x'
r)fllx'-
r'')1)
= -
YF(x)Y1P*(x')+ F'txr,x'm') (55.16)
w here
g'(xr,x''r')EB-((Fz(;x(xr);)(x'r'))) (55.17)
m easures the deviation from the equilibrium values. The two term s of Eq.
(55.16) refer to condensate and noncondensate,respectively,while the cross
terms(linearin ( /)vanish identically owingto Eq.(55.4). Asacorollary,the
m ean density becom es
n(x)= n()
(x)+ n'(x) (55.18)
w here
?1a(x)= j
T-txl12 (55.19)
n'(x)= -F'(xm,xr+) (55.20)
Theequationfor@'can beconstructed from Eq.(55.15):
h 0 @ ,(
o'r xr,x'm')= -â3('r- r')((t
/x(xm),#)(x'r')))
-
jv.jo*K
oç
v
xrbç
4(x-z-
ljk(55.21)
Equation (55,4)showsthattheequal-timecommutatoron the rightsidereduces
to a delta function,and we readily obtain
t-âjo
.
;-F(x)+p.-.
f#3x'Ftx-x?
')$
k
l'
Xx*)r
2)F'
(xm,x''
r'
)
-
fdsx'Ftx- xelà1'
etxl(T *(x'
')F'(x,r,x'm')+%P(x&)FJl(x>'
r,x'.
r'))
=
hbl.
r- '
r')3tx- x') (55.22)
492 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
whereFa'lisananomalousGreen'sfunction(compareEqs.(20.i4:)and(51.120)
F(l(x'
r,x?'
r')>-(Fz#)(xm);)(x''
r')j) (55.23)
A very sim ilarcalculation givestheotherequation
-
f#3x''lz'tx - x')YF*(x)(' t1-(x'
')M2'l(x'',x'.f
.
on)
+ 'tI
. .-*(x'')F'(x'
',x'.(s,,)J- 0 (55.26:)
A lthough these coupled equationscan,in principle.be solved for any particular
choiceofAIPthatsatishesEq.(55.9),onlya few simplecaseshavebeenstudied
in detail.
U NIFOnM CO NDENSATE
A sa srstexam ple.weconsidera stationary assem bly ofbosonsatfinitetem pera-
ture,when the condensate wave function is a tem perature-dependentconstant
kF(x)H /o(F))1 (55.27)
suPER FLU ID H EL1U M 493
thatdeûnesno(F). Directsubstitutioninto Eq.(55.9)givesthefollowingrelation
between thechemicalpotentialand thecondensatedensity
J.
t= nvlr)1,(0) (55.28)
where Iz,40)EEEP'(k ='0). Furthermore.a Fouriertransfbrm solvesthecoupled
integrodiflkrentialequations(55.26)becausethecoeëcientsarespatialconstants,
W 'ith the usualdehnitions
'
V'(X - X'.(et)nl= (277.)--3.fd-
/k (
2îk*(X-'X''F'(k*(.
t)n)
(55.29)
V2'l(X - X',u?rl)= (2*)-3fd'
'
. . bkfpik*tx-x')/,
F2'1(k,(.
snj
a simplecalculation yields(compareEq.(5l.28)J
(ihu)n- .-2-nvU(1)JF'tk-t,pnl-noP'(#)FJItk.cs'al= h
(55.30)
w'here eo
k= hlL.z2p7and Eq.(55.28)hasbeen used. Thesealgebraic equations
are easily solved:
19'(k,fapsjcn.u.h(ih.(,
- .
-
?
(h
n.-
--
62-- ne-.
1,
- .jEk
'(1')) :.-..u
. l.
'
j
.
2-Ek
c.
o-n-
)-=--
..
-.
.
-w
k ---..= - ....
Ih - c-.
l-
n..
-
. .--.
,h-
.
.
. Ez ltz
an- lct +.
7k
v?j)J.'(k) 1 1
'
h.'z
'j(k.f
x):)= (
-h
-u-).
n.
I--
Z----.
El
v-= -us
G!'s
ajl.
c-
o--
n--
.
---Ey
- ., -i- :
/J .o--
lc -.
n-,-Ek -
/â
(55.32)
wheregseeEqs.(21.7)to(21.10))
(55.3.
3)
(55.34/)
(55.34:)
The presenttheory isvery sim ilarto thattreated in Secs.21 and 35,and
m ostofthe same rem arksapply. ln particularsthe usualanalytic continuation
to realfrequency identises Ekas the single-particle excitation energy,and its
long-wavelength behavior
k -. () (55.35)
c= g/7e(F)I'(0)?77-1)+ (55.36)
shows that 1,
'(0)mustbe positive. lf.in addition.Ekis positive forallk # 0,
thentheLandaucriticalvelocityist
inite;thusanim perfectBosegasissupersuid,
whereas an idealBosegas isnotbecause c and !'evanish identically. This is
4:4 Appt-lcAyloss To pHyslcAt- SYSTEM S
one ofthe m ost im portantconclusions of Bogoliubov's originalcalculations'
foritdem onstrateshow thepresenceofrepulsiveinteractionsqualitativelyalters
the spectrum,leading to a Iineardispersion relation ask -.
>.0.
Itis interesting to study the temperature variation ofthe parametersnn
anda'. A combinationofEqs.(55.20)and(55.31)gives
n'(F)= (J3k)(jâ)-1
2=) Q - t? j
-j icon+ Ekjh eiwn'
r
t
-
a iœn- .
Ek
-/
j(2
#=
3:
)3jebEk
Q-l.j
.l-r
e
?
I
-bEk
.j (55.37)
where the sum has been evaluated with Eq. (25.
38)and theparametersEk,uk.
and ykdependontemperaturethrough?u(F). Forlow temperatureand weak
interactions, however,we may set ao(F);
kJaa(0)in Eq.(55.37). A sim ple
rearrangementyields
, m c
?u(O = a0(0)- 12âac (k.r) (55.38)
This equation m ay also be expressed in terms ofthe macroscopic condensate
wavefunction
1- 'l'(F)= mlkzF)2
T(0) l4h3c?u(0) (55.39)
showing thatthe temptrature-dependentpartofklpvaries as r2. In addition,
wehaveseen that11F12isalwayslessthan abecausetheinterparticlepotential
introduceshigherFouriercom ponentseven atF= 0.
1N.N.Bogoliubov,J. Phys.(&SfR),11:23(1947).
2Ifthesecondterm ontherightismultiplied byafactorzu(0)/a,whichis ; <$1inthepresent
modelIseeEqs.(21.15)and(22.14)),theresultingequation correctlydescriixsaBosesystem
with an arbitrary short-rangerepulsivepotential. aslong ascisinterpretedasthe actualsrwxed
ofsoundatr=0IK.Kehr.Z.Physik,;21:291(1969)).
SUPERFLUID FIELSUM 495
ltisinterestingtocompareLkl'-(r)(2withthesuperouiddensityps(F),which
can be dehned through the linearresponse ofthe system to an externalperturba-
tion. TheLandauquasiparticlemodelpredicts(seeEq.(54.25J))
l hçXè 2R2h /fd!F 4
- .
p--- yjc
.g- (uc
--) (55.40)
so that p,(F = 0)= p,with temperature-dependent corrections :z:7-4.1 It is
clearthatthere isno directconnection between p,(F)and 'Xl'
(F)I2because these
physicalquantities have diPkrent tem perature dependence and difI
krent values
atr = 0 (seealso Prob.14.9).2 W ehavealreadydiscussed the measurementof
ps(F) in Sec.54. The eorresponding experimentaldetermination of?7f;(r) is
m uch m ore dië cult: nevertheless it m ay be possible to obserke anom alous
quasielastic scattering (see Sec.17)ofenergetic neutrons(;4:1 eV)from He 11
below FA.3
ml (55.42)
thecontributionjctx)ofthecondensatebecomes
h av . s
jo(x)- y -jl'l- (x)V'1'(x)- ,
.(x)vkj.
xvjxlj
h c h
= -
m
(F(x)j V+(x)= rlo(x)-
m
-V(p(x)
wheren:H /-2isthecondensatedensity. Thisequation identiqestheeondensate
velocityas(compareEq.(54.2))
h
votx)= .
m
-V+(x) (55.44)
!Equation (55. 40)and the phonon specilic heat(a:F3)obtained from Eq.(54.19)have also
been derived from the microscopic theory to a11orders in perturbation theory by K . Kehr.
Physica,33:620 (1967)and by W .Götzeand H.W agner,Physica,31:475(1965),respectively'
.
2In the sptcialcase ofan idea!Bose gas, these two quantitiescoincide;see Probs.14.6 and
14.l1.
3P.C.i'lohenbergandP. Nl..Platzn-kan,Phys.Rer..,152:1.98(1966).
4g6 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
N'otethat&'
(j(x)isautonlaticallyirrotational(Eq.(54.I))whenever V(/-
,'isbounded.
because v: isproportionalto the gradientofthe phase of:1-. If:1-*is assum ed to
besingle 5,alued.then the 1ine integralofEq.(55.44)around aclosed path lying
55holl),
'i11 the condensate inlnlediatell giNes the quantization of circulation in
tlnitsof11???gEq.(54.l0)1.justasi11Eq.(50..
31).
For si17-
1plicity'. ut'
t approxinlate the interparticle potential by a repulsive
delta ftllctio!
-
1
l'(x)--v
tri
s(x)
(55.46)
ilto (f5.461.the im aginar/ and real parts can be
(55.47)
jc-z$r ;12 z
-.u - ' .-- .7 a .Tr /- -.ya&.c()
lJl -221-/
T1-let,e eqtlatio1)s are rk lad1ly retlogl '
l1zed :ts the conti1-
:uity'equation for the con-
dellsate alpd ïtqtlal lttl1-
1'tCtllalog ot-Berloulli-sequation for steadl'flou .
.h
.s aI1 eNttl'tlpluto1-:111t3!- ltl1
)1fornl s)sten- i.considera stationarq'condensate
co1l illetl to a t seIlli-i11ti1)lttl dk4n-la11) (.
2' '0). The boundary colld1tion Nvi11 be
takeI A:).
>î1'-.0 at- 0 >11 -1ce Eq.(:55.46)1ss1n)i1arto a o1-
:e-part1cle Schrödinger
eqtlcttio11. I1)th1sone-d1Ille1-
1s1
'onalgeonletry,11'takesthe fbrm
(55.50)
= llvg (55.51)
1This equation is ./
(?l
' '?)7J//I'identi
calwilh a Ginzburg-l-andau tl'pe offield equation forpl
valid nearrc(V.L.Ginzburg and L.P.Pitaesskil.St
?t'.Ph)'
s.-JETP,7:858 (1958)),butthe
physicalinterpretation is dit/krent. In the presentcontext.Elq.(55.46)B'astirststudied by
E.P.G ross,N 2?t?ë'f.?(.-illl(>'lîç).20:4j4 (l96l)alld by l-.P.Pilaes'skii.S(?1..Pll.b,s.-JETP,13:451
(l96I).
SU F'ERFLU lD H EL.IU M 497
justasinEq.(55.28). Thenaturalscalelengthforspatialvariationin:1'
-isgiven
by gcompare Eq.(50.l8))
(
7-c
zj
(.
j
r
t
-
jq
-
j
-
ty
-
,
-g
.j (55.52)
whilethepropersolutionofEq.(55.50)hasalreadybeenobtainedinEq.(50.20)
(55.53)
:
4:J,70
2gl-- J
3-/70
2gl
-4 2 (55.55)
M ostofthis energy arisesfrom the interparticle repulsion and also occursfor a
uniform system . B 'e therefore desne the surface energy o'as the diflkrence
between the totalenergy Eç j and the energj'of the sam e num ber of particles
'ThelengthL ishereconsidered am athemalica!culofl-uith no phqrsicalsigniticance.butthe
samecalculationalsodescribesaphyrsicalchannelofuidth21.>>fsincetheresultingH-(x)is
sym m etric.
498 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
uniform ly distributed
a.= E0- !.N:2gl--1
x.
'é/12n9 pvc
;
k:-V n,l.- ;4r3.
, (55.56)
where we have used Eq.(55.54)for Nvand setl' rlrlo= mn= p in the lastline.
This surface energy contains170th the (positive)kinetic energy associated with
the curvature of the wave function and the (positive) compressional work
involved in m oving particlesfrom the surface to the bulk ofthe iuid,where
the density is slightly increased. A lthough the present m odel applies only if
the surfacelayerismuch thickerthan theinterparticle spacing (nf3yp.l),the
last form of Eq.(55.56)remains welldeûned even for a strongly interacting
system wherer,/3$4:l. W ith the numericalvaluesappropriateforHe II,we
5nd c; kJ0.36 erg/cmz,in good agreement with the observed low-temperature
surf-
acetension ;k;0.34dyne/cm Ea0.34erg/cmz.
As a second exam ple of a nonuniform system ,consider an unbounded
condensateoftheform l
n-(x)= rlleipytr)
where(r,û)areplane-polarcoordinatesand/tr)isreal,approaching1asr.
-+.cc.
Equation (55.44)immediately gives
h
vatx)= -.1 (55.58)
mr $
PRO BLEM S
14.1- Use the Clausius-clapeyron equation to discussthe melting curvesfor
H e3and H e4in Fig. 54.1. D evise a theory ofthem inim um in the melting curve
'G.W .Rayfield andF. Reif,Ioc.cit.
2V . L.Ginzburgand L.P.Pitaevskii. Ioc.cit.;L. P.PitaevskiiaIoc.cil.
3G . B.H essand -W'.M . Fairbank,Phys.Aeè'.Letters,19:216 (1967).
scc Appulcv loss 'ro pHyslcAu SYSTEM S
of He3 based on the observation thatCurie's1aw describes the m agnetic sus-
ceptibility ofsolid He3down to a few m illidegrees. W hathappensto them elting
curve as F --.
>.0 ?
14.2. (t
z) If #(r)= o).
'
fx r, prove that curlv= 2f
.
,)J. Hence deduce that
jctd1.Y= 2a).
d.where, 4= j-#S.JistheareaenclosedbythecontourC.
(b) lfvtr)= (x/2rrr)J,prove thatcurlv= sJ3(r)where risa two-dimensional
vectorinthexyplane. Henceprovethatjc#l.v= KNcwhereNcisthenumber
ofvorticesenclosedinC,andverifythediscussionbelow Eq.(54.8).
14.3. Conskdera system rotating atangularvelocity at.
(J)Prove thatthe equilibrium statesare determined by minimizing the'tsfree
energy''F - (
,
0L,whereL is theangular m om entum and F isthe H elm holtz free
energy.
(&) For a superfuid in a rotating cylinder of radius R show thatthe critical
angularvelocitytzlclforthecreationofasinglevortexisgivenby(sc!= (a'
/2=A2)x
ln(#/f)where (:is the radiusofthe core. Compare your ealculation with
Prob. 13.5. W hy can a quantized flux line in a superconductor be interpreted
asa N'
ortex with circulation bt'ltne?
14.4. A system ofN classicalparticleshasa totalenergy E and a totalcenter-
of-massmomentum P. Maximizetheentropysubjectto theseconstraintsand
derive the eqtlilibrium distribution function /'
. (e- âk.v).wherewf(e)istheusual
Boltzm ann distribution function and v isa Lagrange m ultiplier. Com pute the
ensembleaverageofP6/Pk and henceidentify:,.1:
14.5. Derivethedensity ofphononsand rotonsgEqs.(54.19J)and (54.20J)J,
and find the corresponding contributions to the free energy, the specifc heat,
andthenormal-nuiddensitypngEqs.(54.25)).
14.6. UseEq,(54.23)toshow thatpn= pforanynoninteractingnonrelativistie
gas, except for an ideal Bose gas below its transition tem perature Fo, w'here
Pa= P(F/F0? .
14.7. Consider a dense charged Bose gas in a uniform background where the
excitation spectrum is ek= ((/i(1pI)2-i
-(h2k22p7s)2j'
# (Probs. 6.5 and 10.2).
U se the Landau quasiparticle m odelto show that the criticalvelocity and the
norm al-iuid density atlow tem perature are given by
e2
l,c= 1.32r-Q
sh
PFQJ0 3608 la0kBT 1exp '-3.46r-*
-
el
. , s
P e, ytuk.v
wheren= 3/4*r)av
b,ru= hljmselistheBohrradius,and es/h isthevelocityin
the lowest Bohr orbit. D iscuss the num erical values involved if m uQ:rzue.
1V.Lo13dorl.i%St
1l
7CFfluidS.3'VOl.1I,pp.95-96,DoverPublications.lnc.,New York,1964.
sUPERFLU ID HELIU M 501
14.8. (tz) Show thatthesingle-particleGreen'sfunction foraperfectBosegas
below its transition temperattlre isgiven by f#'
0(k,(s.)= -42=)3lhnoj(k)f
s/
u(
)-
(i(
.o?3
1
!- 62,
/
'h)-l'
(/?) Use Ekao.(25.25)and (26.10)to rederivetheresultsofSec,5.
14.9. Consider a weakly interacting Bose gas with a uniform condensate that
m ovesNvith velocity v.
((z)Show that11'(x)= ntt/i''
v*x.handso1veEq.(55.9)forrz.
(b) Using thisexpression fortl'
(x).solveEqs.(55.26)for1#,and r#a'). Com pare
with the solution obtained in Prob.6.6.
(c.
) Provethatn'isunalteredatF= 0 untilè'exceedstheLandaucriticalvelocity
forthe Bogoliubov excitation spectrum Fk. A ttinite tem peratures.show that
the second term on the rightside ofE'q.(f5.38)ismultiplied by (l- t'1,,.c2)-1.
(#) Expresstbe total-m omentum densitj'l'-1,P in terms of $''. Expand to
firstorderin v.and verify that)'-lxP --gp - p,,
(F)j&'.wherep,,isgiven by the
Landau expression Eq.(54.23). Evaluate pnqF)for r -'
*0 and compare N&ith
Eq.tf4.255).
(g) RepeatProb.13.13 forthissystem ,
14.10. (t z) Derive the remaining equationsofmotion (compare Eqs.(20.l8),
(55.22).and(55.24)1forthematrixGreen-st-unction' i
9''txr.x'r')EE-.Frllbstx'
r)x
4)K1(x'r')1N'in aweak1),.interacting Bosegas.
(??) Repeat the calculations of Prob. 13.15 for this systel'
n and compare ),eur
resultswith thosefora supcrconductor. The norm alization condition m tl$t1)ow
be written 1
-J!v(l?/4
..
L12- /'tï
z12)= s-1 N.
Nhere zo refers to the signot-theellergy
eigenvalue.
14 .11. U se the m ethods de:eloped i11Sec..52 to sttid)
'the 1inearre>po1:se ot-a
condensed nonintcracllblg charged Bose gas to a transserse v' ector pote11tial
A(x/). ln thelong-wa:elength statitr1inlit.shou'thattheindtlcedcurrentobeys
the London equation (49.29)u'ith atem perature-dependentcoefèicient/?s(F)'
ll==
l- (F'Fo)1(com pare Prob.14.6).and henceexhibittheNleissneref: fect1 .
A hnite interacting assem bly ism uch m ore com plicated than a uniform m edium .
lndeed,itisamajortaskjusttogeneratetheHartree-Fockwavefknctionsfora
hnite system .whereas in a uniform mediunl,translational invariance requires
thesewavef-unctionsto besim ply planewaves(see Sec.10).
Sincethesingle-particlestatespresentsuch a dim cultproblem .an5 practical
application ofm any-body techniquesis necessarill'm uch less sophisticated than
those discussed so far. Nevertheless. ue shallsee that second quantization,
canonicaltransformations.G reen'sfunctions.and the independent-pairapproxi-
m ation provide powerful tools for discussing the properties of a tinite manj'-
particle assem bly.
Fordehniteness.we concentrate on atom ic nuclei.butthe sam e technlques
also apply to atom s or molecules. Hence we defertbe speciéc problem sarislng
so3
so4
from the singtllar nature of the nucleon-nucleon force tlntilthe last sectio1
-
.i1'
1
thischapter.
For a finite assem bly,the anguIar m omentum pIays a t?rtlciaIrole.and a
briefre&iew ofthissubjectisgi&.en in AppendixB.l Therotationalinvariance
ot-the totaIham iItonian im plies thatalIthe eigenstatescan be labeled by J. î/ .2
l11 addition.the eigellstates are labeled b) their parity .
7
z because thttillxariallce
of the strollg i1teractions tlnder i1&ersiolls im plies that parit)'is also a good
quantum ntlm ber.
.
5-.J
'
.and /--./:J
-
.. The parity ofthcse statesis(.
-I)d. Itiscollvenlentto
m ake the /??dependellu.
e explicitb)'tlsing the notation
a jz a .-.-/))y
-.
uhere .
ta) de1)otes the qtIa1-
1tum num bers :llls)'J. Asstlme the single-particle
quantum num bersto be ordered u ilh F a nunlberthatlies betueen the lastj -ully
occupied and first tlnocctlpied (or partially occtlpied) state. as illustrated i11
Fig.56.1.
*..- j
Fig.56,1
'W e follow the angular-lllolllentulll notation ofA .R.Edlptonds.''Angular N1olllellttllll in
Quantun,Mechanics.''Princeton L'nlversltj Prcss.Princeton,N.J..l957.
?The exacteigenstatcscan be characterized b/ the center-of-nlass Illollqentulll Pt,,,and the
angularnlom entunl '.J%.1 in thecenter-of-nlassfrallle,butthe dependenccon P(,,;wI11notbe
tuade explicit(see,howes'er.Prob.I5.l8). W c shalIgenerally study the behav'torof$.alence
nucleons nloving abouta heavy lnerlcore. To a good approxilppation.the totalcenlerof
lllassthen colncldes%Ith thatofthecol'e,
71-orclarity.weassuIltelnltlaIlythattlleshstenl1scotplposed of1ustonetyptloffernl1on. The
1sotopic spin ofthe ntlcleon leadsto sktghtIllotllticat1ons.NKh)ch are dlsctlsseklatthe ent!t7f
this section.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S :THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS B06
lfthe generalferm ion creation and destruction operatorsaredenoted by
(?)and ('a,then theparticleand holeoperatorscan bedefined by therelations
(56.2/)
b% :
:.:./S-xt
. --a (56.2:)
where we adoptthe phase convention
S * (- lljl-'nx
Thisisclearly a canonicaltransform ation,foritleavestheanticom m utation rules
unaltered
tux,uf
a-)- (à)a,d?'
),)- 3za.
A11otheranticom m utators= 0
Thev-dependentphaseinEq.(56.2:)guaranteesthattheoperatorblcreatesa
holewith angularmomentum 1jxmul'.which may beproved by shouing that
/)1isan irreducible tensoroperatorofrankh and componentmx. ltishrst
necessary to constructthe angular-m om entum operatorfor the system
+ z
N.i (' .J
'r?' /-mbn,./,-m(-1)J-m'b%
l1J.!jm')(- 1)- ntj.-m, (56.5)
nll?nrn < F
where the second line follows because the single-particle m atrix elem ents of J
arediagonalin(>?/.
j)andindependentofnand/. Thelasttwooperatorscanbe
written (-l)p-'1bnti,-m(-l)?-'
n':llj,-m,= (-1)'.-'
n'(3mm,- ?(lj,-m.bntj,-m),andthe
tirstterm in parenthesesmakesno contribution to Eq.(56.5)because
V (m lJl
i
m)= J=
Y m =0
z-
&1 m
cy-- pt,
)z- F)av+.t?(F - y)u
s'
.
yé/-y (56.8/)
(56.8:)
and the nexttask is to write the totalham iltonian
f'
.?-W-k-cœ&
t.v.'r i)'scj+ à.aV'
. Vöc'
z
lc'
t
j-.
x)'
iIz
'
-.y3>c.,cy (56.9)
in norm al-ordered form with respect to the new particle and hole operators.
Jttst as in Sec. 37. W ick*s theorem can sim plify the calculation. W e w rite
,N'(cx
tc#).#-c.
a
f'cb
.EEnc
'x
fcj
3d (56.l0)
I
where A'now stands for the norm alordering with 'respectto the new'operators.
Take matrixelementsofEq.(56.10)w'ith respectto the new vacuum 10''
.dehned
by
It follow's that
(56.l2)
Cj.'
= C
'
#
'.= Q.C)
j .= () (56.l3)
(56.l4)
t'1c;
1c:cy,
- (Cayt
sja- (
5zôt
sjy)#(.F- a)0(F- ô')+ 23ay0(F- a)z V(c'j
Ac:)
23J
7st?(F- a)Ntcj
-
. fc)?)a-A'tcJt'
j
'
tcst'
s) (56.15)
wherethesymmetrykajpP'iy3.= u'$1 x.1z''3y)'hasbeen used tocombineterms
thatgivethesamecontributionwhensummedovertheindicesa#y(
à.
W hen Eqs.(56.14)and (56.15)are substituted into Eq.(56.9),the hamil-
tonian separates into a c-ntlmber part.a partcontaining N (c1t-).and a part
containing .
Y(('ltXcc). Although thisresultis valid forany setofsingle-particle
APPLICATIONS TO FlNlTE SYSTEM S : TH E ATOM lC N UCLEUS B07
states, we shall now choose the particular set that diagonalizes the quadratic
partofthe transformed ham iltonian. A sim ple calculation yieldsthe eondition
(56.20)
(56.21)
(56.22)
(56.24)
Thisgeneralresultisnotrestricted to spheriealsystem s.
'itappliesw henever
ta)denotesasetofsingle-particlequantum numbersspecifyingthesolutionsto
.
theHartree-Fockequations(56.l7)and(56.22). lnal1thecasesconsideredhere,
however,the rotationalinvariance of the Hartree-Fock core im plies that the
corresponding single-particle energies are independentof?'
zz,nam ely'Fz= L, .
Jz
'7 = 1z
'
aband 6X = ea.
Equations (56.18)to (56.21)are an exacttransformation ofthe original
hamiltonian.Eq.(56.94. For alm ost a1Ipurposes.Ho- X :providesa better
starting pointform any-body calculationsbecause italready includesthe average
interaction of a particle w'ith the particles in the core. The new ham iltonian
hasthefurtheradvantagethatHv-,-X,isexplicitlydiagonalandthatx0!
.Vc10)
vanishes.
1Note that the solutions corresponding to difrerentenergies are orthogonal,whereas tht
degeneratestatesalwayscan beorthogonalized.
50: Appt-lcA-rloNs To PF#YSyCAL SYSTEM S
Thepresentdiscussion appliesdirectly to atom s,wherethecoulom b inter-
actionwiththenucleuscanbeincorporated in theone-bodyoperatorF. Forthe
nuclearproblem ,however,thepreceding treatmentm ustbe generalized slightly
because the nucleus consists of 170th protons and neutrons. ln this case,the
setofquantum numberstalsimplycanbeexpandedtoincludetheisotopicspin
ofa nucleon,asdiscussed in Sec.40. Forsphericalnuclei, wethereforedehne
!a )> i/?/J.
. jmj.#z?r'
. (56.25)
with mt= -t-1-(-1')fOra Proton(neutron). ThephaseSzin Eq.(56.3)mustalso
be generalized to
sya (-j)Ja-ma(-j)y-mt. (j6.26)
so thatblisalsoa tensoroperatorofrank1.with respectto isotopicspin(the
prooffollow'
s exactly as w'ith angular momentum ). W ith this enlarged basis,
Eqs.(56.18)to (56.24)applyequallywellto tinitenuclei.
in Fig. 57.I. The solutions to the Schrödinger equation that are snite at the
origin are
n'
'
*lm = Nn,./l(#r))$.,
(f)r)
with energy
h2k2
6= -S-?-- G
APPLICATfONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 509
The uave function m ustN' anish atthe boundar).lj(kR4 ,=,0 giving theeigenvalue
spectrum
k,1lR .uu-j'
l1I
u here Xn;is:he ??lh zero ofthe /th sphericalBesselftlnction.excluding the origin
and including the zero atthe boundary. The ordering of thebe zeros isshow 1)
oI) the right side of Fig. 57.2. Thd nornpalization integral can be evaluated
explicitly to givel
Nk'
re u rite
)tjarllplw.
. lfultr) -rl(j.
c-. j.1?
jr.
j (57.6)
t*
Ns'
hosesolutionsareLaguerrepolynomialsz
unêl %rntql.lfa...1.:2Ll
q)= z
' ,v
-.#
l(q2)
f l-(J + p +.l)ez#J'
c(J)SE-.
> , t'(p -.-1)--
zo-.
- (zJ-J't
Jzp 7--z)
hz
Act?EH - j
mf
N 2= -
2(n- .l
.--
)!
- -.
n' Jt-
t%
-(l,+.l-.
4
--
!.)j3
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S :THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS :11
The resulting eigenvalue spectrum of the three-dim ensionaloscillator is well
known
*
:!4 AppLlcv loNs To PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
Q-(j,m-.
/1Qzzl /)-('-jy.2()jj)Ijr
j,m-. !c r
2gyy (j,
y
c4)
.
In the single-particle shellm odel,the relevant m atrix elem ent is again thatfor
thelastparticleta/è-
/jj:cl
jn/.
!.J'). Evaluatingthematrixelementofthistensor
operatorinacoupledschemeyields(seeEq.(B.34J)j
2J.- 1
Q = -(r2),aj27+u (57.25)
O dd-proton nucleiwith lessthan half-filled shellstend to havenegativequadru-
pole mom ents.as predicted by this m odel. Ifthe shells are more than half
filled, however,the experimental quadrupole m om ents tend to be positive.3
This showsthe need fora consistentm any-body treatment,which isgiven in
Sec.58.
In the single-particle shell model, the quadrupole m om ent satisses the
relation
lUp< .
R2 (57.26)
where R is the nuclear radius. ln m ostcases, (he experim entalquadrupole
1T.Schmidt.Z.#/l.)u'l'
/(.14)6:358(1937).
2M .A.Preston,*Kphysics oftheNucleus.''pp.70-75,Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,
Inc.,R eading.
,M ass-,1962.
3 M . A.Preston,op.cff..p.68.
APPLICATSONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS B15
m om ents are m uch larger,particularly away from closed shells. Forexam ple,i
Q(7lLul75),
?(1.2.
1'
.iF)2= +13. Odd-neutron nucleishould have no quadrupole
m om entsin the single-particle shellm odel. Experim entally,they tend to behave
as ifthe lastneutron were really a proton.and the quadrupole m om entisagain
m uch Iarger than the m odelwould predicteven for a proton. Forexam ple,z
;(Ertt7),
/(1.2,
d1F)2;
4r4-23. The explanation for these large values is that
thecoreisnotinert,butcanactuallybedeformedbythepresenceofthevalence
nucleons. Since the core hasa charge Z,a sm alldeform ation hasa large eflkct
on @.t Unfortunately.adescription ofdeformed nucleiwould takeusoutside
ofthe scope ofthe presenttext.3 and the rem ainderofthis chapterconcentrates
on sphericalnuelei,nam ely those in the vicinity ofclosed shells.
0
K ,4
jj xuven (58.9)
K odd
Eq.(58.7)can be w'
ritten
L
,/.1./.
..
2Jiu :
.p.I).
j./.
2J-
.jy, n,Ksx(x-j)y-1J
-;. ev,
s
e
.
- js
Jf
I
.
2
x jjl() ..
yljjj2 ''
1
.
Z
x
'
jt
,
j (58.1O)
'j2Jj
r %L
flJz
'ëjlJ, j) Fg(-1)J-tJ/
;./, Jv l k.1)z(.
/' K;
. /
'(2 .
hj (
&z
J),=ev(
en K
j'
l/ .
/ n )
j , .
.
@ @
@
@ @
*
- 4*
-. ....
()jM-
'
-
Jl
0* -. .-
j.
j)- j:j
Two identicalparticles Two particles in diflkrent
in same shell shellsjbandh
(J) (*)
Fig.58.1 Two-particle spectrum w'ith an attractive inter-
action.
!M ,Rotenberg.R.Bivens.N . Metropolis.and J.K.W ooten.Jr..--The ?-
jand 6-
jSymbols.*'
p.6.TheTechnologyPress,M assachusettslnstitute ofTechnology.Cambridge.Mass.,1959.
t M .Rotenbergetal..op.c,
'
J.
m: APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
ovelap ofthetwo single-particlewavefunctions. The bestoverlap alwayswill
% obtained by opposing theangularmomenta and thenextbestby liningthem
up. Forexample,ifwewrite L = 11+ lzand take 11.Iaasameasureofoverlap
(---Fig.58.2),then
1 /1h L = 11+ h
1.l
a=ilf,
(Z+1)-Jj
t/j+1)-lz(/z+1))=tujj.
j.j)tg g.jj.jav()
(58.12)
and thisoverlap islargerifthe angularmomenta areopposed. Two identical
particlescannotbe lined up becauseofthePauliprinciple.
lj
lz
Fig.**.2 Qualitativepictureoftheoverlapoforbits.
Theseresultscan a seen m oreclearlywith asim plemodeloftheattractive
interaction potential. A ssumethat
P(12)= -g3(xI- xa)= -#ô(1- cosejzj3/1- '2)
,
'zr rjrz (58.13)
with g > 0. Thisyields
f A (2x + 1)3(rI--rz4
xt
rl,n)= -4= vlvg (58.14)
Fx= -21gflK + 1) (58.15)
where
1 dr
1- j-# l4l,,(r)l
zt,,(r)p (58.16)
Theenern shiftsoftwo identicalparticlesin the.jshellcan now bedetermined
by explicitly evaluating the sum on K in Eq.(58.l1).1 Foreven J,we 5nd
72 (2K + 1) j .
/ J l K l2 1j j J 2
.v..x / K !' 0 --i = - j !' --1 ()
j . (58.17)
2 2 -4 0+
< j JIF1
p.J >
#1
- 6 0+
- s ()9
- l0
(j2JMjP'I
jlJM)=-1g(2j+1)2(j
1 J
0)l (58.18)
The resulting spectrum isindicated forsomesimplecasesin Fig.58.3. W esee
thatthe0+stateindeed lieslowestand issplitos from theexcited states,which
arenearly degenerate with thisdelta-function potential,byapairing energy
(./2(X)tFl.
/2(K))=-(2.j+ 1)Ig (58.19)
Notethatthisenergy shiftisproportionalto lj + 1so thatitmay sometimesbe
energetically favorable to promotea pairofidenticalparticlesfrom theoriginal
jshellinto ahighery'shellif-/'-jislargeenough. Inthislowest-ordercalcula-
tion (i.e.,takingjusttheexpectation value of F(1,2)),the relativeposition of
these levelsisadirectm easureofthe two-body interaction G tween the valence
nucleons. Actualnuclearspectra show many ofthe featuresillustrated in Fig.
58.3.
SEVERAL PARTICLES: NORM AL COUPLING
Fora short-rangeattractiveinteraction,wehaveshown explicitlythatthelowest
energystateofa pairofidenticalparticlesin thesam e.jshellwillbe
IJ'2œ)=V10) (58.20)
wherewehavedehned a new two-particleo> ratorby
11st- çé
l 'lim,.
./'nzpijJMSc:,da (58.21)
M j-a
52Q APPLSCATSONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
with(
a(
ytH (
NJ
y-v.sf-v. Thisargumentsuggeststhatthe lowestenergy state for ,%.
identicalparticlesina.jshellisobtained byaddingthemaximum numberofJ= 0
pairs consistent with the Pauli prineiple. These states (unnorm alized) are
3-particlestate= a,'
t.J
*f 1
)10N
,,
4-particlestate= (A.
(
yl
jAx
s
yi o x
) Normal-coupling shell-m odelground states
.
s
particlestate= t/lmJ'j(
.k.
Jcjjixz
.
-
) ,
etc. (58.22)
ltisafundamentalassumptiont#'theshellmodelthatthesenormal-couplingstates
form the ground states of the multiply occupied j-shellnuclei.z This model
correctly predicts the ground-state angular m om entum and parity for m ost
nuclei. Weshallattemptatheoreticaljustiscationofthisassumption shortly.
butletustirstbrieqy exam inesomeofitsadditionalconsequences.
Probably the m ost usefulresult is thatthe ground-state expectation value
ofanarbitrarymultipoleoperatorlkonow canbecomputedexplicitly. Foran
oddgroup ofnucleons,3henormal-coupling schem eyieldsl
K odd (58.234)
K even
K#0 (58.23:)
whereN isthe(odd)numberofparticles(forevenAthemodelhas.
/=0). These
relations express the many-particle m atrix elem ents in the norm al-coupling
schem edirectlyin term softhesingle-particle m atrix elem ents, which in general
stilldepend on the quantum numbersn and /. Forodd moments,such asthe
magneticdipole,one hndsjustthe single-particlevalue. Foreven moments.
such astheelectricquadrupole,thereisareductionfactor(2j+ l- lN)((lj- 1).
.
L
tkz- 7)c'
mt-lrxolrn)am
m
-
Z
m
(-1)i--(imj- rnI.
.
/
./A'O)C711Q 11.
/)',
(2# + 1)+ m
i
(58.24)
'M .G.M ayerand J.H.D.Jensen,op.cit-,p.241.
2A.de-shalitand 1.Talmi.op.cit.,p.53l.
APPLICATIONS TO FfNITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 521
where the W igner-Eckart theorem has been used to sim plify the single-particle
matrix element. The many-body matrix elementsof?xoalso can be rewritten
w ith this theorem
(c/-'
--
/'
uN/h
V.JJIt..&))- .= y (-j).
. .. .yr
f-mqz g.-m gp.'
. y.Ny.m ;tgv(y.N.
KQ)(. /v) (58.25)
(LX + 1) ,
n
ThusacombinationofEqs.(58.22),(58.24),and(58.25)gives
'u./Nj!
1!T' I
1jNj) , ,.
z; àJp.) .- = y (-1)j-,n(-1)J-p(jmj- tnjyjKoyx
.--
,qypj- pl
j.
)jK0),
''
x J11
.FxIj) ,,,p
,. ,.. # ,..j. A.t
-01&.x'.'lc-amHst
xr ,rr
rfo '''mjf o
()1
0) (j:.2,6)
.
gt-
. .; y
'
:0lfo ''.foaqaqJ'o '''(z.,
wherethefactors(
h andloappear(N - 1)/2timesandthenormalizationfactor
in the denom inatoris independent ofq by rotationalinvariance. Using the
pair ofidentities
(Hp,&)1= bpmYp (58.27)
,.. 2 ..
Zp (-l)J-#(jp.j-p!
,JJ
/A-0)(Hp.J1)-(2J.
--
+--
j-
)-
kJ'lc (58.28)
togetherwithEJ
-)05#
'
7Mq-0foraIlJandM,wenndthat
SinceJ
*'*
)0> 0forodd K (seetheargumentfollowing Eq.(58.l)).Eq.(58.23/)is
proved. For even K,we use the identity amaL= l-fctz.j= l-Hm. The
term 1willnotcontributein the num eratorifK # 0,and the-Hm can be m oved
to theleft,exactly asbefore. Thedenom inétorisindependentofc/.so thatthe
average
l j. X 2/+ l- (N - 1)
a & = l- -> J
2j+7 q< lj+ l 2J'+ l
can be taken. ln this way,we obtain
2/+ l
Lk'+2l--.
N (js.30)
s22 APPLSCATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
W ith therelations
(l:.lâ)-lj+
zjl-24
j.j
. (58.31)
Elo,?1nJI0)-O K+0 (58.32)
itisnow straightforward to show that(seeProb.15.4)
(0Ilxolo...(*'
0J'
*'
o
1..'l0
#lx
1oI0) 2 2j+ l-(N - 1)
(0lf
,
..
()lc'''
-x
J'
()f
.(
1'''f
x(
.
.
tQj!0) x - j )j+ j-j.-
)
-
(58.33)
ThisimmediatelyyieldsEq.(58.23*.
Thenorm al-couplingm odelcanbeextended toexcitedstates;lforexam ple,
itisassumed thatthelow-lying statesareobtained by breaking one oftheJ = 0
pairs.thusreplacing1(
%
)in Eq.(58.22)byIJsf. Thisassumptionallowsusto
:nd the energy spectrum of the many-particle system. W e observe that the
om rator describing a generaltwo-particle potentialcan be written within the
llshellsubspaceas
P-!.MRIJ,;t'1,f'll?,'nlP')/,ç)aqap (58.34)
where the two-particle matrix elementhas been discussed previously and only
them dependenceisexhibited. Thetwo-particlewavefunctionscan alwaysbe
expanded in a basis with given totalJ and M by therelation
+p(1)97q(2)OTJ'
p(1)7./4(2)= JM
X (jpjql.
#JA'
/)*J?z>f(1.2) (58.3j)
lnaddition,thepotentialF isascalar.sothatitsgeneralm atrixelem entsbecom e
(jlJ'$f'!P'1LIJM L= b.
u,&Mu.hjll6V(jlJ) (58.36)
with the remaining factor independent of M . Thus we obtain the general
expression,valid within a.jshell,
P-JIM t'
IMLL-iIJIP'l./2J)f
-J. (58.37)
wheretheoperatorlJMisdetinedinEq.(58.21). NotethatQuvanishesunltss
J iseven. W em ay now add and subtracttheexpression
'*#
Zt
JM
zul.
I20(p'(./20)lJM- ;jz0!p'Ij20)!.mp
.
)jam
kcp
'
tapa,.
=
(j201P')j20)JXIX - 1) (58.38)
and theinteraction potentialin the.jshellbecomes
P- JM
):l,
%ML(jlJIP'1.
/2J)- t.
/20lP-..
/20))lJu+s,./201P'!.
/20)4.4(4- 1)
(58.39)
1A. de-shalitand 1.Talmi,op.cfJ..secs.27 and 30.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S: THE ATO M IC NUCLEUS 523
W hen the m any-particle interaetion energy iscalculated asthe expectation value
ofthis operator,the lastterm givesa constantdepending only on the num berof
particles in the shell. Thustheenergy dl
yerencesbetween the many-particle
levelscan bedirectly relatedtotheenergydlyerencesbetween thetwo-particle
levels. The techniques of second quantization provide a very elegant and
straightforward way ofsndingtheserelations,lw hich form the basisfora great
deplofbeautifulworkcorrelating and predictingthelevelsofneighboring nuclei
corresponding to thejNconsguration.z
THE PAIRING -FORCE PRO BLEM
W enow returntotheproblem ofjustifyingthemany-particleshellmodel. W e
confine ourattention to the subspaceofagivenjshelland ass'umethatthereis
an attractive.short-range interaction between the particlesin the shell. In this
case.it is evident from Fig.58.3 thatthe dom inanttwo-particle m atrix elem ent
ofthe potentialoccurswhen the pairiscoupled to form J = 0. Thisobservation
suggeststhatthepotentialin Eq.(58.37)can bewrittento agood approximation
as
P';
k'f
*'Jt/20IP'lj20'
. )I()HE-G(
, *'jl0 (58.40)
Such an interaction iscalled a purepairingforce. Ithasthegreatadvantage
thattheresulting problem can besolvedexactly-h
W e wish to l
ind thespectrum oftheham iltonian
X = 60X + f' (58.41)
whereeoisthesingle-particle Hartree-Fock energy oftheparticularshelland f'
is given in Eq.(58.40). The calculation is most easily performed with the
auxiliaryoperators
X+O (82/+1)J1f
. V (58.40)
X M (1'(2/+ 1))1f
- . ''
0 (58.42:)
% -t(2X'-(2.
. j+ 1)J (58.42/)
Equation(58.31)and therelation
(X,ê11- 2f
*1 (58.43)
show thatvLtand.93obeythefamiliarcommutationrelations
E-
f+,,9-)- 2X3 (58.44/)
'Thecoeëcientsin theserelationsareknownasthecoes cientsofJbactionalparentage (sec
Prob.15.8).
2Forageneralsurveysee1.Talmiand 1,Unna,Ann.Rev.Nucl.Sci..10:353(19* ).
3G.Racah,Phys.Rc&.,63:367 (1943). The presentsolution is due to A.K .Kerman,Ann.
Phys.(N.F.).12:3* (1961). Thesamepseudospintechniquewasused earlierbyP.W .Ander-
son,Phys.#er',,112:19* (1958),in a discussion ofsuperconductivity.
s24 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
(X+,X31= -X+ (58.44:)
Iu
f-,uf3J- uf- (58.44c)
which arejustthose ofthe angular-momentum operators. The quantity :2
can bewrittenas
92=J'
J+.
à./+.
f-+xf-u
f..)- .
L,(<
% - 1)+ .f+u
#- (58.45)
and a rearrangem entyields
f+.
. L--92- &(.
9z- 1) (58.46)
In term s of these pseudospin operators,the interaction ham iltonian becom es
7- -l2G ,f.,
b j-- - 2G (gc- g3(g3- j;j (jg4y) .
j+ 1 2j+ 1
so thatP isexpressed entirelyin termsof:2and Sb. Sinc.
e the spectrum of
theangular-momentum operators,12and7,followssolelyfrom thecommutation
relations,we can im mediately deducetheeigenvaluespectrum ofthe operators
:2and Sj,which thussolvestheproblem .
Theeigenvaluesof:z' areoftheform N45*+ 1).whereSisintegralorhalf-
integral. Italso followsfrom the theory ofangularmomentum thatS > 5-31
,.
c= 0,
1, 2,4,...,2j+ 1- N (A even) 2N >
3,5....,lj+ 1- N (N odd) jj0(l
j:js+ 1) (f8.50:)
Thehrstcasecorrespondsto a shelllessthan halffilled,orparticlesin theshell,
whereasthe second refersto a shellm orethan halffilled,orholes in the shell.
'G.Racah,loc.cI'/.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS B25
Theexaetspectrum ofX isobtainedbycombiningEqs.(58.41),(58.42*,(58.47),
and (58.49)
N - a 2/+ 1 +.2 - N - a
Eg= S'6()- G --.
j-.
-Z- j.-
jj- j.
--.
-- .
-.
ge:-G
o,
j(I-a
'
Y
.
/y
-o
--2.
)j+.G
' -scj'I-j
t
'
y-
yu
2) (58.51)
withtheallowedvaluesoftrgiveninEqs.(58.50).1
W e now explicitly construct the lowest few eigenstates of 4 and srst
consider an even num ber of particles N. The lowest energy state clearly has
o.= 0. We shallshow thatthisstate isjustthe normal-coupling shell-model
ground state
P%(
A.
(
A
)'..
2
+ 2.-/
u +1 ,..#
/-+ l f().'.'
f.(
#x
)1
0.,
.
N 2j+ 1- N + 2 ,
..j. xt
G j -.--2-
.- .-.
/.
+
.--l
...--.-.(v ...(ok
(/.
),
1N..
. tM ,tz 2x?=kj...,
. =
;
-.
(
1
))g
#x1oy
p J= 2,,4,6,...,2./- 1 (58.53)
Theproofgoesjustasbefore.exceptatthelaststep,whereIf
%SlJM210)-0for
J # 0,
'thereforetheeigenvalue ofP is
N.
--Glj(2
-.
/+
-L1
.-
j+
-.
N
l+2)-Ij--cN
-.2
--
22.
12
+.
/-
1.
+-l-
N
asclaim ed. The seniority c isclearly the numberofunpaired particlesin these
states.
0+ 2+4+ (2./-1)+
-
G
0+ 2+4+ (2g- 1)+
-
2G
0+
-
3G
identify N - 2..
+% - c,then Eq.(58.61)reproducestheexactspectrum ofEq.
(58.51)inthelimit2.
,3/
% < N -:
t2j+.1. Thisresultjustifestheuseoftheapproxi-
matecommutationrelationsofEq.(58.57)inthissamelimit.
THE Bo Gol-luBov TRANSFO RM ATION !
W e have seen thatpairing playsa very im portantrole in nuclearspectroscopy.
ltisthereforeofinterestto includethepairingefectsinamodisedXt,which
should then providea betterstarting pointfordiscussingnuclear spectra. This
objectivecanbeachievedwiththeBogoliubovcanonicaltransformation. Since
theresultingXoandX - Powillnotseparatelyconservethenumberofparticles,
Xowillbea sensibleapproximate hamiltonian only ifthe numberofparticles
underconsideration islargeand thecorrespondingquctuations((X 2)- (X )2)/
lS.T.Beliaev.ApplicationofCanonicalTransformation M ethod to Nuclei.in C.DeW itt(ed.),
t'The M any-Body Problem,''p.377,John W ileyandSons.Inc..New York,1959. Foramore
detailed discussion of this approach to nuclear slxctroscopy see M .Baranger,Phys.Re?J.,
120:957(19K )andA.M .Lane,t.Nucle-ar'
fheory,''W .A.Benjamin.lnc.,New York,1964.
saa AppulcAzloNs To pHvslcAu sys-rEM s
'
X)2 negligibly small.l These conditions are best satissed in heavy nuclei,
and we here consider only sphericalsystem s.
W e shall generalize our previous discussion of spectroscopy in a single
jshellbyworkingwith asetpfstatesthatarecompletelyspecised bythequantum
numbers bl
jm),,the radialquantum numbern then being fully determined by
the originalchoice of shells. This set can be as large as two neighboring har-
monic-oscillatorshells(seetheleftsideofFig.57.2). Notethattheparityofa
given state is(-1)1. W eagain usethe notation
jt
x)-.ljmj).EH lJ,z?tal (58.62J)
l-,
.
x-
)- ha,-rna). (58.62:)
wherethequantum numbers((z)denote(n(j;,withn redundantasalreadydis-
cussed. Fortherem ainderofthissection,we assum e thatthe shellsare ûlled
withjustonekind ofnucleon,forexample,anucleuswithclosedprotonshells
and partiallyilled neutron shells.
Thekineticenergyisascalaroperatorand hencediagonalin =, la, iFla.
')=
3az.Ta. Consequently the therlnodynam ic potentialat zero tem perature can
be written
(58.63)
wheretheinteractionisassumedattractive(P'> 0)exactlyasinEq.(37.6). We
now carry out the following canonicaltransform ation on this therm odynam ic
potential
Wl
%- uJc%
? - va Sac-a
(58.64)
d Es uacu - vaSuc'
. - .
wherethephase.
% = (-1)Jœ-'*ehasagain beenintrodueed to makez41'an irreduc-
ible tensor operator. The coeë cients ua and vg are taken to be realand nor-
m alized
ul
a + n2
a= 1
(yX
t -.,uazzl(
(58.66)
1
'-;-!.,a.Sazd- ::
(58.68)
(f8.69)
'a/3iP'!y't
i'= N'
' x- .g j??2j.jay'jJ.îf , 7':zl1ly.js??7y /y./'
'z ??7a.y' . ,.I.
b1
JM
(58.70)
. abJ :l.
';cdJ
Q/.
9!p'.y3.:
v(ca
1(-)csc.,)
5:* APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
and the other terms are those remaining in Eqs.(j8.63). W ith the identities
(seeEq.(B.20>))
i (ju'z7,jbmbA .
5 VJM S(./amx.
ibmbjh 7,JM )- l
and
=
N
.
u ut
lA1
x
'.
l'
m.1'- m tjj'00'
.
)L.j/ng'- m !
1gg
'JM )= bJ(j8M()
thec-numbertermsin Eqs.(58.63)can bewritten
&= )
(?
'
œ
J,
2(L - y.+ !.L )- !.j
Q
(valq-
'
îa (58.74)
wherethesingle-particlepotentialenergyhasbeen desned by1
(58.76)
2J + 1
= 2 3, jsjpsms
.%+ 1 #
Furthermore,P'(1,2)isinvariantunderspatialreiections,and conservation of
parityimpliesthat/j= Isinthematrixelement(ab.l1VIadJ$. (Thepossibility
h = Is:iu2isruledoutby-/j=h.4 Withinoursubspaceoftwoadjacentoscillator
shellswe can therefore write
lIn order to emphasize that L and .ï. are independent of mx. we use the abbrevi
ation
J'
aEëjx.etc.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S :THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS B31
Byexactly the sameargument,thetermsproportionalto Nlcc)and h'lctc1)can
besim plised with therespectivereplacements(seeEq.(B.20>))
t.X ??
' x Svfvuoj
1y-&ms!jyh 00.
.'--+(j.
l-- j:c-h 1)
:'jamxJ'jmj1jajj00h
. >.(Sx
,-.
6a,-
jj -.j-j)1.
a+
ln thisway,we obtain
X l= Jgltu2
t
,- l?j)(eu- y,
)+ 2uavakâajj.
tzdt
'
lzla+.adla ad-a)-
(58.9l)
= N7 f
a
-. ')jFA:0l
-
Ia.
'
,
.gN(cj
-
h(aa).
y-t.
v
l3jaj (58.93)
aj
wa
sz4 Appulcv loss To pHyslcAu svs-rEu s
TheexpectationvalueofT'
xnisgivenby
(lllko1* = (œlrxclœ)1:1- r-œlFxol-œ)rl K #0
= r:œlrxcIa)E&a
2- (-I)&pj)
and we therefore 5nd
x-(v+1)sz-(2y+1)j
lgl-(yz+3az).j (58.97)
which hxesthecoeëcientsuand &:
v-
taytjl* u-(1-zj)j)'
withthesignschosenasinSec.37. Similarly.thegapequation(58.82)reduces
to thesimplecondition
(é2+ J2)+= I.
G (58.98)
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S :THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 637
Forcomparisontheexactresult(Eq.(58.51)1isgiven by
LE *(?V)- G nq (58.108)
i-(1-X
' kj
?+
-2
l1
,
w here we have again identitied o'E2a(,. These two expressions now'agree up
through thefirstcorrectionterm in thethermodynamicIimit:Q'- I-v s'.'
aith
nq/lzj+ 1)snite.
The validity of the Bogoliubov approach to nuclear spectra can also be
tested by exam ining theQuctuation in .
N'(com pare Prob.l0.6)
nX O
(59.2)
where ,
11'.(
),istheexactground state ofthe hamiltonian X in E'q.(56.l8)and
.t
1'?!) is an exactexcited state. The lef'
tside can be rewritten by evaluating the
com m utatorexplicitly:
-''
'
E//),(xtjl= () (59.3tz)
,
(59.3:)
(59.3c)
u'
here the norm alordering in the last line again refers to the particle and hole
operators
(59.4)
The firsttwo com m utators are sim ple.but the last one is generally very com -
plicated.
1More delailed discussions of the application of these llpanl'-body techniques to nuclear
spectroscopy can be found in A .M .Lane,Ioc.cit.,M ,Baranger,loc.cit.,and G .E.Brown,
-'Unihed TheoryofNuclearModels.'qNorth-Holland Publishing Company.Amsterdam.1964.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S:THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS B39
W e startby evaluating Eq.(59.3c)in the Tamm-Dancofr approximation
(TDA),1where the allowed statesin Eq.(59.2)are restricted to the closed-shell
Hartree-Fock ground state
ilI-0 ,= 1
! .0 . ax 0''-.bar0s.a.O
.z
.Aj*n!ta
. .
'
tj'tj*()..a Vlz
(,
1
p)
(59.20)
uxbkàvO .
S-bS-s(-;-p.l'aA - -;?-Jzl'A:
z1
and theequationsofmotion(59.18)become
(:E0- (.'u- e-,))- En'
L4a
('
1
j'- D
N'(l.aj;.
ppz,
lk'
?
u
'- 1/aj;vbu(
;''
a'
,a
'J- 0
t(.
E'
o- (ex- 6-,)1- f'
,)(
px
t'b
''- ;
-
u
-
.
C(1*x*niàv(rzt'#','-i
. -ua*j:A,,4t
&.'1- 0
, (59.22:)
.
which again form a linear hom ogeneous set of algebraic equations. lf the
com plete set of H artree-Fock single-particle wave functions is taken as the
bound statesplusthecontinuum stateswith standing-waveboundaryconditions.
then aIlthe m atrix elements in thisexpression are real2
L'xj;Av=S'
,
1;:AJ,= C'A/
xkaj (59.23J)
uak:zs= &Apz:aj= l?a
*j:àbz (59.23:-
)
,
.D.Bohm and D.Pines.Phvs.:,1...82:625(19jl)(secthecolmnnentsinSec.12). Thcapproach
discussed herew'asoriginallh'developed rortheelectron gasb)rK.Sawada.Phvs.Ret'.-106:3--
-h
(1957).
2ln ourapplications,theHartree-Fockua&efunctionsareapproximated bythe (bound$stales
ofthe harmonic oscillator. Fora discussion oftransitionsto the continuunnstalessee.t-oT
exam ple,F.Villars and M .S.W'eiss.Phys.f-erpcrs',11:318 (1964)and J.Friar,Phbns.Sc:.,
C1:40 (19703.
5*2 APPUCATtONS TO PHYStCAL SYSTEMS
In this case, the solutions corrèsponding to two diflkrent eigenvalues with
En- Eu> 0 satisfy the following orthogonality relation
; j4l
Xnq'l#4(
(
Z:
f)- p@
XF
')*pt
7n/lj= 3XX, (j9.g4)
œj
Equation(59.24)alsoimpliesaparticularnormalization;thejustihcationofthis
choiceisrathersubtle,however,and now willbetreated in detail.l
WcfrstnotethatEqs,(59.22)and(59.24)côrrectlyreducetoEqs.(59.9)
and(59.12)asfpç xn;--
>.0. A morecompellingargumentforEq.(59.24)canbe
found within theframework ofthequasiboson approxim ation.l So farwehave
approxim ated onlythematrix elem ents.butthenorm alization ofthecoeë cients
requiresfurtherrestrictions. D efnethe operator
Q-â- )(('
/,a
tn,')1,-vu
çn)Ljl (59.25)
ub
ThenthecommutatorwithX yields
E4-p-ll'
-'-(En-e-
())Q1 (59.26)
where wehave used the linearization prescription thatthe only term s retained
ontheleftsi4eshouldbeproportionaltolAort'(Eqs.(59.3)and(59.20))along
withtheequationsof-motion(59.22)and(59.23). Assumenow thatEq.(59.26)
holdsasanoperatoridentity,andthattheinteractingground statecanbedesned
by the condition
Q-1(
k1'())= 0 alln (59.27)
Thecollectiveexcitationscan beconstructed as
l'Fal- ()11Y-(
)) (59.2%
which isaneigenstateofP becauseofEq.(59.26). These eigenstatesm ustbe
orthonorm al:
.
r
t.l,
-,,'1.I.
',
-)-3,-,.
--t.1'
-(,r(:-,,p1)l'I,
-(
')) (59.29)
SubstitutionofthedehningrelationofEq.(59.25)thenleadstothenormalization
condition ofEq.(59.24)provided thatthereplacement
(Lj,1'
1p,1='
=3.Abbb, (59.30)
1M .Baranger,loc.cit.
2Notethatthequasibosonsdiscussed here areformed from particle-holepairs;in Eq.(58.57),
theboson operatorscontain pairsofparticles.
Appl-lcATloNs To FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS KA.Q
is perm issible. A direct evaluation of the com m utator yields the following
necessary conditionsforthequasiboson description
IYIS'IIlt
/yay1Y'o)-t 1 (59.31J)
(kl'ck?/Yb'/'1:1P0).
c
.
:1 (59.31:)
Tointerprettheseconditions,weassumethatthetruegroundstatetV%)consists
mainlyoftheparticle-holevacuum k0)plussmalladmixturesofotherparticle-
hole states with Jn = 0+. Since the num ber ofparticles m ustequalthe num ber
ofholes,Eq.(59.31)reallyassumesthatNKIN <:
<1whereN isthetotalnum berof
ElledcorestatesandNhisthemeannumberofholesin lN%),forthentheproba-
bility ofsnding a hole in the state y is
t'l'cI(Qa,
::-n
1)I
1.F0,
h- )(g4t
an
j''*$ç
(
:n
jt--pt
a'j
'''*wt
apj
'')-3nz. (59.33)
The transition matrix element of a multipole operator from one ofthe
excited statesto the ground state can be im mediately evaluated. W ithin the
RPA.onlythosetermsof?containingt
/Aforbawillcontributeto(H'al/(
kl%),
and we find
t-.
-I
xb
('-arF(-,)5--j)1,+'t-,rFl=)s-bL,1 (59.34)
(1l'
.
-nI1-1
'i-0)- 7)5'-,E(alF1-#)l
/za
t/j+(-#1Fla)tpt
zaj') (59.35)
Equation(59.35)isagainasum ofsingle-particlematrixelementsweighted with
thecoemcients(/t
œn
j),wt
an
jl)determinedabove.
RED UCTION O F THE BASIS
The dimension of-the matrix equations(59.22)can be reduced considerably by
noting thatJ is a good quantum num ber. W e use therotationalinvariance of-
thesystem toassumethattal= (nljmj;anddesne
3%abJM4- Z (&mz-ibrnj1.
. &.&JM )Dj (59.36)
@l@mn
Hxmx-àmbkh-
iôlsis- (-1)Jœ+*-J(A - mx-ib- mbl.h-
ibl- Af) (59.37)
m u + m b= M
whichshowsthat%((abJ-M )isatensoroperatorofrankJwhere
SJM (-l)J-M (59.38)
Thuswefurtherdefne
hnblabqe ('l3MIêXeJM)l'l%)
'
Z i-ixmxjnmpljxà-lhf?s/a
t$ (59.39/)
mlmp
+!?'(Jd9H&('l3-Il(J1J-M)l 'l%)
-
% Z (-/amx.
/,mbIh .
&./- M )'Pç
xnb
' (59.39:)
Mœmn
which are independentofM by the W igner-Eckarttheorem . In thisway,the
generalmultipole operatorin Eq.(59.34)can be written with the aid ofthe
W igner-Eckartthcorem as
% M 'zk 1 a u )tujjsjy)nj
j.j)1.Y
(u . a#
fs-bqlxFAla.%vjl.
/a.
&.7'
+ su5'-#r.
&-'nj.&,--mxïjbhlMs'
:?':
(r,Lf')Ljl
-'-
(u .1 l)+X ttJl
a.
I :)t,(ayJu l
F,l
I
and itfollowsthat
'
::131
!T'
,11
:1%)- Z f(cIF,l
1O 'hnblabt+ (-1P -J*-'(:1IrgI!
c)Jqnblabjk (59.41)
Thebasisforthelinearequations(59.22)cannow bereduced bysumming
withtheClebsch-Gordancoeëcientsin Eqs.(59.39). Forasphericalsystem,
e.- e-j= ea- evand thehrsttermsofEq.(59.22)immediately yield (Gnblab)
andçijnblabj. Theinteractiontermsaremorecomplicated. Sincetheinteraction
potentialisinvariantunderrotations(compareEq.(58.70)),wemaywrite
(59.42:)
In these expressions (ab) and (Im) denote the remaining quantum numbers
identifying the particle-hole pair, for example (abjEe(nalajasnvlbjvq. W hen
ë..j;Ayissum med withtheClebsch-Gordan coemcientin Eq. (59.39J),weusethe
relatlons
-
, $' k'./Xmœ.
x-M ' & mbIjxJ'
j-/.
lz;t.
/AmnJ'
j-p;jlhy-;'A:
f')
mqm#
=
(-jj1'
-J
'
l-Jbj'g.jy
. .
yy
'ty
.
.
s-
.j.
j j. xqgs-m..
lxmxp.
/pJu ?)-j
(59.43)
(59.44)
'j- J'
./-
1 J L(IDJ';IzramJ')
-
(-j)jo+J'
m'
:J'k
(jylrjFtt'
nalrjj (59.45)
The overallm inussign com es from interchanging the order ofthe two matrix
elementsin Eq.(59.42/).
The sum oftlf
im m edi ybkàv with the Clebsch-G ordan coeë cientin Eq. (59.39/)is
ately carried outwith the help ofthe following identity obtained from
Eq.(59.43)
Z (JkmxX mb.
mamp M '
1
X 7,.
/* )Ih P?Ah Mlz.1./,4jxJ'M ')
(59.47)
where
ul
ab;jaja (-.j)lm-.
/1-Jj.
Jtpi?F1l (j9.
4g)
N ote the interchange ofthe indicesIand ?)?on the rightside ofthis relation.
The recoupling relations(59.44)and (59.47)now makeitpossible to rewrite
thelinearEqs.(59.22)as
lEfc+ (Ea- e,)1- fnl'
lqntlabbv Z
lm
:LJ,:l,,b
llqnbllm)+ uibilmvqntllm)?-0
(59.494)
(59.49:)
Thiscalculation explicitly decouples the states of diflkrentJ and dem onstrates
that the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are independent of , j.
I. The TD A is
recovered from Eqs.(59.41)and(59.49)by setting(ptn'= 0.
The equations to this pointare entirely generaland apply to atom saswell
as nuclei.l In the nuclearcase,however,the invariance ofthe interaction under
rotations in isotopic-spin space can be used to reduce the basis further. W ith
ttxl=fnljmj;Jrnr)itisclearthatwemustmerelyincludeanisotopic-spincoup-
ling coeë cientand phasefactoralong with every angular-m om entcoupling co-
eëcientand phasefactor. From Eq.(59.41)we immediately obtain
r'
ttl-
iTiitgviEk1.
-0)
= 5 -tft
't
zE!TJviib)s/!J.
/(J/?)+ (-1)1-1-r(-1)#.-Ja-JLbiiTJ.
yEEaj(
ylj
yn
ylttzyll
J;
(59.50)
wherethe sym bol EEdenotesa reduced m atrixelem entwith respectto both angu-
larmomentum andisotopicspin. Thecoemcientskqn
gj,(
pj
r
n:
/inthisrelationsatisfy
thesame setoflinearequations(59.49)with
vlr;,m
a, Jjm J't''
l' !'
Jx
5- (2J'+ 1)(2F'+ 1)jy,
- -
,
Jjj j
uJT
J*;lm = /
N- 1
'1
I1-'
i'-F f
%- 1
*L
JJm-JI-J ,
t.JT
ab$/?y1
lForanapplicationtoatomsseeP.L.AltickandA.E.Glassgold,Phys.Ret'..133:,*632(1964).
s47
sot-u-rloN FOR THE (ISI-DIM ENSIONAL SUPERM ULTIPLET W ITH A 3(x) FORCE
Jn this section the TDA and RPA equations are solved for a specifc m odel
n here theinterparticle forceistaken to be independentofspin and isotopicspin.
The ground state of the nucleus is assumed to consist ofclosed shells and to
have the quantum num bers . % = L = F = (). This m odel illustrates som e very
interesting sjstem atic features of the particle-hole calculations. The Hartree-
Fock single-particleenergiesnow depend only on (n//,and thesingle-particle
levels can be characterized by
(59.55)
Since the interaction and single-particle energies are assum ed independent of
spin and isotopic spin,the basis can be reduced by introducing states of given
L.S.and F,forexam ple.
blLn
àvlab)H N' .
'Ia?A7k./,?37,;
!'
.IaIvL.
'
S:
JJ. .Jrn,zj.
msî!.!.5'-$'
f,
(alkrrl's?
x l'
lziral'
v'r,'
i'l'r-
k/r..
,'
)ç
xn) (59.56)
Furtherm ore.the spin and isotopic-spin dependence ofthe interaction m atrix
elements factors.z Svhen Eq.(j9,55) is summed with the Clebsch-Gordan
coemcientsin Eq.(55.56).thespinand isospincoeëcientsmaybetakenthrough
the second term ofthe interaction and applied directly to the w'
ave function.
'Note thatBt
œ = b%
X f
orj(ï - lx - !.and Bt
tz= -b%
q f
orja =lœ - .
i.so thatthe!wo operators
merely diflkrb5anJ-dependentphase.
2Thisistheadvantage ofthecanonicaltransformation in Eqs.(59.53)and (59.54).
s48 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Inthehrstterm oftheinteraction,thespindependence(andsimilarlytheisospin
dependence)isgivenby
3mzA.-mJp 3*1:#.-mzl(-1)1-?
Nœ(-1)1-'NA
=('
vZ112(1.
ra,zj.
msjt!.!.00)(!.
??:,A!.
rnsj
,I!.!.00)
which contributes only for S = r = 0. The /dependence of the interaction
m atrix elem entsistreated exactly asin theprevioussection. Thusthe reduced
TDA equationsbecome(con,pareEq.(59.45))
(Ea- eb- en)SLn.
lrlabs+ Z L'
)l;
Q I'Lnîrçlm)= 0 (59.57/)
fm
vu Tl
Im It f- , ,
qbim = - N=.;x
tgL'+ j) /
L'
I , (($lbL IP'1/almL )
b a L
- 43.s: 3w(
j(-1)lb+l'-l-'(Ib/1L'lIZ.
1/t,/mf,'/
-
') (59.57:)
where the order ofthe two potentialmatrix elements in Eq.(59.55)has been
interchanged. In these equations,the labels (ab) and (lm) again denote the
remaining particle-holequantum numbers,forexample,(ab)H (ngla,n,/,).
Thequantum numbers.5'andFinEq.(59.57)arisefrom couplingthespins
and isotopic spinsofa particle-hole pairand can take the valueszero and one.
W e shallsrstconcentrate on the stateswhere eitherS or r diflkrsfrom zero;
theparticle-holeinteraction(59.57:)isthen particularlysimplebecausethelast
Table 69.1 Degenerate states of the
(16)-dimensional spin-isotopic spin
superm ultiplets
N l
I
-
I
L
) L - 1,LsL + 1
l
term proportional to 3sot
s
iwc vanishes. As the remaining interaction is in-
dependentof S orF,weconcludethatthe l5 spin and isotopic spin statesin
Table 59.1alllie atthesam eenergy. Thesestatestherefore form a degenerate
supermultiplet(the(15)supermultiplet)and mustbecombinedwiththenstates
ofgiven L obtained by diagonalizing the matrix in Eq.(59.57/). Thevaluesof
J in each degenerate supermultiplet(obtained by coupling L and 5') are also
shown in Table59.l. Thesinglestatewith .
&= F = 0foreachn and L isclearly
APPLICATIO NS TO FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 649
m
.. -- .-
j((
)(;()z.
sf
leads to the result
N
Fnumb?Fl!mm
((r?JlIbrn:IIt&L'M ''
)(
LlavlaIm?.
?k,
a;IgfmL'M ')
x
(0
b0/
,0
f--
1
/y
(0
la0
lmZ
0-
)
The recoupling relation3(note thateach ofthe ?-j sym bolsvanishesunlessthe
sum oftheJ'siseven)
é.
u((21,sj)t
f/
l,
ml
/a
,z
L.
,)q
'
b O
0 1',
j(.
I
0
a
l,+z,.t.
=(-1) (0
/
,0
' Z/
0
,jq0
b 0
1.
,)
'
thenallowsustorewritetheparticle-holeinteractionfortheglsl-supermultiplet
inthevery sim pleform
LV!.ii= fLfyL'k (59.59/)
LjyH(-l)l
.
.((2/a+.1)(2/
p+1))10
C V
0j (59.59:)
lIftheforcesareindependentofspinand isotopicspin, thehamiltonianisinvariantunderthe
symmetrygroupS&(4),whi ch isW igner'ssupermultipl ettheory(E.P.W igner,Phys.Reth..
51:106 (1937)). The degenerate particle-hole states then form bases fbr the irreducible
representations4(
& i= I1)(
.
9 (15).whichisexplicitlyillustratedinthepresentcalculations.
7A.R.Edmonds,op.cit..eq. (4.6.5).
3A , R .Edmonds.op.cl
'
?..eq.(6.
2.6).
APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
t?.
% = (6l
Icz.l
I/,) (59.59$
where
f- # *un,1,unst.un t.un dr (59.60)
4.
n o
g m l,ar
.
-i'
Inthisexpressionunllristheradialwavefunction (see.forexample,Eq.(57.6)).
Notethatthet'
jyarejustthereducedmatrixelementsofthesphericalharmonics
cuM = L4=I(lL + 1)1+Yuu. Now the radialwave functionsare peaked atthe
surfaceofthenucleusforparticlesinthesrstfew unoccupied shellsandforholes
inthelastfew flledshells,andtheoverlapintegral(willnotchangeappreciably
from oneparticle-holepairtothenext.l Weshallthereforeassumethatfisa
positive,state-independentconstant. In thiscase the particle-hole interaction
isseparable. TheresultingTDA equations(here,%b= e.- e,)
(e.,- 6n)/(
(:))z.(J& -1-ftl, Z
lal
?k /t
(:)2z-(/r?;) - 0 (59.6l)
canthenbemultipliedbyva
Lvlleav- en)andsummedoverabtoyieldtheeigenvalue
equation
1 (t,1,.
)2
f J: 'n- ea. (59.62)
Thesolutionsto thisequation foragivenL areindicated graphicallyinFig.59.l.
Ifn particle-hole statesare included,then n - lofthe eigenvalues lie between
l
f
Fig. 59.1 Pl
ot of )((&'
jJ2(6- 6.,)-1 as a
function of e with the eigenvalues ea of Eq.
*ab (59.62) indicated bycrosses.
lSeeH.Noya,A.Arima.and H .Horie,Suppl.Prog.Theor.Phys.çhr
yotols8:33(1959),Table2,
foran explicitevaluation ofthese matrix elements. They are.in fact,remarkably'constant.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S:THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 651
In thiscase,theenergyofthetop superm ultipletbecom es
t'top= tb+ fZ (X22 (59.63)
ab
(VI'(
''
151Li*
:QL:
.'
:%'0)=0 othern- 1supermultiplets (59.71:)
Foreach Z,we 5nd the following rem arkable result. The one superm ultiplet
that is pushed up in energy carriesthe entire transition strength, whereas the
rem ainingn - 1degeneratesuperm ultipletshaveno transition strength whateyer.
Itis an experimentalfact that low-energy photoabsorption in nucleiis
dom inated by the giant resonance. This state is a ftw M tV wide, and its
excitation energy decreases systematically from about 25 M eV in the lightest
nucleito 10 M eV in the heaviestnuclei. Thedom inantm ultipoleforphotons
ofthisenergyiselectricdipole,and the giantresonance also systematically ex-
hauststhedipolesum rule(seeProb.15.17). Theelectricdipoleoperatoris1
z:
QlM = #=l
Z (3/4=)1xIM(./)JT3(.
j)
Thusthe excited state m usthave S = 0,F = 1,and Ln= Jn= 1- ifthe ground
statehasS = F = 0 andLn= Jn= 0+.
The sim plest picture of the giant dipole resonance, due to Goldhaber
and Teller,2isthat'theprotonsoscillateagainsttheneutrons. Them oresophis-
ticated m odelpresented herewasoriginally proposed by Brown and Bolsterli.(j
The observed giantdipole resonance m ay be identihed with the T = 1, S = 0
state ofthe top L = 1supermultipletand doesindeed exhibitmany featuresof
thism odel. Itappearsatanenergy higherthan the unperturbed consguration
energieseavobtained from neighboring nucleiand carriesallthedipoletransition
strength.
ForL = 1,the presentschematic modelpredictsa supermultlpletofthese
giant resonance states. The m odelalso predicts other giant-resonance super-
m ultiplets,one foreach allowed Z. In He4.the simplestclosed-shellnucleus
!Notethattheirst(isoscalar)term inEq.(59.67)fortheelK tricdipoleoperatorisproportional
to
A
â x(7)
Jal
which isjustthepositionofthecenterofmass. Hencethisterm cannotgiverisetointernal
excitation ofthesystem.
2M .GoldhaG rand E.Teller,Phys.Rev.,74:1046 (1948).
3G .E.BrownandM .Bolsterli,Phys. Rev.Letters,3:472(1959). (Theseauthorswereprimarily
concerned withtheF = l.J'
'= 1-excitedstatesofr = 0,J'
't= 0+nuclei.) %xealso G.E.Brown,
op.cfl.,p.29.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S:THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 5B3
withfournucleonsin thelsoscillatorshell.theflrstnegative-parityexcited states
are expected to belong to the (1p)(1:)-.particle-holeconfguration with L = I.
A11the states ofthe (15)supermultiplet builton thisconhguration have been
experimentallyidentified.l In addition,thereisevidencefrom inelasticelectron
scattering thatthe F= 1,S= l,Jn= l-and 2-componentsoftheZ = 1,(15J
superm ultipletof
-giantresonancesarealso presentinbotb C i2and O '62
Beforeconsideringthe. S'= 0,r = 0excitedstates,weinvestigatethesesam e
(15)supermultipletswithintheframeworkoftheRPA. Thelinearizedequations
aregiven by Eqs.(59.22)and(59.23),and thebasiscanagainbereducedbyintro-
ducingstatesofdesniteF,S,andL. Justasbefore,theûrstterm inEq.(59.21)will
not contribute if either S or F diFers from zero, and the C lebsch-G ordan
coeë cientsforspinand isotopicspin maybetakenthroughthesecondinteraction
term ontothewavefunction. ThereductionoftheIpartsofthem atrixelements
proceedsexactlyasin thepreviousdiscussion. Thustheinteractioninthe(15)
supermultipletbecomes(compareEq.(59.48))
r'
sl
,l
.li- Jr),h'k (59.72/)
&a
(:
15
;l)m
L= (t%c
L,
15
:,
)
?
,Ll(-j)lm-l!-L(-j).
%+T
=
(-j)L+S+F(va
Lbt
yz
hl
Lm (59.72:)
W ith theassumption o1-aconstantJ,thepotentialisagain separable,and the
RPA equations can be written3
(Ec,- E,,
)4t
(:)9z.
(c&)+ fra
''
, 5-tl
t'k k't
J)!,,
(/?'
n)+ (-1)L+:+''cfmfpt:s
'lst/?''ll - 0
(59.73/)
(%,+ %)g'g
t:s
'lt-lab)+ êra
'.
b 5-E'.
'
k J'
f
çks
bjllms-i
-(-1)L+1'+''1.
p,,/(
1 t7s
'3,.(/??'
))J - 0
(59.73:)
Theeigenvalueequation followson multiplying by ru
f'
t
p/tea,.
-F5ea)and summing
over(ab)
1 uc l 1
j- a-
- =
Yb (L,) -
6n- eu,- en+ %b (59.74)
This equation isexplicitly sym m etric in en,and the excitation energiesare the
solutionsforpositiveen(indicated graphically in Fig.59.2). Justasin theTDA,
1W . E.MeyerhofandT.A.Tombrello,Nucl.Phys.,A109:1(1968).
2T.deForestand J.D.W alecka.Electron Scattering and NuclearStructure,in Advan.Phys.,
15:1(1966).
3The explicitphase dependenceon S and F can beeliminated by considering the amplitudes
4and(-l)1'+S+T'@.whichdeterminethephysicalquantitiesofinterest(Eqs.(59.74)and(59.78)J.
554 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
Z
f
fa,
Fig.59.2 Plotof)g (pjb)2((e- :.)-1- (6+ :jo)-1)asa function of e
with thepositiveeigenvaluesqnindicated by crosses.
n- 1eigenvaluesaretrapped betweentheadjacentvalueseu,andoneispushed
up,although notasfarasin theTD A .
Thesolutionsforpositive enagain sim plifyconsiderably in thedegenerate
casewhere%.= o . Thehighesteigenvalueisgiven by
6 13 1
-- (ps.,)z
top==6: 1-r-ee (59.75)
Forthissupermultipletitfollowsfrom theRPA equationsthat/at,and +avare
both proportionalto sa
Lb,while (Jav/çpat,= (-1)L+:e'T(e()+ e)/(o - e). W ith the
normalizationofEq.(59.24),thewavefunctionbecomes
bsa
tb t'o - e'top
+l73s(J:)- (-1)1,+.
5+'
r-'$ (L 2 . 2(..lOp,(,)i (59.76J)
LJ
E,f-
/1ljhLlab)- ab foY-ftop
. (59.76:)
Z ( y ztftop
'eo).
;
ab
L122
The othern - 1eigenvalues are unaltered,and itfollowsthat
e.= o (59.77/)
+j:)jz.
(c??)= 0 othern- 1supermultiplets (59.77:)
Z
ab
rl
p /t(
1)1Ll
abj= 0 (59.77c)
Thetransition m ultipole m atrix elem entsfrom theground stateareobtained
from Eq.(59.35)with S-;replacedby R -j. ForthechargemultipolesofEq.
(59.67),itisagaintruethatonlytheS= 0,F = 1excited statescontribute,and
we:nd (compareEq.(59.50)1
tkl'zlslz.i!QuEiY%)= V'j3s0a)b('
'
Lrtb
,a,IL'):/l1)jtlab)+(-l)L+&+'
r
>:ra
'7+l:)),,
(tz?')) (59.78)
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S :THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 555
ln thecase ofdegenerate unperturbed consguration energiesand radialm atrix
elementsindependentof(ab),thisexpression becomes
- e 1 1
'
t
êtyE
tl
os
plL.
:.
:QL::tyo). V'?jsoj?.Lj et0
. ..
op
y
ab
(j)
t.)2
ab
(59.79)
ktVl-
''
(
'
l5)L'
:'
:QL'
:'
:Vl'0.
b-0 othern- lsupermultiplets
Hencethe transition probabilityisreduced bya factor(ec/e)1 from the TDA
resultfor the corresponding states. Thisrepresents an im provementbecause
the single particle-hole TDA calculation generally puts too m uch strength in
the top superm ultiplet-l
Finally,wereturntotheF= 0,S= 0states(the(1)supermultiplets),where
theparticle-holeinteractionhasadditionalterms. ltisclearfrom Eq.(59.57:)
and thecalculationleadingupto Eq.(59.59J)thattheparticle-holeinteraction
is again separable for a delta-function potential. In fact,the relevant m atrix
elem entsare given by
r5111,,= -3LQ!.lm (59.80J)
l/5l,
!,r
,,- -3/5
1!.1m (59.80:)
andthereforechangeslknforthe5-= F= 0states. Allthecalculationsproceed
exactlyasbefore,zbutwith a new J'thatisnegative,('= -3J. Figures59.1
and 59.2 im ply thatthe collective levelis now pushed down in energy and is
pusïjzdfurtherintheRPA thanintheTDA. Inaddition,theS= F= 0collec-
tivestate hasa Iargertransition m atrix elem entto theground state in the RPA
because(o/e)1> 1,and thusbecomesmore collectivethan in theTDA.3 Both
ofthesefeaturesoftheR PA generallyim provethecom parison withexperim ents.
AN A PPLICATION TO N UCLEI: O1:
To illustratetheapplicationofthistheoryto arealphysicalsystem ,wetum m arize
acalculation intheTDA oftheF= 1negativeparitystatesof016.1 Therela-
tively strong spin-orbit force in nuclei m akes it appropriate to return to the
single-particlestateslabeled with(n#). Theground stateofO16isassumedto
form aclosedp shell,andallnegativeparityconsgurationsobtainedbyprom oting
(2a.
1.
)(1.
:.
/-1 18.55 1-#2-
(1d1)(1#J-' 17.68 1-'2-;3->4-
(1d+)(1#:)-1 22.76 0-#1-'2-# 3-
.
(2.
h)(1#J-: 12.39 0- 1-
(1Jp (1pJ-' 11.52 2-93-
(lt
%)(1.:.
/-. 16.* 1-,2-
: in M eV
g-
-
j-
3'
- 2'
-
'
1'
2 . >.
j-
- 1,3,3.4
1.#..2.. ()-:1-91-&3
% : A
1-
e= 135*
ki= 124 MeV
V -6 4.
l 6x10
t;
T 3-
r
f 2-
a-
q<
Q 3A/i/@é t
22 #*<: .:il/sA:j
# jj4 '2i 1- j
> 3 i
j- 2- 1- j- 2- #k.%9:: z-
. j#i
30 28 26 24 22 ao 18 16 14 12 lp
e(M eV)
Fig.69.4 Exm rimentalslxctrum ofelKtronswith incidentenergyet= 224 MeV
inelasticaily scattered at6= 1359asafunctionofnuclearexcitation energy k.The
calculated spedrum using the states of Fig.59.3 isalso shown (with arbitrary
overallnormalization;the integrated areasforthe variouscomplexesagree with
the theory to approximately afactorof2). Thesolid lineisa calculation ofthe
nonresonantbackground above the threshold for nucleon emission. IFrom
1.Sick,E.B.Hughes,T.W .Donnelly,J.D.W alcka,andG.E.W alker,Phys.Aep.
Letters,23:1117(1969)andT.W .DonnellyandG.E.W alker,Ann.Phys.(N.F.),
(to be published). Reprinted by xrmission oftheauthorsand the Amerie-
qn
InstituteofPhysics.)
Theharmonic-oscillatorwavefunctionsofEq.(57.6)areused asapproximate
Hartree-Fock wavefunctionsin computing matrix elem ents,and the oscillator
parameterb = 1.77 x 10-13cm isdetermined bysttingelasticelectron scattering.
The calculated spectrum isshown in Fig.59.3. These collective statesmay be
seen,for example,through transitionsexcited by inelastic electron scattering,
and Fig.59.4 com paresan experimentalspectrum with the predicted location
andrelativeintensitiesofthepeaks. Thetransitionmatrixelementsarecomputed
usingthecoeëcients#ù*?(* )obtainedintheTDA calculation EseeEq.(59.50(1.
Thecalculated m ak locationsareconsistently aboutan M eV too high;further-
more,the experimentallevelsarequitebroad aboveparticle-em issionthreshold
:% AppulcA-rloNs To piiyslcAu sysTEv s
(;
>19 MeV inthepresen'
tcase)so thattheuseofsimple bound states isin-
adequate. Nevertheless,thegeneralagreementisverygood.
In accord with our previous modelcalculation,wc also investigate the
supermultiplet structure of these states. The appropriate particle-hole con-
hgurations(aa&)(ru/J-lare(2J)(1,)-land(1#)(1X-iwithL = 1(twice),2and
3. Thesuperm ultipletswillbedegenerateonlyforspin-independentforces. To
uncoverthisstructure,wehrstçkturn ofl-''thesingle-particlespin-orbitforce by
assumingthattheobserved (n#)stateshavebeen shifted from an originalfnl)
conhguration accordingto Eqs.(57.14)to (57.16).and wethtn retainonlythe
spin-independentpartoftheinteraction in Eq.(59.81). The resulting F= l
membersofthe(15)supermultipletsareshowninFig.59.3. Thesupermultiplet
approxim ation clearly provides only a qualitative description of the actual
spectrum .
Fig.60.1 StructureofFeynmandiagrams
contributing to 1-
1à#z;
x#?- J'
)inEq.(K .2): x p
(f8 general.(b)lowestorder.
n=0
''n'!' #/.
j...dtn(01T'j/ct/j)....
J'
.
h(K)cllt)cA(/)
x c'f
zt?')cjt/'))p0)connecteu
s6c APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
whcreX2istheinteractioninEq.(56.21). Thestate10)isnow theHartree-Fock
vacuum orgroundstateillustratedin Fig.56.1. W henthisexpressionisanalyzed
With Wick'stheorem,thereareno contractionswithin agivenXzbecauseXz
isalready norm alordered. Thusthe presenttheory hasno Feynm an diagram s
ofthe type shown in Fig.10.1;allthese term s are explicitly sum m ed by the
canonicaltransformation ofSec.56. Thepolarization propagator(Eq.(60.7))
stillcontainsdisjointgraphswiththestructureshowninFig.60.2. Suchterms
A #t
(60.13a)
ïHksiajt(zal= -à2(2=)-1fdœkGjzttsj)Gj
osttsj- (
x;) (60.1?b)
ifl2 $a- F)0(F-p4 0qF- a.lp(j-F)
4,;
a,(
f
.,
?)- ib
in m om entum space.
nx
3,,
g.
---(-
.-
a--.
-.j)s.-
,
j--
..
s
jt-
o-j
.-.-
a)--
j,
j (60.13c)
It is now possible to derive the hrst-ordercorrections to the polarization
propagator. Theinteraction ham iltonian is
4cl?- /')- !. )( (pg.;p'1n.
i
z?N Ecp
'
fl/)cJ(??)cvlt')c,?(?)13(?- ?')
- (60.14)
P@TP
and the delta function can be written
H ence we find
jjj'
(
jl
.);xb(t- t:)- -1
.
y-11*)*dt3#?l
. ,.l.+
x. f, jj,
pc. zj'r)p.
x
;j(gxj-l
PrPt7
xexplj'
(
.
t)jt/l- t('
))Jf
x?j,
'0!TLN tc1
pt/j)cl(/()G,(?j
')c'
pt/'j-
)1
x cl
st/)cA(t)c1(t')cj(t'))k 0), (60.15)
W hen this expression is analyzed w ith W ick's theorem , there are tw o sets of
contributions disering only by the interchange of dum m y variables pk:: â(z,
r)k
' ,
:er.andtjk::
âtt
'. W emaykeepjustthefirstsetandcanceltheoverallfactor!..
Conservation offrequency ateach vertex m eansthatthe variable t- t'alw ays
occurs through a factor c-ftœt-a'
z'tt-f'' as in Eq. (60.12). Thus a factor
2=3(/
.
5- fzll+ (.
,)al must be included in the Fourier transform to accountfor
theend points(compareEq.(60.13ë). A combination oftheseresultsyields
-
JH t
AI
p1
tiaj(ts)= -yji ttpc!
.Pr. p #a(s
lnp,
) , . .. Jat
x?j
= Tr
TNJ'EI *
(60.16)
andthesrst-orderFeynm andiagram sareshowninFig.60.3. The(. :,5integration
is the sam e in 170th term s.uhile changing dum m y variables p ccc
âo.in the second
562 APPLICAM ONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
term andusingEq.(60.13)gives
âllkstz/all= TVXPG il10
As;pv(t,))Etpcl#'1
,-
r?'
y'),- (cplP-l,?r)JfI10
,?g;.j((s) (60.17)
Thisexpressioncan beclarihed bywriting
l-
lt
A'
H';a,(a')- Z Hjl/
x:pvt/
.
?
al
.XttlttzgppincHo
nc,:ajtf.
,?l (60.18)
TpP@
âA'
4ltt,alpvinc- ''
-tpo'lP'l'
nv)+ tcplF'ln'
z) (60.19)
à pz à rz
ttll % fxl3 %
# 7 + @ F
Y) (z)j CF Y? P (.t)5
ttlj (s2 f.tl; f.tl2
Fig. 60.3 Feynman diagrams contributing to
a # x # lI,ï
t
l'a,(t'
si .
/)in Eq.(60.16).
. ..f'
<.
yv
(
z #
Fig.60.4 Bethe-salpeterequation (60.20)for l1As:t
o(tt?).
APPLICATIONS TO FSNITE SYSTEM S : THE ATO M IC N UCLEUS 563
particle-holeBethe-salpeterequationwillnotQctorasin Eq.(60.20)butinstead
becom esan integralequation involving an integraloverfrequency.l
Equation (60.20)is now a simple matrix equation,which can be written
in the form
H4(s)= I10(f.
s))- r10((s)K*(ts)H((s) (60.21)
The inverse ofthis m atrix relation yields
(60.22)
Hence H(ts)isa hermitian matrix for realo) and can be diagonalized with a
unitary transform ation
UH((z?)U-1- HD((o) (60.24)
The inverse ofthisrelation
UI1(t.
&?)-lU'-1= H D(t.
t?)-l
showsthatthetransformationU alsodiagonalizesH ((
.
t)4-l. Someofthediagonal
matrixelementsofI1D(t
.
,?)haveapoleattheexactexcitationenergyoftheassem bly
l'
1co = En-- Ev,which means thatthe corresponding diagonalm atrix elem ents of
H D((o)-lhave a zero atthe same point. Since these diagonalmatrix elements
arejusttheeigensr
aluesof1-
14t
.
u,)-l.Uearriveatthegeneralprinciplethatthezero
eizent'
alues of H((s)-lconsidered asa J'
lkr/c/ïtp/?qfco correspond rt
p the c'
o//ccràè'
c
eltergl'/t?!'t7/-
çof'r/?casseînbt
q'. ltistherefore necessary to solve thesetoflinear
equations
Xta?)-l= 0 (60.27)
!NV . Czyà,loc.cfr.
s64 Appl-lcv loNs To PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
RAN DO M -PHASE APPROXIM ATION
Asafirstapproximationin Eq.(60.284,wetakeK*Q;K)),which expressesthe
polarization propagatoras a sum ofFeynm an diagram s ofthe type shown in
Fig.60.5. Thesediagram stontain asa subseta1ltheringdiagram sincluded in
's ):
/
'
-
.
t
Fig.60,5 Feynmandiagramsforn summedintheapproximationK*;
krK!k).
(60.29)
Thissetoflinear,hom ogeneous,algebraic equationspossesses solutions only for
certain eigenvalues 6n.
W enow separatetheindicesin Eq.(60.29)intotheregionsaboveand below
E andchangedummyindicessothataandAalwaysrefertoparticles(œ,A> F),
andjand J.
talwaysrefertoholestjsp,< F)
XA l''-3-p.X!(p'
z
*j)= 0 (60.32/)
s-) r'xA
-.
-,
3-/
.
tr'aA'
,jt
)1j
- .
a- y,1,-jA,)(;'1jJ= 0 (60.3lb)
Ifwerecallthedefinitionsin Eqs.(59.10)and (59.21),weseethattheseequations
can be rewritten as
(eA-p-e)/A
, *.-,-oN'(!'
a
*.ia,/a
*;-u,
1.;ajç;1?
T)-0 (60.334)
(eA-.,+ 6)+A
*p-'
-(1l(t'A,
x;z,%'
1b-uv
jvkuî'
)a
*;)-0 (60.33:)
un
Nvhich areexactly theRPA equations(59.22)analyzed in detailin thelastsection.
Itisinstructive to com pare thisresultw'
ith thatofthe Tam m-D ancos approxi-
m ation.
TA M M -DA NCO FF APPROXIM ATIO N
To the extentthatthe positive eigensalues e = Enofthe collectlve excitationslie
in the vicinitl.ot
-the unperturbed particle-hole energies(namely,en:4:k:x- 6j).
the lowest-order polarization propagator (Eq.(60,13c)1 can be replaced by
(60.34)
(60.35)
whicharejusttheTDA equations.
W ecannow seetherelationbetweentheR PA andTDA . TaketheFourier
transform (Eq.(60.5)Joftheapproximatezero-orderparticle-holepropagator
(Eq.(60.34)1used in IheTDA. ltisevidentthatthisquantity only propagates
forward in tim e. In contrast,the originalzero-orderparticle-hole propagator
in Eq.(60.13c) retains the fullsymmetry in u)and propagates in both time
directions. Consequently the RPA sum s all possible iterations of the two
lowest-orderdiagramsforK)I)in thesenseofFeynman diagrams(Fig.60.5),
whereastheTDA sumsjustthatsubsetofdiagramswhereallparticle-holepairs
propagate forward in time. Thus the TD A has one and only oneparticle-hole
566 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
pairpresentatanyinstantoftime,whereastheRPApermitsanynumberofparticle-
holepairstobepresentsimultaneously.
Itisclearfrom Eqs.(60.33)thattheTDA isthelimitingcaseoftheRPA
when them atrixeltm entsofthtpotentialartsm allcom paredtotheunperturbed
energies,orm oreprecisely when
- 4U) <.
:j
-
In thiscaseEqs.(60.33)uncouple,and Eq.(60.33/)becomesjustEq.(60.35).
An equivalent condition is that the true eigenvalues should lie close to the
unperturbed conhguration energies,nam ely,enQJeA- e-s. H ence.exeited states
thatarestronglyshiftedfrom theunperturbed particle-holeenergies(particularly
thosestatesshifted to lowerenergiesforwhicho ;k;0)should betreated in the
RPA ratherthan theTDA ;thesearegenerallythemostcollectivestates.
(tl%IcJcj(
kL)=Cj
tl' RPA (60.39)
AsaresultthepolarizationpropagatorintheRPA canbewritten(seeEq.(60.6))
IIRPA ( Cà
(a.)C'(
aa!)# Cb(ax
)C'(
paz
)v
Aàz;xjoa)= (
. -
0- f w--
w + IT (z)+ oö - i.q (60.40)
Nmncz. Theground-statebindingenergyBE(2.
N)ofthevalencepairofneutrons,
forexam ple,canthen bedefned by
(61.2J)
(61.2:)
Here the index n denotesthe single-particle levelsfnlmtJ-s)available to the
valence pair,and we assume initially thatthe unperturbed single-particle spec-
trum hastheform shownontheleftsideofFig.57.2. Thecorrespondingsingle-
particlewavefunction is+n,and fJ,paistheinitialunperturbed energy ofthe
pair. The perturbation HLconsistsofthe(singular)two-particle interaction
andanyresidualone-bodyinteractionnotincludedinthestartingapproxim ation.
In Eq.(6l.2t#,the sum X'
'runs over aII unoccupied single-particle states as
indicated in Fig.61.1.
Theseequationsareexactwithin thepresentframework,butEq.(61.2c)
is not very usefulasitstands,for)Z' 'includes states thatare degenerate with
@a,az. SincethecorrespondingexacteigenvalueEnjaz isclose to E.%l,,a,theenergy
denom inator for these degenerate states becom es very sm all. This dië culty
can be elim inated by starting overand choosing a m odised setofinitialstates
forthevalence particlesin ' #'
-. ln particular,weconsidera linearcom bination
ITosimplifythesetquations,wesuppresstheantisymmetrization ofthewavefunctionsforthe
identicalvalencepair.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATO MIC NUCLEUS 569
- '%,!'(1)%,,
. z(2)#?;?l2'.
f-
/1tI'a (6j.juj
..- ..... . ... . .
.Z.
?1 .
I ?lij
E 1'0, :z ?:1 ?!;j
Ex- Eî = à'aH3'11':'
ln theseexpressionstheeigenvaluesarenow labeled b) fa.and Ek'denotes
the unperturbed energ) ofa pair i11 '/'. The sum in Eq.(6!,fa1ha8 been àplët
into a part com ing fronl the other degenerate unperturbed stateà in y 'and a
rem ainderZ 'containing at least one excltation to a highershelltsee Fig.61.11.
Since the sm allenergy denom inatorsoccur only in the firstsum .ue shalltrl
k to
choosethe coem cientC)1
xb
/
11sothatthentlmeratorsin thetirstsum in Eq.(61.f5)
N'anish identically
,
.rya,sj:j.j..tsa-.sy.jjaj
ln thiscase.only the second sum in Eq.(61.fa)rem ains:furtherm ore.allthe
statesin 12'involvean excltation to highershellsso thatthe num eratorsNNillin
generalbe sm allerthan.orcom parable u ith.the denonlinators.
This reform ulation ofthe originalequations(61.2)is sti11Ner) difl
icult to
solve becausethe exacteigenvaluesappearin lhedenonpinatorsin Eq.(6l.. qa..
W 'e m ay now', however.observe that ) Z'runs over allstates U here the Nalence
particles are prom oted to excited states (in the harm onic-osciliator nlodel.
valence particles m ust be m oved an even num berofoscillatorspacingsto m ix in
statesofthesameparity). Asa result.a1ltheenergy denominatorsin thesum
Y'are large(atleast2/io.):
k:81M ev .
,1îin theoscillatormodel)compared to the
energy shiftsf'
a- Eî tobeealculated below (a few MeV).and wemaythere-
fore replace Ex bJ'Fy
o.in these term s. This approxim ation allows usto wrlte
k1'
-:
Z(1.2)= n lêl.2N'
....
C*.7
L-'
tf
1a
Il'
l2c
'$
0
?;:#;2#1.
2)
--'r
/'?
,(l)(
/-n:(2) l?1-?72
-f.flub0 u
*%
nj&.2(l*3
-)= q
vNj(l)v,
?2(2)- z. - ' -- -.-O.-
.-----j.-.--- -0
--1
-S.
.
,.: ?,2
t;y.- E,1l ,;l
570 APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICAL SYSTEM S
with a know n kernel. The addi
tionalcondition on the matrix elements (Eq.
(61.6))becomes
where Eq.(6l.4) has been used. This set of linear hom ogeneous algebraic
equationsdeterminesthecoet TicientsCj1
uj2.andtheNanishingofthedeterminant
gives the eigenvaluesFa. ltisclearthatEqs.(6l.7)and (6l.8)reproduce Eq.
(61.5J)becausetheconditionofEq.(6l.6)eliminatesthefirstsum in Eq.(6l.5c).
andFaœ fk.inthesecond sum within thepresentapproximation. Equations
(61.8)and (61.9) togetherform the (approximate) Bethe-Goldstone equations
fora finite system B ith initialdegenerate states.1
/.
/I= 11l(1)-2.11l(2).
-.l'(I,2)
where lz'(1,2)is the two-nucleon potential.and /?jis a single-particle operator
thatrepresentsthe dl
j/-
ercncv between the true Hartree-Fock potentialand that
ofthe harmonic osclllator. (To be s'
ery explicit.11l= .îP'(r)- al.s,where the
tirst term is the change in the potentialwellleading from the spectrum on the
leftside ofFig.57.2 to thatol7the leftside of Fig.57.3,and the second term is
the spin-orbitintcraction.) W e shallbe contentto treathbin tirst-order per-
turbation theory,and Eq.(6l.9)becomes
Nx
- g,x??l??aI
'1,'40
:
7!.?
l:, - .A),nzt/?l(1).c./?I(2);
. '
n(nj'
x
,l'nLn-c y
h(E'
-
0
,.- f. ,,,,,, 3na.,,,!Cj1
zl8, ald
ni
),- 0
Attheendofthecalculationwemayintroducethesingle-particlestates(nljj-j)
.
X =.
1.(xl-.xz) P = p:- p:
x = xa- xI p= ;
-.
(p:- p:l
Hç
jcan be reu'
ritten as
p2 P2
H o wss-.- - nlcuzx 2- . -- 4,
z.,24
.
,cxz
4nt l,7
'
which separates the center-of-m asb m otion of the Nalence palr from the relall
'
k'
f-
v
m otion. The elgenstates of Ho as written in Eq. (61.14) take the form
%s(X)+,,
. (x),where the quantum num bersare .Y Es$
. ,.
h'.:
#'.
' -//.
s
y!for the center of
m ass and n HE.,n
t lml.!.
lA?5!Jr/?sy1
.t-
or the reiatlve NNa:e functlon. Each of thepe
statescan beexpanded asa 11nearcom bination ofthe orlginalstates>-n(l)q'-;(2h
with the sam e total tq o-partiele energy'(and hence sam e elgen:alue of . /Y(,)
because the latter form a eom piete set ofeigenstates of the same ham iltonlan
H o. Thuswe haNe
%..
x(X)+ntx)= s uY- ?kI??zNnzC
/n,(1)c
#'na(2)
!s s
u'here5'
2clenote.
îalIpossible lu'
(?-//tzr?/c
Vcuflates#t
x cl?t'
rtz?c 't'
?'
J/?tllc initialJ'
/tz/tp.
These orthogonal transform atlon bracketsl 11jnz.Y?? have been extensisely
tabulated.z Itfollowsfrom Eqs.(6l.15)and (61.8)that
..
. ??:l:z'.'
l.z '
l;0n,.,,z-'-= NJ
j..
.
,
1l11:.-N'17 -
-1. h''??t11l'nz' -'
' b-171-'i
.
/
./0v.n'
Thefirstternlsun-lsoveralI.
5'/tz/tp.
q
'bs'
illlenerg)'dijh'
lren:/àt????1-y
0.and thesecolld
term rem ovesthosestatesthatviolate the PauIiprinciple. W e neglectthesecond
term (lhe Pauliprinciplecorreclion)forthepresentand return to itlaterin this
section. Ifonly thetirstterm isretained,the corresponding wave function 4-0
satisfiesthe equation
/-%
0.
?1
(X-x)- (
px(X)fr,,(x)-
,- %s.(X)%,?.
(x,
à't%''/l'(f
z-t'
Jt.
. t,, (ojjyj
é-; - é'y$ j, .
4-0
:
.
k?
l(x*x)..(/-s(xJ'
.
JO
tlIx).
.
'
W ithi1thedegeleratesetof-statesQ.ysthematrixelement A'
)?'lz'1
/-N0?1,,)
,inEq. . .
E,
1--1-,
0aE'nIpzI
1 ;-
J1' (6l*21b)
Theproblem isnow solved,forEqs.(6l.21)arejustarewritingoftheSchrödinger
equation
:2
N15-
2.v..
/?J(s2.
:.
2u-p'(x) /u(x)= Enjs(x) (61.22)
- -
1.
0
0.9
1u15I
2
Fig. 61.2 Square of the unperturbed 0.8
solutionsuîttoEq.(61.22)togetherwiththe 07
square of the txactJ-wave solution /z:sto 06
Eq.(61.22)in thepresenceofthe potential 05
(61.23).Thewavefunctionsarenormalized 04O3
x 7
N7
to Jll
z!I12 dr= 1. Also shown are the 0.2 x t.
ranges of the hard-core and attractive 0.1 4
0 r
interactions in Eq.(61.23). IFrom j.F. ()2 0.6 1.
0 14 l8 22 2.
6 30 bNT
Dawson.1.Talmi,and J.D.W alecka.Ann. -
i 1 +-
Phys.(N.F,).18:339 (1962). Reprinted 1/M
bypermission.) 6.1
Forcomparison,wealsogivetheexacttnumerical)J'
-wavesolutionforapotentia?
X
pr= -
e-vr
P'o
(61.23)
y.r
Uo= 434 M eV y,= 1.45F-l c= 0.4F
with the parameters determined from a fit to the l,
S nucleon-nucleon phase
shift. Throughout these calculations the oscillator parameter is taken as
b= lhlmo-
tl'
k= l.70F,appropriatetoOïS. ltisclearthatonlytheJwavesare
m uch aflkcted by the potentialand thatthe correlated and uncorrelated wave
functions are very similar, the correlations being most important at small
distances.
Thistheory has been applied to 018,wherethe initialunperturbed con-
fguration has two valence neutrons in the 2J-1# oscillator shell. W ith the
Brueckner-Gammel-Thaler nucleon-nucleon potential,Eqs.(61.11),(61.20*,
(61.21:),and (61.22)givethe spectrum shown in Fig.61.3.1 Thissgurealso
7+
- 2++ 4
Fig.61.3 Experimentaland theoreticaltwo- - 0 0*
neutron binding energy and low-lying excita- 4
tion spectrum of018. Thetheoreticalresults
werecomputedusing(a)1hesi ngularBrueckner-
Gammel--
rhalernucleon-nucleon potential,(:)
the nonsingular Ser* r-Yukawa potentialof
Eq.(59.81). (From J.F.Dawson,1.Talmi,
and J.D.W alecka,Ann.Phys.(N.F.).18:339
(1962);19:350 (1962).-Reprinted by permis-
sion. Theauthorswish to thankG.E.W alker
forpreparingpart(d8.) Theory
lJ.F.Dawson etal.,Ioc.cl't.
:74 Appucv toNs To puyskchu svsu M s
shows the result obtained by using thenonsingular force given in Eq. (59.81)
and replacing /k.n,--,.+s.+.,in Eq.(61.16). In both casesthesingle-particle
consguration energiesweretaken from O17:e(l#.
j)x 0,E(2.
u)= +0.871MeV,
and e(1#!.)= +5.()B M eV.
PAU LI PRINCIPLE CO RRECTIO N
To includetheeflkctsofthe Pauliprinciple,wedesneprojectionoperatorsP
and Q representing the srstand second restricted'sum on therightside ofEq.
(6l.17). lfEq.(61.8)with Hjreplaced by Prismultiplied by P',itcan be re-
written asan iterated operatorequation
G= P'+ P'iPt---Hz
-
%.p'+ r'fo
. P-p
--Hv
-P'UP- Q F+ .
-Hv (61.24)
where theoperatorG isdehned by
Gvn,t
pnz= P'/o
n,az (6l.25)
Equation(61.24)can berearranged to give
(61.26/)
'
(61.2648
A comparison of-Eqs.(6l.26:)and (61.18)showsthatG0corresponds to the
wavefunctionwehavejustdiscussed
G0(
2?n1pnzH P'/Rln:
) (61.27)
ThusthefirstPauliprinciplecorrection isgiven by
.Gvp= -Gû/-Q-..
N
.
tioG
() (61.2g)
0-
The m atrix elem ents ofthisrelation are now snite even with singular potentials.
Furthermore,thedenominatorsareagain>2hu)inmagnitudesothatEq.(6l.28)
representsa smallcorrection to theenergy levels(<0.5M eV). Thiseflkcthas
been included in Fig.61.3a.
EXTENSIONS A ND CALCU LATIO NS O F OTHER Q UA NTITIES
Thesubjectofnuclearspectroscopy with realistic forces has beendeveloped
extensively.l The m ostcom pletecalculation isthatof K uo and Brown,zwho
also include a core-polarization term (Fig.61.4)in the etlkctive interaction.
1B.H.Brandow,Ioc.cit.;M .H.Macfarlane,Ioc.cit.
2T.T.S.Kuo and G.E.Brown.Nucl.Phys.,85:40 (1966);seealso B.R.Barrettand M .W .
Kirson,Phys.Letters.27B:544(1968).
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S:THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 57:
Itisclearthattheindependent-pairapproach also can beused to 5nd the
ground-statepropertiesofnuclei. Edenetal.havecomputedthebindingenergy
and density ofO l6 using the harmonic-oscillator framework.l A somewhat
diferent procedure is to use the G matrix calculated fornuclear matter asan
eflkctivepotentialin a Hartree-FocklorThom as-Ferm itheory3ofhnitenuclei.
= > +
Fig. 61.4 Tbe effective interaction of
Kuo and Brown. F@fr Fxre- polawzation
A com pletely consistentcalculation w ith the G m atrix for a snite nucleus has
neverbeencarried out.
PRO BLEM S
15.1. Provethe assertion thatthe solutionsto Eq.(56.17)corresponding to
diflkrenteigenvaluesare orthogonaland thatthe degenerate statescan always
beorthogonalized.
15.:. ProveEq.(58.33).
15.6. Using thesecond-quantization techniquesofSec. 58,show thatforeven
N
1 1(7*0,.c= 0j
I',I/*J;c- 2)12
2J+ i' .
.
IJ+
11jrx2jl
+j-
l-lNj(2j+
lljtyjpgjy)j
a)
In them any-particleshellm odel,observethatthistransitionstrengthisenhanced
with increasing N and reachesam axim um fbrahalflhlled shell.
1 R . J.Eden.V.J.Emery.anu S.Sampanthar.'roc. Roy.Soc.lLon#onl,A153:177 (19591)
A253:186(1959);seealso H.S.Kèhl erand R.J.M ccarthy,Nucl.Phys.. % :611(1966).
2K.A.Brueckner.A.M .Lockett.and M . Rotenberg,loc.c/r.,whichcontainsotherreferences.
Fora review ofthis approach.see M .Baranger, 'sproceedings ofthe InternationalNuclear
Physics Conference.Gatlinburg.Tennessee.''p.659.Academic Press.New York,1967:and
CourseXL.NuclearStructure and NuclearReactions. in Proc.of''The lnternationalSchool
ofPhysics'Enrico Ferm ig.''p.51l. AcademicPress,New York,1969.
3H .A. Bethe,Phys.Ret'.,167:879 (1968).
s7e AppulcATloNs To pHvslcAu sys-rEu s
1s.6. Consideranodd-odd nucleuswithp protonsinthe-/lshellandn neutrons
in thejz shell. Ifboth the protonsand neutronsare in the normal-coupling
shell-model ground state. prove that the energy splittings (in lowest-order
perturbation theory)dueto a neutron-proton potentialofthetypein Eq.(58.6)
can be com puted with the replacement
(ik'j,.
/1.
/271PbjLjk/:.h ./) -. 2y,+ 1- lpljz+ 1- 2n
- . >'- zjl j
- zj,- j 't./1.
hJ1F1.
/1.
/27)
O bservethatifeithershellishalfslled,thisquantityvanishesand al1thesplitting
comesfrom thespin-dependentpartoftheinteraction.
1s.7. Prove thatthe statein Eq.(58.55)hasthe quantum numbersindicated.
1s.8. (c)Show that the matrix elements ofthe two-body potentialofEq.
(58.37)inthethree-particlestateofEq.(58.55)aregiven by
(.I3JM 1P!/3.fM )= 3)(1(.
. /3.
/t).
/2(A).
V )I2(.j2AjP'1./2A)
A
wherethecoeëcientsoffractionalparentagearedehnedbytherelation
l)j2
J
1k
.
1'
)
(Thesymbolbljb. /2.j3)meansthattheangularmomenta mustadd up,thatis,
1.
/1-./2l<.
/3<71+. /2).
(>)Provethatthesamerelationholdsforthestatein Eq.(58.54)(takek= 0).
15.9. Assume the 0+ (ground state).2+(2.* M eV),and 4+ (3.55 M eV)states
in O18belongto the (#4.)2consguration.
(J)Prove thatthe only possibleJnvaluesforthree identicalparticlesin the
(#1)3conhgurationare!+,.
)+,and!+. (SeeM.G.MayerandJ.H.D.Jensen,
op.cit.,p.64.)
(:) UseEq.(58.39)andtheresultsofProb.15.8to predictthelocation ofthe
statesofthe(#!.)3consguration. Comparewith theexperimentalresultsfor
O19:.
j+(groundstate),!+(.096MeV),and!.+(2.77MeV).
15.10. Com putethem atrixelem entin Prob.1:.5 in theboson approxim ation.
15.11. Computethespectrum ofthejNconhguration(Aeven)foranattractive
delta-functionpotential(Eq.(58.18))inthebosonapproximation.
15.12. Extend theboson approxim ationto an alm ostslled shell.
APPLICATIONS TO FINITE SYSTEM S : THE ATOM IC NUCLEUS 677
15.13. ProveEq.(58.69)forapotentialoftheform F = P'
()(.
rlc)+ P'l(xIc)11.nz.
Assume realradialwave functions.
15.14. (J) W ritetheangularmomentum J in termsofthetransformed opera-
torsof-Eq.(58.64).
(>)Provethatthestate!O)hasJ= 0.
(c) Provethatthestate1O)hasevenparity.
15.15. Verify Eqs.(59.80).
15.16. LetD bea sum ofherm itian single-particleoperators.
(t
z) Provetheidentity
ïV'CrEé,EX,:11l'Fo)- 2X (En- fo)p('1'aIX$
'
'1'c)I2
FI
o-J$lx(J.
)gi.
-3(.
/)-4
'-r3j
(b)Iftheinteractionpotentialisoftheform F(xjy),derivethedipolesum rule
for N = Z .
4X (fn - Q )I' 1e0)2= 3h
SY'.fà1' 2--
,4
n lm
rtz)-j-o
Rdtt--'tz-l
((z)H:zN-p .z
/,-7.
These desnitionsconverge only in thespecihed regionsofthe com plexz plane.
butthefunctionscan be analytically continued with thegeneralrelations
I.(.c)1a(I- c)-= 7F
.
sin rrz
2'-;
'I>(z)((z)cos(at.
n.
z)= n.
z((1- z)
lW e here follow the notation of E. T.W hittakerand G .N.Watson. -*Modern Analysisp''
4thed..CambridgeUniversityPress. Cambrldge.!962,wheremostoftheserelaîionsareproved .
579
s80 APPENDIXES
Thegammafunction also satissesthefunctionalequation
rtz+ l)= zPlzl
and ittherefore reducesto thefactorialfunction forintegralvalues
r(n+ 1)= n! nintegral
Thedigammafunction/(z)isthelogarithmicderivativeofthegammafunction
/( d 1 #r(z)
z)= k-jl0gF(Z)= r(z) dz
A tz= l,itreducesto
/(1)=jf
*
)dte-llntM-y
w herey isEuler'sconstant. Usefulnum ericalvaluesarelisted below
(40)= -!. r(!.)= V-
zr;s1.772
((-
1.
)Q:2.612 r(l)= 0!= l
((2)- =2/6a;1.645 r(û);
kû0.9064
(0)= 1.341 r(-
J)=Jv'-=;e0.8862
((3):k:1.202 r(:
));
k;0.9191
((4)= ,.,4/90;
k;1.082 y œ 0.5772
e?a;1.781
l,
(o=(#(
dz
(z)jz.0o-jjn(a.)
N umerousseriesand dehniteintegralsm aybeexpressedinterm softhepreceding
functions:t
77
*(2,+1ljh-(1-2--'tt-'
p-0
Jc
xdxex
.A-l1- FtX)tt'')
-
x
jzdxer-
x+!1=C1-21-R)U(n)((NJ
* z,-l
.
Jodxx,-lcschx-jn
*dxsinhx
- 2(1- 2-n)r(n)((n)
iAllbutthelastintegralinthislistaretakenfronlH .B.Dwi
ght,e'TablesofIntegralsandOther
M athematicalData,''4th ed.,chap.12,The Macmillan Company,New York,1964.
APPENDIXES 681
jo
=t
sxn-lsechx=(c
oJxco
xm
sj
-j
l
x
*
=
2r(a)p=0
jl(-I)p(2p+ 1)-a
jo
cdxx.
a-jsechzx=jo
xdxoo
rsj
-a
lx
=
22-,41- 22-/)P(a)((n- 1) n> 0
l l
jodxxz n-(l-x)a-1=jjxdxjjX yT-j'
.x vw =-V/ NIoF9)
ptm.
n)
J-zyx lnxsechzx L
rv
-
Ja
-zgo-yxa--'sechcxaaq-l --In4xe''
-
TheBesselfunction#:(x)maybedtûnedbytheintegralrepresentation
A'
o(x)-j0
*dte-'
=@'h'
and we5nd
J*ogxA'(x)-jo
o=dtsech?
ThesetofnumericalcoeëcientsareknownasClebsch-Gordan(CG)coeëcients;
they areindependentofy because thetransformation involvesonly the angular
partsofthewavefunction (thisresultwillbeshownbyexplicitconstruction;see
Eq.(B.l7)). Theorthogonality and completenessofthestatespy7jh jm)and
ly.
/lmb.
/2M2)implytherelations
ty-/l?Fl1h mz1y71mt 'jz?.
n2
')= 3mlml'3mamz,
(y-/lJ'z./rnl
y./ljzl'rn/)= 'JJ'3-,
., (B.l1)
)(Iy-
/lh-
ims(y-
/lhjmz- Z Iy7l,:21h ?nz)ty.
/lm,.
/zmzi
J- - 1mz
and itfollowsthat
7J (J,Jzl m 1J1m,J2rnaz4J,mtJa'nall,Jz-lms- JJ' mm,
?NlMz (B.12)
'
(
E2'
:Jlm 'j/2mz'1J-IJ-
. zJ-
'n)(J-IJ-
zJ-
m 1J-,mlJ-zmz$- 3,,,,,
.,1'3-z-z'
Jm
The CG coeëcientscan befound by diagonalizing theom rators
Jz=Jls+ Jz, (B.13J)
J2= J(+ Jl+ 2JI.Jz (B.l3:)
intheEnitebasisIy-
/lml./arrl2). SincetheoperatorsJlandJIarealreadydiag-
onal,itisonly necessary to diagonalizeh and Jl.J2where
2Jl.Jc=Jt+A -+Jt-h++ u tzhs (B.14)
Forthehrstoperator,wew rite
Jz1y71.
12.
/z>l)- &lly.
/lh .
/zn) (B.15)
and use Eqs.(B.10)and (B.13J)to conclude that(jL-1hmzIjbjz.
/v)= 0 if
rnt+ m z# m . Forthesecond operator,wecom bine therelation
2Jl-J2ly-
/lh .
/r?
i)= n Iyylh .
/rn) (B.
l6)
ux AppENnjxEs
obtained from Eq.(B.l35)with Eqs.(B.l4)and (B.5)to 5nd a setoflinear
homogeneousequationsfortheCG coeëcients
(2,n1mz- aJ$(. /1?.
n1.
/2mzi./lh jm$+ ,4(.
/1,m1+ 1).
,1(/c,-zn2+ 1)
.
(M
.
/1
l M
lq
3N(-jj.
il-Jz-maLljj.
j.j)-.
y(yjsyjjgyj
ajyjjgjj.m.
y)
which hasthe following properties:
mk+ mz+ mj= 0 (8.22(z)
71 . 12 -/3 =
(-j),.j./,+.y: m./1b
. h (j;.zzy)
- r?1, -.rz;z - r?:3 -3
3.Any even perm utation ofthe columns leavesthe 3c/coeëcient unchanged.
4.Anyoddpermutationofthecolumnsgivesafactor(-1)7l+7a+J3.
Extensive tabulationsofthesecoeë cientsappearinthe literature.3
1A.R.Edmonds,op.cfJ.,pp.41-42.
2Notethatforhalf-integral/:(-1)7-m= (-1)'
n-1= -(-1)J+m.
3M .RotenY rg,R.Bivens.N.M etropolis,and J.K.W ooten.Jr.,K*-
f'
he q-
jand 6-
J'Symbols,''
TheTechnologyPress,M assachusettsInstituteofTechnology,Cambridge,Mass., 1959.
APPENDIXES B85
COUPLING OF THREE ANGULAR M OM ENTA:THE 6-j COEFFICIENTS
Considerthreecommutingangularmomenta(theindexywillnow besuppressed).
A basisofdehnitetotalangularm om entum can be form ed by coupling the hrst
two to form adehniteylcandthencouplingylcand /3to form j
- .
)<(.
/12mj2./3mql./i2jj.
/?n), (B.23)
orby coupling the second and third to form jzjand thencouplingjjandg'z3to
form /
x (-
/im lJ'
23=23Ijt.
/23jm?s (B.24)
Either ofthese schem es gives a com plete orthonorm albasis,for the properties
ofthebasisstates1./1znlh m2jjrna)andtheCG coeëcientsimply
kx(J'l.
/2)jt'z./3./'m'(./1/2).
. /12J'
3jm3= 3jk,k,zbj.jbm.m (8.25(7)
Z p(.
jlajm
/l./2)./12jj.
/rn)((J'1hljj2j?jm i
-
Z (.
/1,,71jz'nz.
p1jm aFa:
/amq?'r:.
/,mb.
/cmzh r,731 (B.25:)
with sim ilarrelationsforthesecond basis. Asaresult,thetransform ation from
one basisto the other is again unitary;the 6-j symbols are desned in termsof
thesetransform ation coeë cientsby
(B.26)
Thesetransform ationcoeë cientscanbeprovedindependentofm inthefollowing
way. Consider
(B.27)
*6 APPENDIXES
Now operateon both sidesofthisequationwithJ+lA(j,-m). Thisraisesthe
m valueofthestateswithoutchanging the coeë cients.w hich stillhavean index
m . By defnition.however,the expansion coeë cients ofthe new states have
an index m + l,and thusthecoeë cientsareindependentofm.
From the deinition,it is seen thatthe 6-j symbols are invariant under
(l)anypermutation ofthecolumnsand under(2)theinterchangeoftheupper
and lowerargum entsineachofanytw ocolum ns. Anothervery usefulrelation
thatfollowsfrom Eqs.(B.23)to(B.27)is
fy'./2m2l
TIKQ4Iy-/)m tb= v../1/3:1KQ !.
/1KJ'zmz'
)'
t.v'h 1
' k1-;-
'
whieh isjusttheW igner-Eckarttheorem,with thereduced matrix element
dehnedintermsofky'jz1:1-jz''throughm-independentfactorsandsigns.
TENSO R O PERATO RS IN COU PLED SCHEM ES
ConsidertwotensoroperatorsF(A'j@l)and U(KzQz),which weassumerefer
to diserentparticlesordiflkrentspaces. ltiseasilyverised from thedehnition
Eq.(B.29)and from thedehning setoflinearequationsfortheCG coemcients
(B.17)thatthequantity
A-(A'Q)ëBE N' sKj(?jKj:21A'1K:KQ$F(A-IQ I)L'(K?;c) (B.31)
OIO1
isagain an irreducibletensoroperatorofrank K. A specialcaseofthisresult
isthe scalarproduc:oftwo tensor operators
(2S v 1)1'(-1)K.
1,-(0)EEF(S).L'(A')= N-(-1)0TIKQ,&(A'- Q)
, (B.32)
V
s88
AppENolxEs
which is a tensor operatorofrank zero and therefo
inserting a com plete setot-states re com m utes with J. By
, usi
ng the W igner-Eckarttheorem , and using
thedeEnitio
noftht 6-jsymbol,wtcan provethat
(y'1Ih'j''n'Ir(A'
)-&(&)4y/.h ./.n)
.
J;'
lk
!Z (vzJ.I
/2J
- ' ,J)y.(kj;
v, I,
y,.y.
j.)y,
'jgtj
yy(g.jg
t
'
yy'
zj
,
(B.33)
Inexactly thesamefashion, them atrixelem entofa singleoperatorin a
schem eis coupled
/z
. ,,
K 't)y /l1F(A-)1y:
, /1-,
(B.34J)
K
/')tz--
.
/c
'l
jrtx l
hz-
/c)
-
(B.34:)
In theserelations, F(#)and U(K)actonthefirstandsecondpartsof
-thewave
function,respectively.
IN D EX I
Debye-Hikkeltheory,278-281,290, Dyson'sequations(coht'dl:
Debyeshieldinglength,279,30* 308 forGreen'sfunction,105-111
Debyetemperature,394-395,448 Hartree-Fockapproximation,122-123
Debyetheoryofsolids,389,393-395 forpolarization,110-111,119#,252,271
Deformednuclei,515 forsuperconductors,476#
Degeneracyfactor,38,45
Deltafunction,101,246
Density: Effectiveinteraction,155.166-167,252-253
offreeFermigas.2* 27 Efrectivemass:
ofHe3andHe4#480 electrongas,169#,310/
ofnuclearmatter,348-352 ofimperfectBosegas,260
ofstates,38,166-267,333,447 ofimperfectFermigas,148&168p,266
Density correlation function, 151, 174,217 innuclearmatter,356,369-370
3(10-303,558 insuperconductor,431
analyticprom rties,181n,302-303 Efective-massagproximation,359,3#4
forbosons,2l?p E/ectiverange.342-343,386,
forfermions,194#,302.309, Eikonalapproximation,468-469,474
atfinitetemperature,3(*-.302 Electricquadrupoleoperator,514
Letlmann representation,3(*-301 Electron gas:
perturbationexpansion,301-302 adiabaticbulkmodulus,390
andpolariz-ation,153-154.302 chemicalpotential,278,284-285
relationtopolarizationpropagator,153,3û2 classicallimit,275-281,290#
retarded,173,194#,3(0-301,307 correlation energy,29,155,163-166,169/,
time-ordered,174.175 28* 287
D ensityiuctuationoperator,117#,189 couplingtobackgrounds389,396. .406
Depletion,221,317,488 degenerate,21-31,151-167,281-289
Destructionoperators,12 dielectricconstant,154
Deuteron,343 dimensionlessvariablesfor,25
Deviationoperator: eflkctiveinteraction,155,16* 167
forbosons,489 efl-ectïvemass,169#,310/
fordenstty,151,173,3K ,560 electricalneutrality,25
Diagrams(seeFeynmandiagrams) ground-stateenergy,?2p,151-154,281-289
Diamagneticsusceptibility,477/ hamiltonianfor,21-25
Dielectricfunctions111,154,184,396 Hartree-Fockapproximation,289p
ringapproximation,1, 56,163.175,180 heatcapacity,289-290/
Digammafunction,580 Helmholtzfreeenergy,280.284-285
Dipolesum rule.552,577# linearresponse,175-183,303-308
Direct-productstate,13.17 plasmaoscillations,l80-183,307-308
Aisconnecteddiagrams.94-96,111,301,560 polarized,32p
factorizationof,96 properself-energy,169/,268-271
Dispersionrelationls): screening,175-180,195/,303-307
forplasmaoscillations,181-182,310# single-particleexcitations,310p
forpropagators,79,191,294-295 thermodynamic potential, 268, 273-275,
forzerosound,183-184 278.284
Distributionfunction: zero-temperaturelîmit,281-289
forbosons,37,218,317 Electron-phononsystem :
forfermions,38.46,333-334 chemicalpotentialofphonons,410p
formovingsystems486,5* , coupl ed-heldtheory,399-406
Dyson'sequations: Dyson'sequations,402-406:411p
forbosons,211-214,223p Feynman-Dyson perturbation theory,
forelectron-phononsystem,402-406,411/ 399-4û6
atfmitetemperature.250-253,412p propereleclronself-energy,402,411,
B92 INDEX
ldealBosegas(cont'
ô: lnteractingBosegas(cont'
d):
occupationnum ber,37 nearFcv259-2.61,493
phasetransition.44 tuWcalsoHard-sphereBosegas)
statisticalm echanics.37.-44 lnteractingFermigas,l28-150,261-267,326-
superfluiuzty',493 336
temperatureGreen'sfunction,232-234, distributionfunction.333-334
245-246,501p effectivem ass,167/,266
therm odynam icpotential,37a38 entropy,265-266
two-dim ensional,49p ground-stateenergy,27,118#,168/,319
IdealFerm igas: heatcapacity.261-267
chemicalpotential,45,48,75,284-285 magnetfzatfon,32p,169p,?10p
density,26-27,45-47,352 properpolarization,169#,196/
entropy,48,266-267 zerosound,183-187,196/
equationofstate,45,46,47..-48 (SeealsoHard-sphereFermïgas)
Ferm ientrgy,46 Interactionpicture,54-58
ground-stateenergy,26,46 forbosonsa207-208
heatcapacity.48,26* 267 forfinitetemperature,234-236
occupationnumber,38 Internalenergy,34,247,251
param agneticsusceptibility,49.p,254.p,309/ Hartree-Fock,atEnitetemperature,258
statisticalm echanics,45-49 ofideaîquantum gas,39,46,49p
tem peratureGreen'sfunction,232-234. and temperature Green's function,
245-246 247,2f2
tllermodynamicpotential,38,278,285 lntem articie spacing,25,27,349,366, 389,
two-particlecorrelations,192 394.397
lmaginary-timeoperator,228 lrreducibfedfagram,403-405
lmperfect Bose gas (see Hard-sphere Bose lrreducibietensoroperator,505,508.543,586
gas;lnteractingBosegas) lrrotationalflow,425.481
ImpedkctFermigas(see Hard-sphere Fermi lsotopeeffect,320,417,448,476/
gas;lnteractingFermigas) Isotopicspins353,508,546
Im pulsiveperturbation,180,184,307
Independent-pairapproxim ation,357-377,
480 Josephsoneflkct,435n
ground-stateenergy,368
justiscation,376 K ineticenerg3,.4.a?,(,
-,,.zoj.2,:9
self-consistency,368 Kohnejyec!. 4jkp
single-particlepotential,368 Kroneckerdelra. ,,23
lndependent-particle model of tht nucleus.
352-357.366
justification,376 Ladderdiagrams,131-139.358,378-379.567
Integralkem elforsuperconductor.456,458 Lagrangem ultiplier,203,486/,500/
inPippardIimit.463 Laguerrepolynomials.509
Inlegrals,desnite,579-581 Lam bdapolnta481
lntensivevariables,35 Landaueriticalvelocity,488,493
InteractingBosegas,215-218,219.314-319 Landaudamping.308
chemicalpotential.216,336, Landaudiamagnetism,462,477/
depletion.218.317 Landau'sFermiliquidtheoo',187
excitationspectrum,217,218,317 Landau-squasiparticlemodel.484-488
ground-stateenergy.318,336, Legendrepolynomials,516
movingcondensate,223/,336,,501/ Legendretransformation,34,336,
properself-energies.215 Lehmannrepresentation:
soundvelocity,217,317 forbosons.214-215
supe/ uidity,493 forcorrelationfunctionss299.300-301,456
596 INDEX
Lehmannrepresentation(cont'dj: N eutronscattering,171,194,196,,485
forGreen'sfunctions atzero temperature, N eutronstars,49
66,72-79.107 Newton'ssecondlaw,183,186,420
forpolarizationpropagator,117p,174,300- Noncondensate,491s494-495
301,559 Nonlocalpotentials,322
forreal-timeGreen'sfunction.293-294 Nonuniform Bosesystem,488-492,495-499
fortemperatureGreen'sfunction,297 Normal-fluiddensity,481,486-487,5(X1,
Lifetimeofexcitations.81-82,119#.14* 147, Norm al-orderedproduct,87.327
291,308,309,.310p N uclearm agneticresonance,179
Linearresponse.172-175 Nuclearm atters116,128,348-352.480
ofchargedBosegas,501/ bindingenergyofA particlein,387/
ofelectrongas,175-183,303-308 bindingenergy/parti cle,352,353-355,371-
electronscattering,188-194 377
infnitenuclei,566,577/ Brueckner'stheory,150,357-377,382-383
atsnitetemperature,298-303 compressibility,387/
neutronscattering,196-197/ correlationsin,362-363,365-366
ofsuperconductor,454-. 466 density,348-352
toweak magneticfield,309/7,454-466.477/ efrectivem ass,356,369-370
zerosound.183-187 energygap,330,360,383-385,388/
Linearization of equations of m otion.440- Fermiwavenumber,352
441.538-543 healingdistance,366
London equations,420-423,425,434,459- independent-pairapproximation,357-377
460,47411,475/ independent-particle model,352-357,366,
Londongauge,425,427,454,461 376
Londonpenetrationdepth,422 many-bodyforces.377
Londonsuperconductor,427 pairing,351,383,385
Long-rangeorder,489a with tsrealistic''nucleon-nucleon potential,
366-377
reference-spectrum method,377
M acroscopicoccupation.198,218 saturation,355.357,375
M agneticseld,309/.418,420 single-particlepotential,355-357.381
thermodynamics,418-420 stability',355
M agneticimpurities,l79 sym m etryenergy,386/
M agnetic susceptibility.l74,254/,309/, tensorforce,efrectof,367,375,386/
310/ three-bodyclusters,376-377
Magnetization,169/,309/ N uclearreactions,17l
M ajoranaspace-exchangeoperator.346,354 Nucleon-nucleon interaction. 341-348, 354,
M any-bodyforces,377 367,504,567
M axwell'sequations,417....418 nucleon-nucleonscattering,342-347
Meissnereflkct,414,421,423,457,459-460 phenomenologicalpotentials,348.361,367,
fbrBosegas,501/ 557,573
criterionfors429 summaryofproperties,347-348
MeltingcurvesforHe,480,499-500, Nucleus,49,5Qp,121,188,503
Metallicfilms,194,476p Bogoliubovtransrormation,316/,326-336,
M etals,21.49,121.180,188,333,389 527-537
M icrocanonicalensemble,486/,500/ energyatfixedN.532
M igdal'stheorem,406-410 forevenandoddnuclei,533-534
M ixedstateofsuperconductors,415/,439 iuctuationsofR,527-528,537
M olecules,503,567 forpairingforceinthe/shell,534-537
M om entum ,24,74,204,332 restrictedbasis,528
M ultipoleexpansion oftwo-bodyinteraction, single-quasiparticlem atrixelements,533-
516 534
lNDEX 697
Nucleus(cont'd): Nucleus(cont'd):
chargedistribution,348-349 two-particlebindingenergy,568
deformed,515 single-particlematrix elements,512-515
energygapa385,526,533 m agneticm om ents,514
excitedstates: m ultipolesofthechargedensity.514-515,
applicationtoO l6555-558 551
constructionofH (co)inR PA,566 singleparticleshellmodel,508-515
with3(x)force,547-555 spin-orbitsplitting,511-512,513
the(15Jsupermultiplet,548 sum ruless577/
Green'sfunctionmethods,558-566 two-bodypotential:
Hartree-Fockexcitationenergy,539 3(x)force,518-519
the(11supermultiplet,555 generalm atrixelem ents-51* 518
particle-holeinteraction,539 m ultipoleexpansion.516
quM ibosonapproximation,542,543 N um berdensity,20.66,229,247,251
random-phase approximation (RPA), comparisonofsuperconductingandnormal
540-543,564-565 state,334,451
reductionofbasis,543-546 ofelectrongas,284
relation between RPA and TDA, 565- H artree-Fockapproximation,124,257
566 ofidealBosegas,39
Tamm-DancroF approximation (TDA), ofidealFerm igas,45
538-540.565-566 ofquasiparticlesin HelIs486
transitionm atrixelements,540,543 Numberoperator,12,17,20,73,201-202.315
giantdipoleresonance,552
Hartree-Fock ground state,506,538-539,
560
magicnumbers,511 Occupation-numberHilbertspace.12,37,313
many-particleshellmodel: Occupationnum bers,7,37.38
bosonapproximation,526-527 Odd-oddnuclei,350.517,576p
coemcientsoffractionalparentage,523a, O perator,one-body,20,66,229,512-515
576/ Opticalpotential,135,357
normal-coupling excited states,522-523, O rderparameter,431
576p Oscillatorspacingsinnuclei,509/,569
normal-couplinggroundstates,520
one-body operator in norm alcoupling,
520-522
pairing-forceproblem,523-526 Pairing,326,337,,351,431,519
seniority,524 Pairingforce,523-526
theoreticaljustification,526 Parity,344,504,577p
two-bodypotentialinjshell,522-523 Particle-holeinteractions,192,539,562-563
twovalenceparticles,515-519 Pauliexclusion principle,15,26,47,127,134,
odd-oddnuclei.350,517,576, 184,193.322,344,357.480,520,572,574
pairing,351,383,385,519,523-537 fornucleons,353
realistic forces for two nucleons outside Paulimatrices,75-76,104,119/,196/,343,
closedshells,567-575 353
applicationto0 18 573-574 Pauli param agnetism ,49/,254,, 309,,443,
Bethe-Goldstoneequation,568-570 462,477p
harm onic-oscillatorapproxim ation, 57> Penetrationlength:
575 Ginzburg-tandautheory,434,472.47.$p
independent-pairapproximation,567- superconductor(seeSuperconductor:
575 penetrationlength)
Pauliprinciplecorrection,574 Periodicboundaryconditions,21,352,392
relativewavefunction,572-573 Persistentcurrents,415-416
698 INDEX
Perturbationtheory: Polarizmionpropagator(cont'dj:
forbosons,199,207-210 inringapproximation.193,307
fordensitycorrelationfunction,301 (SeealsoProperpolarization)
diagrammaticanalysis,92-116 Positronannihilationinmetal s,171
forsnitetemm ratures,234-250 Potential energy. 4, 67-68, 2X , 205-206,
forscatteringamplitude,132-133 230
fortime-developmentoperator,5* 58 Potentials:
Phaseintegral,468-469 core-polarization,574,577p
Phaseshiftforhardsphere,129 nonlocal,322
Phasetransition,44,259-261,431,481 separable,322
Phononexchangeandsuperconductivity,320, sho!'trange vs.long rangey127,167-168/,
439,448 186
Phonons: spin-independent,1G4-110
Green'sfunction,4œ ,407 symmetryproperties,328,529
Lehmannrepresentation,410, Poynting'stheorem,418/
forsuperconductor,477-478/ Pressure,30.34-35,222,278
inHeII,480,484-488 Propagationoftheenergyshell,130,382
interaction with electrons, 320, 396-399, Propagator (see Green's functions at zero
417 temperature;Polari
zationpropagator)
noninteracting,390-395 Proper polarization,110,154,252-253,302-
chemicalpotential,393 303,402-405
Debyetheory,393-395 atsnitetemperature,252
displacementvector,391-393 forimperfectFermigms,169p.196,
normal-modeexpansion,392 inIowestorder,158-163,272.275,282,304-
quantizations393 305,561
Photonprocesses,566 Properself-energy.105-106,355,402
Pictures: forbosons,211,215,219
Heisenberg,58-59 forelectrongas,169#,268-271,273,402
interaction,54-58 athnitetem> rature,250-251,2M ,309,
Schrödinger,53-54 hard-sphereFermigas,142-146
Pippardcoherencelength,426,465,469 in Hartree-Fock approximation, 121-122,
Pippardequation,425-430,465 125,256,308#
Pippardkernel,428-429 forphonons,402
Pippardsuperconductor,427,461-463 Prom rvertexpart,403
Plane-wavestates.21&127,258,352,392 Pseudopotential,196/.3l4
Plasmadispersionfunction,305 Pseudospinoperators,524
Plmsmafrequency,180,182,223#,307
Plasmaoscillations,21,180-183,194,307-308
comparedtozerosound,186
damping,181,195/.308,310, Quantizedcirculation,484,496
dispersionrelation.181-182,307-308,310p Quantized iux,415-416,425,435.
-436,438-
Poisson'sequation,177,183,279 439
Polarizationpropagator,110,152,190 Quantizedvortex,488,498-499
analyticcontinuation,302-303 Quantum huid,479,489
dispersionrelationfor,191,3* Quantum statistics,6
insnitesystems,558,563 Qumsibosonapproximation,542-543
constructioninRPA.566 Quasielasticm ak,193-194,196p,495
athnitetemperature,252,271 Quasiparticles,147.316,317,327,487,532-
in lowest order, 158-163,272, 275, 282, 537
3(*-305,561 inHeII,484-488
relation todensitycorrelationfunction,153. ininteractingFermigas,332,4* a
302 weightfunction,309,
INDEX 599
Random-phaseapproximation; Separablepotential,322
elKtrongms,l56 Serberforce,346,355
innuclei,540-543.564-565 Shellmodelofnucleus,508-515
Real-time Grœ n's functions at snite tem- bosonapproximation in,52* 527,576#
perature,292-297 many-particle (see Nucleus:many-particle
dispersionrelations,294-295 shellmodel)
Lehmannrepresentation,293-294 single-particl
e (Jee Nucleus:single-particle
fornoninteractingsystem,298 shellmodel)
relation to temperature Green's functions, Single-particleexcitations,147-148,171,309#,
297-298 310/,399,508-515
retardedandadvanced,294-297 Single-particle Green's function (see Green's
relationtotime-ordered,295-296 functionsatzero tem perature;Tem pera-
time-ordered,292-293 tureGreen'sfunction)
zero-temperaturelimit,293.296,308/ Single-particle operator, 20, 66, 229, 512-
Reducedmass,129,259 515
Retardedcorrelationfunction,174,299 Single-particle potential in nuclear matter.
RiemannRtafunction,579-580 355-357,381
Ringdiarams,154-157,271-273.281,564 G/symbol,585-586
RotatingHelI.482-484,5* / Skeletondiagram.K 3-K s
Rotons,484-488 Slaterdeterminants,16
Ryde rg,27 Sodium ,30,391
SolidihcationofHe,479
Soundvelodty,187,391,407,484
ininteractingBosegas,217,222,317,494
Soundwaves:
<ottering: classicaltheory,186-187
opticaltheorem,131 (SeealsoPhonons;Zerosound)
phaseshifts,128-129 Specihcheat(seeHeatcapacity)
Scattering amplitude,128-130,143-146.314 Spindensity,67,196/,229,309/
Bornseries,132,135 Spin-orbitinteraction,511-512,513
Scatteringcrosssection,189,191,314-315 Spinsums,9#,104.189
Scattering l
ength,132,143,218,314.342-343. Spinwaves,196,
48ln Square-well potential, 360-361, 386/, 508-
Bol'napproximation,135,219 510
Scattering theory in momentum space. 130- Stabilityagainstcollapse,31/,355
131 Statisticalmechanics,review of,34-49
Scm teringwavefunction,129.138-139,380 Statisticaloperator,36.228
Schrödi ngerequation,4,54,509,572 Stepfunction,27,63,72
inmomentum space,130-131 Structurefactor,189n
insecondquantization,15,18 Sum ruless191-192,196#,296,577/
two-particle,129,320-322 Sumsoverstatesreplaced byintegrals,26,38,
Schrödingerpicture,53-54.172 394
Screening in an electron gas.32#,167,175- Superconductor:
180,195/.303-307,310/.397 alloys,415a,425,427
Secondquantization.4-21,353 Bogoliubovequations,477p
Secondsound,481-482 and Bose-Einstein condensation,441,446,
Self-consistentapproximations,120,358-360, 476p
442.-446,492 chemicalpotential,334-335,453a
Self-energy,104,107-108.250 coberencelength,422,426,433,472
proper(seeProperself-energy) condensationenergyof,419,453
Semiempiricalmassformula,349-352 Cooperpairs,320-326,417,441
Seniority,524,536 criticalcurrent,460a,476p
INDEX
SuperconductorLcont'd): SuperconductorLcont'dj:
criticalseld,415,451,453,474p thermodynamicpotential,449-454
lowerandupper,438,439,475# typelandtypell,438-439,475/
efectiveinteraction,448,476# ultrasonicattenuation,449,478p
efrectivemassandcharge,431 uniform medium,444-454
and electron-phonon interaction,444,448, variationalcakulationofgroundstate,336,
476# 337#
Dyson'sequation,476/ Supercurrent,432,472-474,416p
phononpropagator,477....478p Superelectrondensity,423,431,459-460
energygap,330,417,447-449 Superquiddensity,4*1-482,487,495
entropy,419,476p Supermultiplzts,548,549/,558
excitationspectrum.334 Surfaceenergy:
experimentalfacts,414-417 inBosesystem,497-498,502#
films.474p,476p ofnuclei,35G
fluxquantization,415-416,425 insuperconductors,430,436-438
gapequation,333.446--449 Susceptibility,174,254p,309#,310,
gapfunction,443,466-474,489 Symmetryenergyofnuclei,350,386#
gapless,417/,460a
gaugeinvariance,tt'!,454
Ginzburg-laandau theory (see Ginzburg- Tadpolediagram,108,154
Landautheory) Tamm-DancoFapproximation.565-566
Gorkovequations,4zl4,466 Temm rature,34
ground-statecorrelationfunction,337, Temperaturecorrelationfunction,3*
ground-stateenergy,335 Temm ratureGrœn'sfunction,228,262
heatcapacity,320,416,420,451-454 analytic continuation to real-time Green's
Helmholtzfreeenergy,431,451,453,474p function,297-298
isotopeeeect,320,417,448,476# forbosons,491
local,427 conservationofdiscretefrequency,246
London,427 equationofmotion,253,
matrixformulation,443-444 Feynmanrule.s:
M eissner efl-
ect,414.421,423,457,459- incoordinatespace,242-243
460 inmomentum space,244-248
mixedstate,415a,439 Fourierseriesfor,244-245
modelhamiltonian,441 Hartree-Fockapproximation,257
nonlocal,427 ininteractionpicture,235-236
numericalvalues,tables,422,448 Lehmarm representatiom 297
orderparameter,431 for noninteracting system ,232-234,245-
penetrationlength,427,434,472,475J 246,298
generaldesnition,429 fornormalstate,468
locallimit,427,429.460 periodicityof,236-237,244-245
nonlocallimit,429-430:460,461-463 andproperself-energy,251
table,422 relation to obsewables,247,252,261-262
persistentcurrents,415-416 forsuperconductors,442-444
phasetransition,431 weightfunction,29* 297,309/
Pippard,427,461-463 Tensor force in nuclear matter, 367, 375.
relation to Hartree-Focktheory,439-441 386p
self-consistencycondition,zltt,446 Tensoroperator,343
spinsusceptibility,471p Thermalwavelength,277,304,306
stabilityofM eissnerstate.430 Thermionicemission,49#
strong-coupling.4K a Thermodynamiclimit,22,75,78,199,489
surfaceenergy,43û,436-438 Thermodynamic pottntial, 34-35, 268-269,
temperatureGreen'sfunction,442-444 274,290,,327
IN DEX 01
Thermodynamicpotential(cont'
dl: Vacuum state,13,201
forbosons,37,38,202,207 Variationalprinciple,29,336.337/,333,502#
coupling-constantintegrationfor,231-232 Vectorpotential,424,425-428,431-433,435-
for electron gas,268,273-275,278, 284, 437,454-456,459:465,468
l%ûp Velocitypotential,482.495
forferm ions,38,329-332 Vertexparts,402-406.411#
insnitenuclei,528-537 VorticesinHeII.482-484,5*#,502/
forphonons,393 energy/unitlength,484,499
relation: vortexcore,484,498-499
tolruxkner-Goldstonetheory,288-289
to temperature Green's function, 232.
247,252 W avefunçtions:
ringcontribution.274-275,281-286 for condensate (see Condensate: wave
ofsuperconductor,449-454 function)
Thermodynamics: Dirac,188
ofmagneticsystems,418 forGinzburg-l-andautheory,471
review of,34 many-body.5-8,16
Thomas-Fermitheory,177-178.195,,386#, scattering.129,138-139,380
575 singleparticle,5
Thomms-Fermi wavenum- r, 167,176, 178, Hartree-Fock, 352-353, 503, 508-511,
182,397 541,558-559,567
spinandisospin.21,353
3-
/symbol,584 W eakinteractions,566
Time-developmentoperator,5&.58
Time-ordered density correlation function, W hite-dwarfstars,49,50p
174,175 W ick's theorem,83-92,327, 399,441,506,
Time-orderedproductofoperators,58s65,86- 579,560
87 forbosons,203,222p
Transitionmatrixelements,540,543 atsnitetem perature,234-241,441
Transition temperature of inttracting Bose W igner-Eckarttheorem,505,521,544,586-
gas,259-261,493 587
Translationalinvariance,73-74 W ignerforce.354
Transversepartofvectorseld,454 W ignerlattice,31,398/
Two-quidmodel,481 W igner'ssuperm ultigiettheory,549/
Twœparticlecorrelations,191-192
Two-parti cl
eGreen'sfunction,116p,253, Zero-pointenergy,41.393
Zerosound,183-187,195,.196/
comparedtoplmsmaoscillations,186
damping.187,195,.310/
dis> rsionrelation,183-184
Ultlasonicattenuation,411/,449,478# inliquid He3.187
Uniform rotation,483-484,5* # spin-waveanalog,196/
Uniform system,69,190,214,292,321 velocityof.185-187