Variational principle for many-fermion systems

Elliott H. Lieb

doi:10.1007/3-540-27056-6_19

Variational principle for many-fermion systems

Elliott H. Lieb

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If ψ is a determinantal variational trial function for the N-fermion Hamiltonian, H, with one- and two-body terms, then e₀≤ 〈ψ, Hψ〉=E(K), where e₀ is the ground-state energy, K is the one-body reduced density matrix of ψ, and E(K) is the well-known expression in terms of direct and exchange energies. If an arbitrary one-body K is given, which does not come from a determinantal ψ, then E(K)≥e ₀ does not necessarily hold. It is shown, however, that if the two-body part of H is positive, then in fact e₀≤e _HF≤E(K), where e_HF is the Hartree-Fock ground-state energy.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Stability of Matter
Subtitle of host publication	From Atoms to Stars: Fourth Edition
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	257-260
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	3540420835, 9783540222125
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27056-6_19
State	Published - 2005

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