Classifying fermionic states via many-body correlation measures

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Main Authors: Semenyakin, Mykola, Cheipesh, Yevheniia, Herasymenko, Yaroslav
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Published: 2023
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author Semenyakin, Mykola
Cheipesh, Yevheniia
Herasymenko, Yaroslav
author_facet Semenyakin, Mykola
Cheipesh, Yevheniia
Herasymenko, Yaroslav
contents Understanding the structure of quantum correlations in a many-body system is key to its computational treatment. For fermionic systems, correlations can be defined as deviations from Slater determinant states. The link between fermionic correlations and efficient computational physics methods is actively studied but remains ambiguous. We make progress in establishing this connection mathematically. In particular, we find a rigorous classification of states relative to $k$-fermion correlations, which admits a computational physics interpretation. Correlations are captured by a measure $ω_k$, a function of $k$-fermion reduced density matrix that we call twisted purity. A condition $ω_k=0$ for a given $k$ puts the state in a class $G_k$ of correlated states. Sets $G_k$ are nested in $k$, and Slater determinants correspond to $k = 1$. Classes $G_{k=O(1)}$ are shown to be physically relevant, as $ω_k$ vanishes or nearly vanishes for truncated configuration-interaction states, perturbation series around Slater determinants, and some nonperturbative eigenstates of the 1D Hubbard model. For each $k = O(1)$, we give an explicit ansatz with a polynomial number of parameters that covers all states in $G_k$. Potential applications of this ansatz and its connections to the coupled-cluster wavefunction are discussed.
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spellingShingle Classifying fermionic states via many-body correlation measures
Semenyakin, Mykola
Cheipesh, Yevheniia
Herasymenko, Yaroslav
Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mathematical Physics
Chemical Physics
Understanding the structure of quantum correlations in a many-body system is key to its computational treatment. For fermionic systems, correlations can be defined as deviations from Slater determinant states. The link between fermionic correlations and efficient computational physics methods is actively studied but remains ambiguous. We make progress in establishing this connection mathematically. In particular, we find a rigorous classification of states relative to $k$-fermion correlations, which admits a computational physics interpretation. Correlations are captured by a measure $ω_k$, a function of $k$-fermion reduced density matrix that we call twisted purity. A condition $ω_k=0$ for a given $k$ puts the state in a class $G_k$ of correlated states. Sets $G_k$ are nested in $k$, and Slater determinants correspond to $k = 1$. Classes $G_{k=O(1)}$ are shown to be physically relevant, as $ω_k$ vanishes or nearly vanishes for truncated configuration-interaction states, perturbation series around Slater determinants, and some nonperturbative eigenstates of the 1D Hubbard model. For each $k = O(1)$, we give an explicit ansatz with a polynomial number of parameters that covers all states in $G_k$. Potential applications of this ansatz and its connections to the coupled-cluster wavefunction are discussed.
title Classifying fermionic states via many-body correlation measures
topic Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mathematical Physics
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.07956