Norm overlap between many-body states: Uncorrelated overlap between arbitrary Bogoliubov product states

B. Bally and T. Duguet
Phys. Rev. C 97, 024304 – Published 5 February 2018

Abstract

Background: State-of-the-art multi-reference energy density functional calculations require the computation of norm overlaps between different Bogoliubov quasiparticle many-body states. It is only recently that the efficient and unambiguous calculation of such norm kernels has become available under the form of Pfaffians [L. M. Robledo, Phys. Rev. C 79, 021302 (2009)]. Recently developed particle-number-restored Bogoliubov coupled-cluster (PNR-BCC) and particle-number-restored Bogoliubov many-body perturbation (PNR-BMBPT) ab initio theories [T. Duguet and A. Signoracci, J. Phys. G 44, 015103 (2017)] make use of generalized norm kernels incorporating explicit many-body correlations. In PNR-BCC and PNR-BMBPT, the Bogoliubov states involved in the norm kernels differ specifically via a global gauge rotation.

Purpose: The goal of this work is threefold. We wish (i) to propose and implement an alternative to the Pfaffian method to compute unambiguously the norm overlap between arbitrary Bogoliubov quasiparticle states, (ii) to extend the first point to explicitly correlated norm kernels, and (iii) to scrutinize the analytical content of the correlated norm kernels employed in PNR-BMBPT. Point (i) constitutes the purpose of the present paper while points (ii) and (iii) are addressed in a forthcoming paper.

Methods: We generalize the method used in another work [T. Duguet and A. Signoracci, J. Phys. G 44, 015103 (2017)] in such a way that it is applicable to kernels involving arbitrary pairs of Bogoliubov states. The formalism is presently explicated in detail in the case of the uncorrelated overlap between arbitrary Bogoliubov states. The power of the method is numerically illustrated and benchmarked against known results on the basis of toy models of increasing complexity.

Results: The norm overlap between arbitrary Bogoliubov product states is obtained under a closed-form expression allowing its computation without any phase ambiguity. The formula is physically intuitive, accurate, and versatile. It equally applies to norm overlaps between Bogoliubov states of even or odd number parity. Numerical applications illustrate these features and provide a transparent representation of the content of the norm overlaps.

Conclusions: The complex norm overlap between arbitrary Bogoliubov states is computed, without any phase ambiguity, via elementary linear algebra operations. The method can be used in any configuration mixing of orthogonal and non-orthogonal product states. Furthermore, the closed-form expression extends naturally to correlated overlaps at play in PNR-BCC and PNR-BMBPT. As such, the straight overlap between Bogoliubov states is the zero-order reduction of more involved norm kernels to be studied in a forthcoming paper.

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  • Received 12 July 2017
  • Revised 11 December 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.024304

©2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Nuclear Physics

Authors & Affiliations

B. Bally1 and T. Duguet2,3,4,*

  • 1ESNT, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • 2IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • 3KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
  • 4National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA

  • *thomas.duguet@cea.fr

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Vol. 97, Iss. 2 — February 2018

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