correlations in excited states of local hamiltonians

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	correlations in excited states of local hamiltonians
	Chen Jianxin; Ji Zhengfeng; Wei Zhaohui; Zeng Bei
	2012
发表期刊	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
ISSN	1050-2947
卷号	85 期号:4 页码:-
摘要	Physical properties of the ground and excited states of a k-local Hamiltonian are largely determined by the k-particle reduced density matrices (k-RDMs), or simply the k-matrix for fermionic systems-they are at least enough for the calculation of the ground-state and excited-state energies. Moreover, for a nondegenerate ground state of a k-local Hamiltonian, even the state itself is completely determined by its k-RDMs, and therefore contains no genuine k-particle correlations, as they can be inferred from k-particle correlation functions. It is natural to ask whether a similar result holds for nondegenerate excited states. In fact, for fermionic systems, it has been conjectured that any nondegenerate excited state of a 2-local Hamiltonian is simultaneously a unique ground state of another 2-local Hamiltonian, hence is uniquely determined by its 2-matrix. And a weaker version of this conjecture states that any nondegenerate excited state of a 2-local Hamiltonian is uniquely determined by its 2-matrix among all the pure n-particle states. We construct explicit counterexamples to show that both conjectures are false. We further show that any nondegenerate excited state of a k-local Hamiltonian is a unique ground state of another 2k-local Hamiltonian, hence is uniquely determined by its 2k-RDMs (or 2k-matrix). These results set up a solid framework for the study of excited-state properties of many-body systems. © 2012 American Physical Society.; Physical properties of the ground and excited states of a k-local Hamiltonian are largely determined by the k-particle reduced density matrices (k-RDMs), or simply the k-matrix for fermionic systems-they are at least enough for the calculation of the ground-state and excited-state energies. Moreover, for a nondegenerate ground state of a k-local Hamiltonian, even the state itself is completely determined by its k-RDMs, and therefore contains no genuine k-particle correlations, as they can be inferred from k-particle correlation functions. It is natural to ask whether a similar result holds for nondegenerate excited states. In fact, for fermionic systems, it has been conjectured that any nondegenerate excited state of a 2-local Hamiltonian is simultaneously a unique ground state of another 2-local Hamiltonian, hence is uniquely determined by its 2-matrix. And a weaker version of this conjecture states that any nondegenerate excited state of a 2-local Hamiltonian is uniquely determined by its 2-matrix among all the pure n-particle states. We construct explicit counterexamples to show that both conjectures are false. We further show that any nondegenerate excited state of a k-local Hamiltonian is a unique ground state of another 2k-local Hamiltonian, hence is uniquely determined by its 2k-RDMs (or 2k-matrix). These results set up a solid framework for the study of excited-state properties of many-body systems. © 2012 American Physical Society.
收录类别	EI
关键词	Excited States Ground State Molecular Physics
部门归属	(1) Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Guelph Guelph ON Canada; (2) Institute for Quantum Computing School of Computer Science University of Waterloo Waterloo ON Canada; (3) State Key Laboratory of Computer Science Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China; (4) Centre for Quantum Technologies National University of Singapore Singapore 117543 Singapore; (5) Institute for Quantum Computing University of Waterloo Waterloo ON Canada
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000302600200001
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内容类型	期刊论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/15464
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen Jianxin,Ji Zhengfeng,Wei Zhaohui,et al. correlations in excited states of local hamiltonians[J]. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics,2012,85(4):-.
APA	Chen Jianxin,Ji Zhengfeng,Wei Zhaohui,&Zeng Bei.(2012).correlations in excited states of local hamiltonians.Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics,85(4),-.
MLA	Chen Jianxin,et al."correlations in excited states of local hamiltonians".Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 85.4(2012):-.