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Planar version of Baym-Kadanoff theory

Planar version of Baym-Kadanoff theory The Baym-Kadanoff theory of the conserving vertex is discussed within the context of the parquet summation of Feynman diagrams in nonrelativistic many-body theory. Since the parquet language provides a convenient way of characterizing all two-body vertices, the Baym-Kadanoff algorithm for generating a conserving two-body vertex takes a very straightforward form. We present the general theory and then illustrate the results using many of the simple conserving vertices. We then analyze the parquet two-body vertex within the theory, concluding that parquet is not a conserving theory. We show that any conserving theory that generates the direct parquet diagrams must also generate an infinite number of irreducible diagrams and derive integral equations for the minimal set of irreducible diagrams that would be needed in a conserving theory that produced the direct parquet diagrams. We present an algorithm that enables one to determine, for any direct or exchange parquet diagram, the parquet diagram whose contribution to the self-energy, when functionally differentiated, will generate the original parquet diagram. We then show that any set of diagrams for the two-body vertex that includes the bare interaction and satisfies the important properties of being conserving and antisymmetric under exchange of the outgoing particles must necessarily include all diagrams. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Physical Review A American Physical Society (APS)

Planar version of Baym-Kadanoff theory

Physical Review A , Volume 46 (8) – Oct 15, 1992
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Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The American Physical Society
ISSN
1094-1622
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.46.4586
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Abstract

The Baym-Kadanoff theory of the conserving vertex is discussed within the context of the parquet summation of Feynman diagrams in nonrelativistic many-body theory. Since the parquet language provides a convenient way of characterizing all two-body vertices, the Baym-Kadanoff algorithm for generating a conserving two-body vertex takes a very straightforward form. We present the general theory and then illustrate the results using many of the simple conserving vertices. We then analyze the parquet two-body vertex within the theory, concluding that parquet is not a conserving theory. We show that any conserving theory that generates the direct parquet diagrams must also generate an infinite number of irreducible diagrams and derive integral equations for the minimal set of irreducible diagrams that would be needed in a conserving theory that produced the direct parquet diagrams. We present an algorithm that enables one to determine, for any direct or exchange parquet diagram, the parquet diagram whose contribution to the self-energy, when functionally differentiated, will generate the original parquet diagram. We then show that any set of diagrams for the two-body vertex that includes the bare interaction and satisfies the important properties of being conserving and antisymmetric under exchange of the outgoing particles must necessarily include all diagrams.

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Physical Review AAmerican Physical Society (APS)

Published: Oct 15, 1992

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