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1 Motivation and Overarching Aims |
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1 | (4) |
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5 | (50) |
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5 | (1) |
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2.2 Path Integrals and the Metropolis Algorithm |
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6 | (5) |
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2.3 Quantum Chromodynamics |
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11 | (7) |
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2.3.1 QCD at Zero Temperature and Density |
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11 | (4) |
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2.3.2 QCD at Finite Temperature |
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15 | (2) |
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2.3.3 High Baryon Density QCD |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (13) |
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18 | (3) |
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2.4.2 Fermions on the Lattice |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (4) |
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2.4.4 Lattice QCD at Finite Baryon Density |
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27 | (2) |
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2.4.5 Real Time Properties |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (17) |
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32 | (2) |
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2.5.2 Computational Fluid Dynamics |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (3) |
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2.5.4 Classical Field Theory |
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40 | (2) |
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2.5.5 Nonequilibrium QCD: Holography |
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42 | (6) |
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2.6 Outlook and Acknowledgments |
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48 | (7) |
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Appendix: Z2 Gauge Theory |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (4) |
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3 Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics |
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55 | (38) |
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55 | (2) |
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3.1.1 Euclidean QCD Action |
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56 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Quantum Fluctuations |
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57 | (1) |
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3.2 Lattice QCD: Theoretical Basis |
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57 | (15) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (3) |
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3.2.4 Partition Function on the Lattice |
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63 | (2) |
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3.2.5 Strong Coupling Expansion and Quark Confinement |
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65 | (3) |
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3.2.6 Weak Coupling Expansion and Continuum Limit |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (2) |
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3.3 Lattice QCD: Numerical Simulations |
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72 | (8) |
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3.3.1 Importance Sampling |
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72 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) |
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72 | (2) |
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3.3.3 Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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3.3.5 Heavy Quark Potential |
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77 | (1) |
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3.3.6 Masses of Light Hadrons |
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78 | (2) |
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3.4 Lattice QCD and Nuclear Force |
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80 | (5) |
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3.4.1 Master Equation for Baryon-Baryon Interaction |
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81 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Baryon-Baryon Interaction in Flavor SU(3) Limit |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (8) |
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86 | (5) |
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91 | (2) |
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4 General Aspects of Effective Field Theories and Few-Body Applications |
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93 | (62) |
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4.1 Introduction: Dimensional Analysis and the Separation of Scales |
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93 | (2) |
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4.2 Theoretical Foundations of Effective Field Theory |
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95 | (22) |
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4.2.1 Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Approaches |
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96 | (4) |
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4.2.2 Nonrelativistic Field Theory |
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100 | (10) |
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4.2.3 Symmetries and Power Counting |
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110 | (7) |
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117 | (1) |
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4.3 Effective Field Theory for Strongly Interacting Bosons |
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117 | (16) |
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4.3.1 EFT for Short-Range Interactions |
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118 | (5) |
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4.3.2 Dimer Field Formalism |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (3) |
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4.3.4 Three-Body Observables |
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127 | (3) |
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4.3.5 Renormalization Group Limit Cycle |
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130 | (3) |
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4.4 Effective Field Theory for Nuclear Few-Body Systems |
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133 | (10) |
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133 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Pionless Effective Field Theory |
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133 | (1) |
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4.4.3 The Two-Nucleon S-Wave System |
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134 | (4) |
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4.4.4 Three Nucleons: Scattering and Bound States |
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138 | (5) |
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4.5 Beyond Short-Range Interactions: Adding Photons and Pions |
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143 | (12) |
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4.5.1 Electromagnetic Interactions |
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143 | (5) |
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4.5.2 Example: Deuteron Breakup |
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148 | (2) |
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4.5.3 Chiral Effective Field Theory |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (3) |
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5 Lattice Methods and Effective Field Theory |
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155 | (82) |
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155 | (2) |
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5.2 Basics of Effective Field Theory and Lattice Effective Field Theory |
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157 | (19) |
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5.2.1 Pionless Effective Field Theory |
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157 | (6) |
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5.2.2 Lattice Effective Field Theory |
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163 | (13) |
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5.3 Calculating Observables |
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176 | (24) |
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178 | (7) |
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5.3.2 Statistical Overlap |
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185 | (5) |
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5.3.3 Interpolating Fields |
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190 | (5) |
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195 | (5) |
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5.4 Systematic Errors and Improvement |
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200 | (16) |
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5.4.1 Improving the Kinetic Energy Operator |
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200 | (3) |
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5.4.2 Improving the Interaction |
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203 | (8) |
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5.4.3 Scaling of Discretization Errors for Many-Body Systems |
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211 | (3) |
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5.4.4 Additional Sources of Systematic Error |
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214 | (2) |
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5.5 Beyond Leading Order EFT |
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216 | (13) |
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5.5.1 Tuning the Effective Range |
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217 | (5) |
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222 | (2) |
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5.5.3 3-and Higher-Body Interactions |
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224 | (4) |
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5.5.4 Final Considerations |
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228 | (1) |
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5.6 Reading Assignments and Exercises |
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229 | (8) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (6) |
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6 Lattice Methods and the Nuclear Few- and Many-Body Problem |
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237 | (26) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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6.3 Scattering on the Lattice |
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239 | (2) |
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241 | (8) |
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6.4.1 Grassmann Path Integral |
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242 | (2) |
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6.4.2 Transfer Matrix Operator |
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244 | (2) |
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6.4.3 Grassmann Path Integral with Auxiliary Field |
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246 | (2) |
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6.4.4 Transfer Matrix Operator with Auxiliary Field |
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248 | (1) |
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6.5 Projection Monte Carlo |
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249 | (4) |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (5) |
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260 | (3) |
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7 Ab Initio Methods for Nuclear Structure and Reactions: From Few to Many Nucleons |
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263 | (30) |
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7.1 Introduction: Theory, Model, Method |
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263 | (1) |
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7.2 The Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanical Many-Nucleon Problem |
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264 | (2) |
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7.2.1 Translation and Galileian Invariance |
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265 | (1) |
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7.3 Classification of Ab Initio Approaches for Ground-State Calculations |
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266 | (8) |
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7.3.1 The Faddeev-Yakubowski (FY) Method |
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266 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Methods Based on the Variational Theorem (Diagonalization Methods) |
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267 | (3) |
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7.3.3 Methods Based on Similarity Transformations |
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270 | (3) |
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7.3.4 Monte Carlo Methods |
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273 | (1) |
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7.4 Two Diagonalization Methods with Effective Interactions |
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274 | (2) |
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7.4.1 The No Core Shell Model Method (NCSM) |
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274 | (1) |
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7.4.2 The Hyperspherical Harmonics Method with Effective Interaction (EIHH) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (5) |
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7.5.1 Response Functions to Perturbative Probes |
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277 | (4) |
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7.6 Integral Transform Approaches |
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281 | (9) |
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281 | (1) |
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7.6.2 Integral Transform with the Laplace Kernel |
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282 | (1) |
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7.6.3 Integral Transform with the Lorentzian Kernel |
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283 | (2) |
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7.6.4 Integral Transform with the Sumudu Kernel |
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285 | (2) |
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7.6.5 Integral Transform with the Stieltjes Kernel |
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287 | (1) |
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7.6.6 Methods of Inversion |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (3) |
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290 | (3) |
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8 Computational Nuclear Physics and Post Hartree-Fock Methods |
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293 | (108) |
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293 | (2) |
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8.2 Single-Particle Basis, Hamiltonians and Models for the Nuclear Force |
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295 | (17) |
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8.2.1 Introduction to Nuclear Matter and Hamiltonians |
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295 | (7) |
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8.2.2 Single-Particle Basis for Infinite Matter |
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302 | (3) |
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8.2.3 Two-Body Interaction |
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305 | (3) |
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8.2.4 Models from Effective Field Theory for the Two- and Three-Nucleon Interactions |
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308 | (4) |
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312 | (7) |
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8.3.1 Hartree-Fock Algorithm with Simple Python Code |
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315 | (4) |
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8.4 Full Configuration Interaction Theory |
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319 | (8) |
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8.4.1 A Non-practical Way of Solving the Eigenvalue Problem |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (1) |
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8.5 Many-Body Perturbation Theory |
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327 | (9) |
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8.5.1 Interpreting the Correlation Energy and the Wave Operator |
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334 | (2) |
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8.6 Coupled Cluster Theory |
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336 | (10) |
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8.6.1 A Quick Tour of Coupled Cluster Theory |
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336 | (7) |
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8.6.2 The CCD Approximation |
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343 | (1) |
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8.6.3 Approximations to the Full CCD Equations |
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344 | (2) |
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8.7 Developing a Numerical Project |
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346 | (34) |
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8.7.1 Validation and Verification |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (1) |
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8.7.3 Profile-Guided Optimization |
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349 | (10) |
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8.7.4 Developing a CCD Code for Infinite Matter |
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359 | (21) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (9) |
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8.10 Solutions to Selected Exercises |
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390 | (11) |
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394 | (3) |
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397 | (4) |
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9 Variational and Diffusion Monte Carlo Approaches to the Nuclear Few- and Many-Body Problem |
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401 | (76) |
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9.1 Monte Carlo Methods in Quantum Many-Body Physics |
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401 | (3) |
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9.1.1 Expectations in Quantum Mechanics |
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401 | (3) |
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9.2 Variational Wavefunctions and VMC for Central Potentials |
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404 | (18) |
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9.2.1 Coordinate Space Formulation |
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404 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Variational Principle and Variational Wavefunctions |
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405 | (1) |
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9.2.3 Monte Carlo Evaluation of Integrals |
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406 | (8) |
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9.2.4 Construction of the Wavefunction and Computational Procedures |
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414 | (4) |
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9.2.5 Wave Function Optimization |
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418 | (4) |
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9.3 Projection Monte Carlo Methods in Coordinate Space |
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422 | (17) |
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9.3.1 General Formulation |
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422 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Imaginary Time Propagator in Coordinate Representation |
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423 | (6) |
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9.3.3 Application to the Harmonic Oscillator |
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429 | (3) |
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9.3.4 Importance Sampling |
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432 | (4) |
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9.3.5 The Fermion Sign Problem |
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436 | (3) |
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9.4 Quantum Monte Carlo for Nuclear Hamiltonians in Coordinate Space |
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439 | (16) |
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9.4.1 General Auxiliary Field Formalism |
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439 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Operator Expectations and Importance Sampling |
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440 | (5) |
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9.4.3 Application to Standard Diffusion Monte Carlo |
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445 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Fixed-Phase Importance-Sampled Diffusion Monte Carlo |
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447 | (1) |
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9.4.5 Application to Quadratic Forms |
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448 | (1) |
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9.4.6 Auxiliary Field Breakups |
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449 | (2) |
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9.4.7 AFDMC with the υ'6 Potential for Nuclear Matter |
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451 | (3) |
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9.4.8 Isospin-Independent Spin-Orbit Interaction |
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454 | (1) |
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9.5 GFMC with Full Spin-Isospin Summation |
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455 | (2) |
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9.6 General Projection Algorithms in Fock Space and Non-local Interactions |
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457 | (14) |
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9.6.1 Fock Space Formulation of Diffusion Monte Carlo |
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458 | (3) |
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9.6.2 Importance Sampling and Fixed-Phase Approximation |
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461 | (2) |
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9.6.3 Trial Wave-Functions from Coupled Cluster Ansatz |
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463 | (2) |
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9.6.4 Propagator Sampling with No Time-Step Error |
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465 | (5) |
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470 | (1) |
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9.7 Conclusions and Perspectives |
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471 | (2) |
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473 | (4) |
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474 | (2) |
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476 | (1) |
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10 In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group Approach to the Nuclear Many-Body Problem |
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477 | (94) |
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477 | (3) |
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10.1.1 Organization of This Chapter |
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480 | (1) |
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10.2 The Similarity Renormalization Group |
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480 | (28) |
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480 | (3) |
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10.2.2 A Two-Dimensional Toy Problem |
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483 | (3) |
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486 | (8) |
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10.2.4 Evolution of Nuclear Interactions |
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494 | (14) |
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508 | (32) |
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10.3.1 Normal Ordering and Wick's Theorem |
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509 | (4) |
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10.3.2 In-Medium SRG Flow Equations |
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513 | (4) |
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517 | (4) |
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10.3.4 Choice of Generator |
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521 | (6) |
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527 | (8) |
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10.3.6 IMSRG Solution of the Pairing Hamiltonian |
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535 | (4) |
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10.3.7 Infinite Neutron Matter |
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539 | (1) |
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10.4 Current Developments |
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540 | (21) |
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10.4.1 Magnus Formulation of the IMSRG |
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540 | (3) |
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10.4.2 The Multi-Reference IMSRG |
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543 | (9) |
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10.4.3 Effective Hamiltonians |
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552 | (8) |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (1) |
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10.6 Exercises and Projects |
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561 | (10) |
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Appendix: Products and Commutators of Normal-Ordered Operators |
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564 | (2) |
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566 | (5) |
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11 Self-Consistent Green's Function Approaches |
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571 | (65) |
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571 | (2) |
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11.2 Many-Body Green's Function Theory |
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573 | (13) |
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11.2.1 Spectral Function and Relation to Experimental Observations |
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575 | (3) |
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11.2.2 Perturbation Expansion of the Green's Function |
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578 | (8) |
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11.3 The Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Method |
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586 | (16) |
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11.3.1 The ADC(n) Approach and Working Equations at Third Order |
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591 | (5) |
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11.3.2 Solving the Dyson Equation |
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596 | (3) |
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11.3.3 A Simple Pairing Model |
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599 | (3) |
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11.4 Numerical Solutions for Infinite Matter |
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602 | (16) |
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11.4.1 Computational Details for ADC(n) |
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603 | (10) |
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11.4.2 Spectral Function in Pure Neutron and Symmetric Nuclear Matter |
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613 | (5) |
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11.5 Self-Consistent Green's Functions at Finite Temperature in the Thermodynamic Limit |
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618 | (16) |
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11.5.1 Finite-Temperature Green's Function Formalism |
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619 | (5) |
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11.5.2 Numerical Implementation of the Ladder Approximation |
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624 | (6) |
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11.5.3 Averaged Three-Body Forces: Numerical Details |
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630 | (4) |
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634 | (2) |
Appendix 1 Feynman Rules for the One-Body Propagator and the Self-Energy |
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636 | (2) |
Appendix 2 Chiral Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order Three-Nucleon Forces |
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638 | (5) |
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