Consistent Random Phase Approximation Research Articles

Spurious finite-size instabilities in nuclear energy density functionals: Spin channel

It has been recently shown, that some Skyrme functionals can lead to non-converging results in the calculation of some properties of atomic nuclei. A previous study has pointed out a possible link between these convergence problems and the appearance of finite-size instabilities in symmetric nuclear matter (SNM) around saturation density. We show that the finite-size instabilities not only affect the ground state properties of atomic nuclei, but they can also influence the calculations of vibrational excited states in finite nuclei. We perform systematic fully-self consistent Random Phase Approximation (RPA) calculations in spherical doubly-magic nuclei. We employ several Skyrme functionals and vary the isoscalar and isovector coupling constants of the time-odd term $\mathbf{s}\cdot \Delta \mathbf{s}$ . We determine critical values of these coupling constants beyond which the RPA calculations do not converge because RPA the stability matrix becomes non-positive.By comparing the RPA calculations of atomic nuclei with those performed for SNM we establish a correspondence between the critical densities in the infinite system and the critical coupling constants for which the RPA calculations do not converge. We find a quantitative stability criterion to detect finite-size instabilities related to the spin $\mathbf{s}\cdot \Delta \mathbf{s}$ term of a functional. This criterion could be easily implemented into the standard fitting protocols to fix the coupling constants of the Skyrme functional.

Off-site interaction effect in the Extended Hubbard Model with the SCRPA method

The self consistent random phase approximation (SCRPA) and a direct analytical (DA) method are proposed to solve the Extended Hubbard Model (EHM) in one dimension (1D). We have considered an EHM including on-site and off-site interactions for closed chains in 1D with periodic boundary conditions. The comparison of the SCRPA results with the ones obtained by a DA approach shows that the SCRPA treats the problem of these closed chains in a rigorous manner. The analysis of the nearest–neighbour repulsion effect on the dynamics of our closed chains shows that this repulsive interaction between the electrons of the neighbouring atoms induces supplementary conductivity, since, the SCRPA energygap vanishes when these closed chains are governed by a strong repulsive on-site interaction and intermediate nearest–neighbour repulsion.

Exact solution of the non-crossing approximation for the strong coupling limit of the half-filled Hubbard model

Abstract We present an analytic solution of the self consistent random phase approximation equations for the half-filled Hubbard model, in the strong coupling limit. In the half-filled limit the Hubbard model shows antiferromagnetic ordering. The self energy is calculated by considering processes whereby the electrons emit and absorb low frequency spin waves, which are the Goldstone modes of the broken symmetry phase. We examine the electronic spectrum, which is dominated by the broad incoherent portions of the spectrum associated with the upper and lower Hubbard bands. The quasi-particle spectrum has a divergent wave function renormalization, indicating a divergent renormalization of the quasi-particle mass and zero quasi-particle weight, as in a non-Fermi liquid. The self consistency equation determined from the Goldstone modes in the susceptibility shows that the antiferromagnetism is prohibited in one and two dimensions but not in three. The magnetic ordering temperature is determined by dimensionalit...

Neutrino scattering from12C and16O

Exclusive and inclusive $(\nu_\mu, \mu^-), (\nu_e, e^-)$ cross-sections and $\mu^-$-capture rates are calculated for ^{12}C and ^{16}O using the consistent random phase approximation (RPA) and pairing model. After a pairing correction is introduced to the RPA results the flux-averaged theoretical $(\nu_\mu, \mu^-), (\nu_e, e^-)$ cross-sections and $\mu^-$-capture rates in $^{12}$C are in good agreement with experiment. In particular when one takes into account the experimental error bars, the recently measured range of values for the $(\nu_\mu, \mu^-)$ cross-section is in agreement with the present theoretical results. Predictions of $(\nu_\mu, \mu^-)$ and $(\nu_e, e^-)$ cross-sections in ^{16}O are also presented.

Toward a consistent random phase approximation based on the relativistic Hartree approximation.

We examine the random phase approximation (RPA) based on a relativistic Hartree approximation description for nuclear ground states. This model includes contributions from the negative energy sea at the one-loop level. We emphasize consistency between the treatment of the ground state and the RPA. This consistency is important in the description of low-lying collective levels but less important for the longitudinal (e,e') quasielastic response. We also study the effect of imposing a three-momentum cutoff on negative energy sea contributions. A cutoff of twice the nucleon mass improves agreement with observed spin-orbit splittings in nuclei compared to the standard infinite cutoff results, an effect traceable to the fact that imposing the cutoff reduces ${\mathit{m}}^{\mathrm{*}}$/m. Consistency is much more important than the cutoff in the description of low-lying collective levels. The cutoff model also provides excellent agreement with quasielastic (e,e') data.

The antisymmetrized geminal power approximation to the excitation propagator

AbstractA consistent propagator approximation, denoted as the excitation propagator, is introduced. This propagator describes excitations between N‐particle states and its approximation has properties required of consistent random phase approximation schemes. Several properties of this propagator are explored when based on a generalized antisymmetrized geminal power wavefunction. How singularities in the metric occur and how to remove them is discussed in detail. The excitation propagator is also contrasted with the principal (polarization) propagator.

Peculiarities of the photoionisation cross section of the Mn atom

The first consistent random phase approximation with exchange (RPAE) calculation of Mn photoionisation in the giant resonance region is reported. In order to be able to perform these calculations, the atomic electrons were separated into two groups called 'up' and 'down' depending on their spin projection. A satisfactory agreement with experiment has been achieved and the autoionisation nature of the experimentally observed maximum in the cross section is confirmed.

A time-dependent variation–perturbation method for the calculation of transition properties and its relation to the random phase approximation

A time−dependent variation−perturbation (VP) formulation is presented for the simultaneous calculation of the ground state correlation function and the excited state wave function of an atomic or molecular system. The wave functions are chosen for the optimal calculation of transition properties with a relatively small number of molecular integrals. The VP equations so obtained for a singlet system are identical with the equations in the random phase approximation (RPA). On the other hand, if the ground state is a singlet and the excited state a triplet, the VP and RPA equations are different. The latter assumes a ground state correlation function with an open shell component, which is a poor approximation for a closed shell ground state. The orthonormalization condition in the VP scheme is different from that in the RPA. The consequence of this difference is discussed. It is also pointed out that the RPA excitation energy actually contains part of the ground state correlation energy; hence the RPA excitation energy is always lower than the corresponding values in the Tamm−Dancoff approximation and the self−consistent RPA. A variational formulation of the time−dependent problem gives a set of equations which resembles the higher RPA equations.