Hubbard-Stratonovich like Transformations for Few-Body Interactions

By Christopher Körber

Parallel Session Talk at Lattice 2017, Granada

Keywords: Lattice Theory, Many-Body Forces, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Monte-Carlo Algorithms

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Through the development of many-body methodology and algorithms, it has become possible to describe quantum systems composed of a large number of particles with great accuracy. Essential to all these methods is the application of auxiliary fields via the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation. This transformation effectively reduces two-body interactions to interactions of one particle with the auxiliary field, thereby improving the computational scaling of the respective algorithms. With the increasing size of involved particles, the relevance of collective phenomena and interactions grows as well. For many theories, e.g. Chiral Perturbation Theory, the inclusion of three-body forces has become essential in order to further increase the accuracy on the many-body level. In this seminar, the analytical framework for establishing a Hubbard-Stratonovich-like transformation, which allows for the systematic and controlled inclusion of contact three- and more-body interactions, is presented.