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Canonical transformation and perturbation expansion in the theory of Fermi gas

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A canonical transformation, identical with that of Bogoljubov and Valatin, is performed; and a perturbation expansion of the ground state energy is made by taking, as the unperturbed Hamiltonian, the term describing free « quasi particles ». The perturbation is written in normal form: it follows that the canonical transformation cancels, to all orders, diagrams containing lines with the two end points at the same vertex. A simple discussion of the ground state energy is given in the case considered by the theory of Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer.

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Viene eseguita una trasformazione canonica, identica a quella di Bogoljubov e Valatin; viene eseguito inoltre uno sviluppo perturbativo dell’energia dello stato fondamentale, prendendo come Hamiltoniana imperturbata il termine che descrive « quasi particelle » libere. La perturbazione viene scritta in forma normale: ne segue che la trasformazione canonica cancella, a tutti gli ordini, diagrammi contenenti linee che escono ed entrano dallo stesso vertice. È svolta inoltre una semplice discussione sul valore dell’energia dello stato fondamentale nel caso considerato dalla teoria di Bardeen, Cooper e Schrieffer.

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This work was performed in part at the Istituto di Fisica Teorica e Nucleare, Naples.

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Fano, G. Canonical transformation and perturbation expansion in the theory of Fermi gas. Nuovo Cim 15, 959–969 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860202

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