Two-Body Problem in Quantum Field Theory

1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 933-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Fronsdal ◽  
Robert W. Huff
Author(s):  
Sauro Succi

Chapter 32 expounded the basic theory of quantum LB for the case of relativistic and non-relativistic wavefunctions, namely single-particle quantum mechanics. This chapter goes on to cover extensions of the quantum LB formalism to the overly challenging arena of quantum many-body problems and quantum field theory, along with an appraisal of prospective quantum computing implementations. Solving the single particle Schrodinger, or Dirac, equation in three dimensions is a computationally demanding task. This task, however, pales in front of the ordeal of solving the Schrodinger equation for the quantum many-body problem, namely a collection of many quantum particles, typically nuclei and electrons in a given atom or molecule.


1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (17) ◽  
pp. 1861-1868
Author(s):  
A. Z. Capri

We utilize the fact that the nonrelativistic second-quantized formalism is simply a compact way of stating the n-body problem for arbitrary n, to derive the Schrödinger equations for few-body problems. This is particularly useful for models resulting from field theories in which a field is coupled to itself via another field, as in the case of nucleon–nucleon coupling via mesons. In this latter case, one obtains an effective nonlocal, energy dependent potential which itself depends on the possible states of the system.


1957 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Klein ◽  
Charles Zemach

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