Abstract
Variational principles for lower bounds to the energy, or free energy for T > 0°, of many-body systems are obtained in a form requiring density matrix minimization subject to certain model restrictions. The latter restrict the domain in which the density matrices can vary, and only utilize the energy - or free energy - for the model Hamiltonian HM. Increasingly accurate bounds are obtained as the model system begins to resemble the system of interest, and the behavior of the error as H - HM approaches zero is shown by two examples based upon the Ising model. Coupling the lower bound principle for the free energy with the standard Gibbs-Bogoliubov upper bound principle results in bounds on generalized susceptibility as well.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2184-2193 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Mathematical Physics |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1967 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics