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From spins to fields
In statistical field theory, one usually considers the so-called Landau Hamiltonian:
$$\beta H = \int d^{d}x\bigg{[}\frac{t}{2}m^{2}(x) + \alpha m^{4}(x)+\frac{\beta}{2}(\nabla m)^{2}+\cdots+ \vec{h}\...
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Bogoliubov-de-Gennes (BdG) formalism of Hamiltonians
The Bogoliubov-de-Gennes (BdG) formalism of a Hamiltonian reduces the dimension of the Hilbert space we work on. For example, in 1D superconducting Hamiltonians with $N$ lattice sites, the actual ...
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How to understand a Hamiltonian of the form $c^\dagger \sigma^x c$?
In a 2-dimensional lattice Dirac model (a discretized Hamiltonian on a lattice, the model could be found in this dissertation, equation (2.19)), I found a Hamiltonian with terms like:
$$ H = \sum_{m,n}...
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