Many-body methods for atoms, molecules and clusters /

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Author / Creator:Schirmer, Jochen, author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Description:1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Language:English
Series:Lecture notes in chemistry, 0342-4901 ; volume 94
Lecture notes in chemistry ; 94.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11737595
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ISBN:9783319936024
3319936026
3319936018
9783319936017
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2019).
Summary:This book provides an introduction to many-body methods for applications in quantum chemistry. These methods, originating in field-theory, offer an alternative to conventional quantum-chemical approaches to the treatment of the many-electron problem in molecules. Starting with a general introduction to the atomic and molecular many-electron problem, the book then develops a stringent formalism of field-theoretical many-body theory, culminating in the diagrammatic perturbation expansions of many-body Green's functions or propagators in terms of Feynman diagrams. It also introduces and analyzes practical computational methods, such as the field-tested algebraic-diagrammatic construction (ADC) schemes. The ADC concept can also be established via a wave-function based procedure, referred to as intermediate state representation (ISR), which bridges the gap between propagator and wave-function formulations. Based on the current rapid increase in computer power and the development of efficient computational methods, quantum chemistry has emerged as a potent theoretical tool for treating ever-larger molecules and problems of chemical and physical interest. Offering an introduction to many-body methods, this book appeals to advanced students interested in an alternative approach to the many-electron problem in molecules, and is suitable for any courses dealing with computational methods in quantum chemistry.
Other form:Print version: Schirmer, Jochen. Many-body methods for atoms, molecules and clusters. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018] 3319936018 9783319936017
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-93602-4
Table of Contents:
  • Many-electron systems and the electron propagator
  • Formalism of diagrammatic perturbation theory
  • Approximations and computational schemes
  • N-electron excitations
  • A look at related models.