We derive a multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree theory for systems with particle conversion. In such systems particles of one kind can convert to another kind and the total number of particles varies in time. The theory thus extends the scope of the available and successful multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree methods -- which were solely formulated for and applied to systems with a fixed number of particles -- to new physical systems and problems. As a guiding example we treat explicitly a system where bosonic atoms can combine to form bosonic molecules and vise versa. In the theory for particle conversion, the time-dependent many-particle wavefunction is written as a sum of configurations made of a different number of particles, and assembled from sets of atomic and molecular orbitals. Both the expansion coefficients and the orbitals forming the configurations are time-dependent quantities that are fully determined according to the Dirac-Frenkel time-dependent variational principle. Particular attention is paid to the reduced density matrices of the many-particle wavefunction that appear in the theory and enter the equations of motion. There are two kinds of reduced density matrices: particle-conserving reduced density matrices which directly only couple configurations with the same number of atoms and molecules, and particle non-conserving reduced density matrices which couple configurations with a different number of atoms and molecules. Closed-form and compact equations of motion are derived for contact as well as general two-body interactions, and their properties are analyzed and discussed.
Time-dependent Hole States in Multiconfigurational Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Approaches: A Time-Domain Generalization of Extended Koopmans' Theorem
Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学);Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik(马克斯·普朗克核物理研究所);Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交大李政道研究所);RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)(理化学研究所交叉理论与数学科学中心(iTHEMS));RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)(理化学研究所计算科学中心(R-CCS));The University of Tokyo(东京大学)
Recursive formulation of the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method for fermions, bosons and mixtures thereof in terms of one-body density operators
The multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method for bosons with internal degrees of freedom: Theory and composite fragmentation of multi-component Bose-Einstein condensates
Time-dependent Hole States in Multiconfigurational Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Approaches: Applications in Photoionization of Water Molecule
Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学);RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)(理化学研究所交叉理论数学科学中心(iTHEMS));RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)(理化学研究所计算科学中心(R-CCS));The University of Tokyo(东京大学)