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Sine-Gordon Theory for the Equation of State of Classical Hard-Core Coulomb systems. III Loopwise Expansion
We present an exact field theoretical representation of an ionic solution
made of charged hard spheres. The action of the field theory is obtained by
performing a Hubbard-Stratonovich transform of the configurational Boltzmann
factor. It is shown that the Stillinger-Lovett sum rules are satisfied if and
only if all the field correlation functions are short range functions. The mean
field, Gaussian and two-loops approximations of the theory are derived and
discussed. The mean field approximation for the free energy constitutes a
rigorous lower bound for the exact free energy, while the mean field pressure
is an upper bound. The one-loop order approximation is shown to be identical
with the random phase approximation of the theory of liquids. Finally, at the
two-loop order and in the pecular case of the restricted primitive model, one
recovers results obtained in the framework of the mode expansion theory.Comment: 35 pages, 3 figure
Toward ab initio density functional theory for nuclei
We survey approaches to nonrelativistic density functional theory (DFT) for
nuclei using progress toward ab initio DFT for Coulomb systems as a guide. Ab
initio DFT starts with a microscopic Hamiltonian and is naturally formulated
using orbital-based functionals, which generalize the conventional
local-density-plus-gradients form. The orbitals satisfy single-particle
equations with multiplicative (local) potentials. The DFT functionals can be
developed starting from internucleon forces using wave-function based methods
or by Legendre transform via effective actions. We describe known and
unresolved issues for applying these formulations to the nuclear many-body
problem and discuss how ab initio approaches can help improve empirical energy
density functionals.Comment: 69 pages, 16 figures, many revisions based on feedback. To appear in
Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physic
Effective action and density functional theory
The effective action for the charge density and the photon field is proposed
as a generalization of the density functional. A simple definition is given for
the density functional, as the functional Legendre transform of the generator
functional of connected Green functions for the density and the photon field,
offering systematic approximation schemes. The leading order of the
perturbation expansion reproduces the Hartree-Fock equation. A renormalization
group motivated method is introduced to turn on the Coulomb interaction
gradually and to find corrections to the Hartree-Fock and the Kohn-Sham
schemes.Comment: New references and a numerical algorithm added, to appear in Phys.
Rev. B. 30 pages, no figure
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