A nonperturbative coupled-cluster method for quantum field theories

Abstract

The nonperturbative Hamiltonian eigenvalue problem for bound states of a quantum field theory is formulated in terms of Dirac's light-front coordinates and then approximated by the exponential-operator technique of the many-body coupled-cluster method. This approximation eliminates any need for the usual approximation of Fock-space truncation. Instead, the exponentiated operator is truncated, and the terms retained are determined by a set of nonlinear integral equations. These equations are solved simultaneously with an effective eigenvalue problem in the valence sector, where the number of constituents is small. Matrix elements can be calculated, with extensions of techniques from many-body coupled-cluster theory, to obtain form factors and other observables.Comment: 4 pages; presented at CIPANP 2012, the Eleventh Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, May 28 - June 3, 2012, St. Petersburg, Florid