Feynman diagrams versus Fermi-gas Feynman emulator
Abstract
Precise understanding of strongly interacting fermions, from electrons in modern materials to nuclear matter, presents a major goal in modern physics. However, the theoretical description of interacting Fermi systems is usually plagued by the intricate quantum statistics at play. Here we present a cross-validation between a new theoretical approach, bold diagrammatic Monte Carlo, and precision experiments on ultracold atoms. Specifically, we compute and measure, with unprecedented precision, the normal-state equation of state of the unitary gas, a prototypical example of a strongly correlated fermionic system. Excellent agreement demonstrates that a series of Feynman diagrams can be controllably resummed in a non-perturbative regime using bold diagrammatic Monte Carlo.
- Publication:
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Nature Physics
- Pub Date:
- May 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nphys2273
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1110.3747
- Bibcode:
- 2012NatPh...8..366V
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases;
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons;
- Nuclear Theory;
- Physics - Atomic Physics;
- Physics - Computational Physics
- E-Print:
- Nature Phys. 8, 366 (2012)