Basic properties of normal ordering #
Properties of normal ordering. #
mul anpart and crpart #
Normal order and super commutes #
For a field specification 𝓕, and a and b in 𝓕.WickAlgebra the normal ordering
of the super commutator of a and b vanishes, i.e. 𝓝([a,b]ₛ) = 0.
Swapping terms in a normal order. #
Super commutators with a normal ordered term as sums #
For a field specification 𝓕, an element φ of 𝓕.CrAnFieldOp, a list φs of 𝓕.CrAnFieldOp,
the following relation holds
[φ, 𝓝(φ₀…φₙ)]ₛ = ∑ i, 𝓢(φ, φ₀…φᵢ₋₁) • [φ, φᵢ]ₛ * 𝓝(φ₀…φᵢ₋₁φᵢ₊₁…φₙ).
The proof of this result ultimately goes as follows
- The definition of
normalOrderis used to rewrite𝓝(φ₀…φₙ)as a scalar multiple of aofCrAnList φsnwhereφsnis the normal ordering ofφ₀…φₙ. superCommuteF_ofCrAnListF_ofCrAnListF_eq_sumis used to rewrite the super commutator ofφ(considered as a list with one element) withofCrAnList φsnas a sum of super commutators, one for each element ofφsn.- The fact that super-commutators are in the center of
𝓕.WickAlgebrais used to rearrange terms. - Properties of ordered lists, and
normalOrderSign_eraseIdxare then used to complete the proof.
The commutator of the annihilation part of a field operator with a normal ordered list of field
operators can be decomposed into the sum of the commutators of the annihilation part with each
element of the list of field operators, i.e.
[anPart φ, 𝓝(φ₀…φₙ)]ₛ= ∑ i, 𝓢(φ, φ₀…φᵢ₋₁) • [anPart φ, φᵢ]ₛ * 𝓝(φ₀…φᵢ₋₁φᵢ₊₁…φₙ).
Multiplying with normal ordered terms #
Within a proto-operator algebra we have that
anPartF φ * 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ) = 𝓝((anPart φ)φ₀φ₁…φₙ) + [anpart φ, 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ)]ₛ.
Within a proto-operator algebra we have that
φ * 𝓝ᶠ(φ₀φ₁…φₙ) = 𝓝ᶠ(φφ₀φ₁…φₙ) + [anpart φ, 𝓝ᶠ(φ₀φ₁…φₙ)]ₛF.
In the expansion of ofFieldOpF φ * normalOrderF (ofFieldOpListF φs) the element
of 𝓞.A associated with contracting φ with the (optional) nth element of φs.
Equations
- One or more equations did not get rendered due to their size.
- FieldSpecification.WickAlgebra.contractStateAtIndex φ φs none = 1
Instances For
For a field specification 𝓕, a φ in 𝓕.FieldOp and a list φs of 𝓕.FieldOp
then φ * 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ) is equal to
𝓝(φφ₀φ₁…φₙ) + ∑ i, (𝓢(φ,φ₀φ₁…φᵢ₋₁) • [anPart φ, φᵢ]ₛ) * 𝓝(φ₀…φᵢ₋₁φᵢ₊₁…φₙ).
The proof ultimately goes as follows:
ofFieldOp_eq_crPart_add_anPartis used to splitφinto its creation and annihilation parts.The following relation is then used
crPart φ * 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ) = 𝓝(crPart φ * φ₀φ₁…φₙ).It used that
anPart φ * 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ)is equal to𝓢(φ, φ₀φ₁…φₙ) 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ) * anPart φ + [anPart φ, 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ)]Then it is used that
𝓢(φ, φ₀φ₁…φₙ) 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ) * anPart φ = 𝓝(anPart φ * φ₀φ₁…φₙ)The result
ofCrAnOp_superCommute_normalOrder_ofCrAnList_sumis used to expand[anPart φ, 𝓝(φ₀φ₁…φₙ)]as a sum.
Cons vs insertIdx for a normal ordered term. #
Within a proto-operator algebra, N(φφ₀φ₁…φₙ) = s • N(φ₀…φₖ₋₁φφₖ…φₙ), where
s is the exchange sign for φ and φ₀…φₖ₋₁.