Quantum phase transitions and the extended coupled cluster method.
We discuss the application of an extended version of the coupled cluster method to systems exhibiting a quantum phase transition. We use the lattice O(4) nonlinear sigma model in (1+1) and (3+1) dimensions as an example. We show how simple predictions get modified, leading to the absence of a phase transition in (1+1) dimensions, and strong indications for a phase transition in (3+1) dimensions.
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Department of Physics, University of Manchester Institute of Science, P.O. Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom. ligterin@ect.it
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Bishop
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