Girvin, Yang Modern Condensed Matter Physics 2019 SSP · Problem 4.7

Neutron Scattering

Physics — Condensed Matter · single-mode-approximation-noninteracting-bosons

Problem

(i) Consider NN non-interacting bosons in vacuum. Write down the ground state wave function, and show that Eq. (4.115) gives rise to a set of exact excited states. Find the corresponding excitation energies. (ii) Calculate the static structure factor S(q)S(q) of the ground state of (i), and show that the single-mode approximation (4.117) matches the exact spectrum you found in (i) perfectly.

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