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View SchemaThe unreasonable accuracy of the Jastrow approach in many-body physics
| Authors | Niels R. Walet, R. F. Bishop |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0307069 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0307069 |
Abstract
We investigate in a simple model whether a Jastrow-based approach for a many-body system containing two-body interactions can be exact. By comparison with recent assertions to the contrary, we find that in general the exact wave function is \emph{not} purely two-body correlated. Nonetheless, we show that the energy estimate obtained from the calculations is as accurate as it can possibly be, suggesting why Jastrow wave functions are such a good choice.
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