Exact closed-form unitary transformations of fermionic operators

Unitary transformations play a fundamental role in many-body physics, and except for special cases, they are not expressible in closed form. We present closed-form expressions for unitary transformations generated by a single fermionic operator for Hermitian and anti-Hermitian generators. We demonstrate the usefulness of these expressions in formal analyses of unitary transformations and numerical applications to Hamiltonian downfolding in quantum computing and Heisenberg dynamics. This work paves the way for new analytical treatments of unitary transformations and numerical many-body methods for fermions.

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Physical review. A/Physical review, A
Published
2025-04-25
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.111.042825
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2
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Matrix Theory and Algorithms
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Exact closed-form unitary transformations of fermionic operators

Ilias Magoulas, Francesco A. Evangelista
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Physical review. A/Physical review, A
Matrix Theory and Algorithms
3.01
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Exact closed-form unitary transformations of fermionic operators

Ilias Magoulas, Francesco A. Evangelista
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Abstract

Unitary transformations play a fundamental role in many-body physics, and except for special cases, they are not expressible in closed form. We present closed-form expressions for unitary transformations generated by a single fermionic operator for Hermitian and anti-Hermitian generators. We demonstrate the usefulness of these expressions in formal analyses of unitary transformations and numerical applications to Hamiltonian downfolding in quantum computing and Heisenberg dynamics. This work paves the way for new analytical treatments of unitary transformations and numerical many-body methods for fermions.

Physical review. A/Physical review, AVol. 111(4)
Emory University (US)
U.S. Department of Energy
Openalex Percentile: Top 9%
Matrix Theory and Algorithms
3.01
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