Orbital-Free Quasi-Density Functional Theory

Abstract

Wigner functions are broadly used to probe non-classical effects in the macroscopic world. Here we develop an orbital-free functional framework to compute the 1-body Wigner quasi-probability for both fermionic and bosonic systems. Since the key variable is a quasi-density, this theory is particularly well suited to circumvent the problem of finding the Pauli potential or approximating the kinetic energy in orbital-free density functional theory. As proof of principle, we find that the universal functional for the building block of optical lattices results from a translation, a contraction, and a rotation of the corresponding functional of the 1-body reduced density matrix, indicating a strong connection between these functional theories. Furthermore, we relate the concepts of Wigner negativity and $v$-representability, and find a manifold of ground states with negative Wigner functions.

arXiv comment10 pages, 6 figures

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