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most citedKadanoff-Baym approach to quantum transport through interacting nanoscale systems: From the transient to the steady-state regime

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quant-ph2026

Avoided crossings in spin-boson systems: consequences for adiabatic state preparation

Joona Marjamäki, Robert van Leeuwen, Riku Tuovinen

Avoided crossings in the correlated many-body spectrum play a central role in determining the conditions for adiabatic state preparation in interacting quantum systems. We investig…

quant-ph2024

Revealing symmetries in quantum computing for many-body systems

Robert van Leeuwen

We develop a method to deduce the symmetry properties of many-body Hamiltonians when they are prepared in Jordan-Wigner form for evaluation on quantum computers. Symmetries, such a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 10 cited

Geometrical Perspective on Spin-Lattice Density-Functional Theory

Markus Penz, Robert van Leeuwen

A recently developed viewpoint on the fundamentals of density-functional theory for finite interacting spin-lattice systems that centers around the notion of degeneracy regions is…

physics.hist-ph2024★ 2 cited

From S-matrix theory to strings: Scattering data and the commitment to non-arbitrariness

Robert van Leeuwen

The early history of string theory is marked by a shift from strong interaction physics to quantum gravity. The first string models and associated theoretical framework were formul…

math-ph2023★ 6 cited

Solution of the v-representability problem on a one-dimensional torus

Sarina M. Sutter, Markus Penz, Michael Ruggenthaler +2

We provide a solution to the v-representability problem for a non-relativistic quantum many-particle system on a ring domain in terms of Sobolev spaces and their duals. Any one-par…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 1 cited

In- and out-of-equilibrium {\em ab initio} theory of electrons and phonons

Gianluca Stefanucci, Robert van Leeuwen, Enrico Perfetto

We lay down the {\em ab initio} many-body quantum theory of electrons and phonons in- and out-of-equilibrium at any temperature. We begin by addressing a fundamental issue concerni…

quant-ph2022★ 10 cited

Geometry of Degeneracy in Potential and Density Space

Markus Penz, Robert van Leeuwen

In a previous work [J. Chem. Phys. 155, 244111 (2021)], we found counterexamples to the fundamental Hohenberg-Kohn theorem from density-functional theory in finite-lattice systems…

math-ph2022

Cutting rules and positivity in finite temperature many-body theory

Markku J. Hyrkäs, Daniel Karlsson, Robert van Leeuwen

For a given diagrammatic approximation in many-body perturbation theory it is not guaranteed that positive observables, such as the density or the spectral function, retain their p…

cond-mat.other2021★ 27 cited

Time-linear scaling NEGF methods for real-time simulations of interacting electrons and bosons. II. Dynamics of polarons and doublons

Yaroslav Pavlyukh, Enrico Perfetto, Daniel Karlsson +2

Nonequilibrium dynamics of the open chain Holstein-Hubbard model is studied using the linear time-scaling GKBA+ODE scheme developed in the preceeding paper. We focus on the set of…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 47 cited

Time-linear scaling NEGF methods for real-time simulations of interacting electrons and bosons. I. Formalism

Yaroslav Pavlyukh, Enrico Perfetto, Daniel Karlsson +2

Simulations of interacting electrons and bosons out of equilibrium, starting from first principles and aiming at realistic multiscale scenarios, is a grand theoretical challenge. H…

quant-ph2021

Density-Functional Theory on Graphs

Markus Penz, Robert van Leeuwen

The principles of density-functional theory are studied for finite lattice systems represented by graphs. Surprisingly, the fundamental Hohenberg-Kohn theorem is found void in gene…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 74 cited

Fast Green's function method for ultrafast electron-boson dynamics

Daniel Karlsson, Robert van Leeuwen, Yaroslav Pavlyukh +2

The interaction of electrons with quantized phonons and photons underlies the ultrafast dynamics of systems ranging from molecules to solids, and it gives rise to a plethora of phy…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 10 cited

Time-dependent density-functional theory for strongly interacting electrons

Luis Cort, Daniel Karlsson, Giovanna Lani +1

We consider an analytically solvable model of two interacting electrons that allows for the calculation of the exact exchange-correlation kernel of time-dependent density functiona…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 29 cited

Vertex corrections for positive-definite spectral functions of simple metals

Y. Pavlyukh, A. -M. Uimonen, G. Stefanucci +1

We present a systematic study of vertex corrections in the homogeneous electron gas at metallic densities. The vertex diagrams are built using a recently proposed positive-definite…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 15 cited

Partial self-consistency and analyticity in many-body perturbation theory: particle number conservation and a generalized sum rule

Daniel Karlsson, Robert van Leeuwen

We consider a general class of approximations which guarantees the conservation of particle number in many-body perturbation theory. To do this we extend the concept of -derivab…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 14 cited

The adiabatic strictly-correlated-electrons functional: kernel and exact properties

Giovanna Lani, Simone di Marino, Augusto Gerolin +2

We investigate a number of formal properties of the adiabatic strictly-correlated electrons (SCE) functional, relevant for time-dependent potentials and for kernels in linear respo…

cond-mat.str-el2015

Computing Exact Self-Energies with Polynomial Expansion

M. Hyrkäs, D. Karlsson, R. van Leeuwen

We give details on how to calculate spectral functions and Green's functions for finite systems using the Chebyshev polynomial expansion method. We apply the method to a finite And…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 6 cited

Development of non-equilibrium Green's functions for use with full interaction in complex systems

Richard A. Lynn, Robert van Leeuwen

We present an ongoing development of an existing code for calculating ground-state, steady-state, and transient properties of many-particle systems. The development involves the ad…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 13 cited

Time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism for superconducting junctions at arbitrary temperatures

Riku Tuovinen, Robert van Leeuwen, Enrico Perfetto +1

We discuss an extension of our earlier work on the time-dependent Landauer--Büttiker formalism for noninteracting electronic transport. The formalism can without complication be ex…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 36 cited

Many-body Green's function theory for electron-phonon interactions: the Kadanoff-Baym approach to spectral properties of the Holstein dimer

N. Säkkinen, Y. Peng, H. Appel +1

We present a Kadanoff-Baym formalism to study time-dependent phenomena for systems of interacting electrons and phonons in the framework of many-body perturbation theory. The forma…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 72 cited

First-principles nonequilibrium Green's function approach to transient photoabsorption: Application to atoms

E. Perfetto, A. -M. Uimonen, R. van Leeuwen +1

We put forward a first-principle NonEquilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) approach to calculate the transient photoabsorption spectrum of optically thin samples. The method can deal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Curvature in graphene nanoribbons generates temporally and spatially focused electric currents

C. G. Rocha, R. Tuovinen, R. van Leeuwen +1

Today graphene nanoribbons and other graphene-based nanostructures can be synthesized with atomic precision. But while investigations have concentrated on straight graphene ribbons…

quant-ph2014★ 2 cited

Quantum Control of Many-Body Systems by the Density

S. E. B. Nielsen, M. Ruggenthaler, R. van Leeuwen

In this work we focus on a recently introduced method [1] to construct the external potential that, for a given initial state, produces a prescribed time-dependent density in a…

cond-mat.other2014★ 50 cited

Existence, Uniqueness, and Construction of the Density-Potential Mapping in Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory

Michael Ruggenthaler, Markus Penz, Robert van Leeuwen

In this work we review the mapping from densities to potentials in quantum mechanics, which is the basic building block of time-dependent density-functional theory and the Kohn-Sha…