The unreasonable accuracy of the Jastrow approach in many-body physics

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dc.creatorWalet, Niels R.
dc.creatorBishop, R. F.
dc.date2003-07-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:49:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:49:40Z
dc.descriptionWe 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.
dc.description4 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0307069
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0307069
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/85474
dc.subjectChemical Physics
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectAtomic Physics
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.titleThe unreasonable accuracy of the Jastrow approach in many-body physics
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