Force balance in thermal quantum many-body systems from Noether's theorem

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00473v2
• Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:35:12 GMT
• Title: Force balance in thermal quantum many-body systems from Noether's theorem
• Authors: Sophie Hermann and Matthias Schmidt
• Abstract summary: We consider a specific position-dependent transformation of the system that consists of a spatial deformation and a corresponding locally resolved change of momenta. As a consequence, the free energy is an invariant under the transformation. For the special case of homogeneous shifting, the sum rule states that the average global external force vanishes in thermal equilibrium.
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• Abstract: We address the consequences of invariance properties of the free energy of spatially inhomogeneous quantum many-body systems. We consider a specific position-dependent transformation of the system that consists of a spatial deformation and a corresponding locally resolved change of momenta. This operator transformation is canonical and hence equivalent to a unitary transformation on the underlying Hilbert space of the system. As a consequence, the free energy is an invariant under the transformation. Noether's theorem for invariant variations then allows to derive an exact sum rule, which we show to be the locally resolved equilibrium one-body force balance. For the special case of homogeneous shifting, the sum rule states that the average global external force vanishes in thermal equilibrium.

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