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Past exam of the advanced quantum theory: path integrals and many-particle physics course of the University of Oxford 2018 1 c Solution by
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Group the nonzero modes into independent pairs . For one pair set , and introduce the Nambu spinor . Normal ordering using givesThis exactly contains both kinetic terms and the pairing terms once; there is no additional factor of one half because only is summed.
Insert , where and is the Bogoliubov transformation matrix. Direct matrix multiplication yieldsChoose the diagonalizing branchThen the off-diagonal terms vanish and the upper diagonal entry is . Extend the angle to negative momenta as in part b; the sine relation just written applies to the positive representative of each pair. The BCS coherence factors can be chosen asHere denotes , and denotes ; these expressions are nonsingular because and . The minus sign of for positive is fixed by the pairing phase in this Hamiltonian.
A second use of the canonical anticommutation relations givesThe zero-momentum term was never paired and is simply . HencewithThe constant is the ground-state energy. At fixed , its ultraviolet tail converges: in one dimension. Replacing by would incorrectly pair a spinless mode with itself.
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