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Past exam of the quantum Condensed Matter Field Theory course of the University of Cambridge 2013 Paper 1 3 b Solution by
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Expand the Grassmann fields in fermionic Matsubara frequencies . For , the Grassmann Gaussian integral factorizes into thermal fermionic one-level thermal determinants:Each factor counts the empty and occupied states of one spin orbital. Equivalently, the regularized Matsubara sum gives the logarithm of that factor; the raw infinite determinant requires thermal normalization of a fermion determinant. ThereforeThe printed is the grand potential , because the trace contains . The Helmholtz free energy at fixed mean particle number is .
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