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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge

2024

Paper 344

Choose the translationally invariant <Gaussian variational approximation>
$$
H_0=\sum_{\mathbf q}^{+}J(q)|\phi_{\mathbf q}|^2,
\qquad J(q)>0.
$$
The superscript $+$ means that one member of each pair $\{\mathbf q,-\mathbf q\}$ is included; this is necessary because a real field obeys $\phi_{-\mathbf q}=\phi_{\mathbf q}^*$. The constrained zero mode is omitted.

For each independent complex mode,
$$
\int_{\mathbb R^2}d(\operatorname{Re}\phi_{\mathbf q})\,d(\operatorname{Im}\phi_{\mathbf q})
e^{-J(q)|\phi_{\mathbf q}|^2}
=\frac{\pi}{J(q)}.
$$
Consequently,
$$
F_0=\sum_{\mathbf q}^{+}\log\frac{J(q)}{\pi},
\qquad
\langle H_0\rangle_0=\sum_{\mathbf q}^{+}1,
\qquad
\left\langle\sum_{\mathbf q}^{+}G(q)|\phi_{\mathbf q}|^2\right\rangle_0
=\sum_{\mathbf q}^{+}\frac{G(q)}{J(q)}.
$$
Substitution into the <Gibbs--Bogoliubov--Feynman inequality> gives
$$
\widetilde F
=\sum_{\mathbf q}^{+}
\left[
\log\frac{J(q)}{\pi}-1+\frac{G(q)}{J(q)}
\right]
+g\int d^d\mathbf r\,\langle|\phi(\mathbf r)|^3\rangle_0,
$$
which is the required upper bound.

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