radtools.solve_via_colpa#

radtools.solve_via_colpa(D)[source]#

Diagonalize grand-dynamical matrix following the method of Colpa [1].

Algorithm itself is described in section 3, Remark 1 of [1].

Parameters:
D(2N, 2N) array-like

Grand dynamical matrix. Must be Hermitian and positive-defined.

Returns:
E(2N,) numpy.ndarray

The eigenvalues, each repeated according to its multiplicity. First N eigenvalues are sorted in descending order. Last N eigenvalues are sorted in ascending order. In the case of diagonalization of the magnon Hamiltonian first N eigenvalues are the same as last N eigenvalues, but in reversed order.

G(2N, 2N) numpy.ndarray

Transformation matrix, which change the basis from the original set of bosonic operators \(\boldsymbol{a}_{\boldsymbol{k}}`to the set of new bosonic operators :math:\)boldsymbol{c}_{boldsymbol{k}}` which diagonalize the Hamiltonian which corresponds to the grand-dynamical matrix D:

\[\boldsymbol{c}_{\boldsymbol{k}} = \boldsymbol{G} \boldsymbol{a}_{\boldsymbol{k}}\]

where (same for \(\boldsymbol{c}_{\boldsymbol{k}}\))

\[\begin{split}\boldsymbol{a}_{\boldsymbol{k}} = \begin{pmatrix} \boldsymbol{\alpha}_{\boldsymbol{k}} \\ \boldsymbol{\alpha}_{-\boldsymbol{k}}^{\dagger} \end{pmatrix}\end{split}\]

Notes

Let \(\boldsymbol{E}\) be the diagonal matrix of eigenvalues E.

\[\boldsymbol{E} = (\boldsymbol{G}^{\dagger})^{-1} \boldsymbol{D} \boldsymbol{G}^{-1}\]

References

[1] (1,2)

Colpa, J.H.P., 1978. Diagonalization of the quadratic boson hamiltonian. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 93(3-4), pp.327-353.