Solomon, A. I.; Duchamp, G. H. E.; Blasiak, P.; Horzela, A. and Penson, K. A.
(2011).
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| URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/284/1/012055 |
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Abstract
We show that the combinatorial numbers known as Bell numbers are generic in quantum physics. This is because they arise in the procedure known as Normal ordering of bosons, a procedure which is involved in the evaluation of quantum functions such as the canonical partition function of quantum statistical physics, inter alia. In fact, we shall show that an evaluation of the non-interacting partition function for a single boson system is identical to integrating the exponential generating function of the Bell numbers, which is a device for encapsulating a combinatorial sequence in a single function.
We then introduce a remarkable equality, the Dobinski relation, and use it to indicate why renormalisation is necessary in even the simplest of perturbation expansions for a partition function.
Finally we introduce a global algebraic description of this simple model, giving a Hopf algebra, which provides a starting point for extensions to more complex physical systems.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | IOP Publishing |
| ISSN: | 1742-6588 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Science > Physical Sciences |
| Item ID: | 28712 |
| Depositing User: | Astrid Peterkin |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2011 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2012 15:52 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/28712 |
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