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Physical Review A 78, 4 (2008) 042102
Adiabatic approximation, Gell-Mann and Low theorem and degeneracies: A pedagogical example
Christian Brouder 1, Gabriel Stoltz 2, Gianluca Panati 3
(03/10/2008)

We study a simple system described by a 2x2 Hamiltonian and the evolution of the quantum states under the influence of a perturbation. More precisely, when the initial Hamiltonian is not degenerate,we check analytically the validity of the adiabatic approximation and verify that, even if the evolution operator has no limit for adiabatic switchings, the Gell-Mann and Low formula allows to follow the evolution of eigenstates. In the degenerate case, for generic initial eigenstates, the adiabatic approximation (obtained by two different limiting procedures) is either useless or wrong, and the Gell-Mann and Low formula does not hold. We show how to select initial states in order to avoid such failures.
1 :  Institut de minéralogie et de physique des milieux condensés (IMPMC)
CNRS : UMR7590 – IPG PARIS – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI – Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot
2 :  Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Mathématiques et Calcul Scientifique (CERMICS)
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
3 :  Dipartimento di Matematica "Guido Castelnuovo" [Roma I]
Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"
Physique/Matière Condensée/Electrons fortement corrélés

Physique/Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie
Gell-Mann Low – Many-body theory
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