The Tamm-Dancoff Approximation as the boson limit of the Richardson-Gaudin equations for pairing

S. De Baerdemacker
Journal of Physics: Conference series
284, 102020
2011
A1
Published while none of the authors were employed at the CMM

Abstract 

A connection is made between the exact eigen states of the BCS Hamiltonian and the predictions made by the Tamm-Dancoff Approximation. This connection is made by means of a parametrised algebra, which gives the exact quasi-spin algebra in one limit of the parameter and the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra in the other. Using this algebra to construct the Bethe Ansatz solution of the BCS Hamiltonian, we obtain parametrised Richardson-Gaudin equations, leading to the secular equation of the Tamm-Dancoff Approximation in the bosonic limit. An example is discussed in depth.