Coupled-cluster theory for bosons in rings and optical lattices

Bosons in optical lattices and rings are attractive and active fields of research in cold-atom physics. Here, we apply our recently developed coupled-cluster approach for bosons in external traps to these systems, and extend it to the lowest-in-energy excited states with total quasi- or angular-momentum k. In the coupled-cluster approach the exact many-boson ground state is obtained by applying an exponential operator exp {T}, T = Sigma T-N(n=1)n to the ground configuration, which is (usually) the state where the bosons occupy a single orbital. For excited states, a second exponential operator exp {T-(k)}, T-(k) = Sigma(N)(n=1) T-n((k)) is employed to accommodate the remaining excitations from the unperturbed excited configuration. Due to the conservation of momentum, T-1 and T-1((k)) can vanish. Working equations for coupled-cluster (singles) doubles (CCD) are provided and their implications are briefly discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.