Studies in Perturbation Theory. V. Some Aspects on the Exact Self-Consistent Field Theory

Abstract

The independent‐particle model in the theory of many‐particle systems is studied by means of the self‐consistent‐field (SCF) idea. After a review of the characteristic features of the Hartree and Hartree‐Fock schemes, the extension of the SCF method developed by Brueckner is further refined by introducing the exact reaction operator containing all correlation effects. This operator is here simply defined by means of the partitioning technique, and, if the SCF potentials are derived from this operator, one obtains a formalism which is completely analogous to the Hartree scheme but which still renders the exact energy and the exact wave function. An elementary derivation of the linked‐cluster theorem is given, and finally the inclusion of various symmetry properties is discussed.