Phase transitions for infinite systems of bosons and fermions
Abstract
The rigorous modelling of infinite systems, whether classical or quantum, is a very difficult problem that has occupied researchers since the 1960s. A very famous problem, essentially still completely open at the present time, concerns the existence and nature of phase transitions, particularly fluid-solid transitions. For instance, we are currently unable to prove that water becomes solid at 0 °C (under normal pressure conditions)! Most existing results pertain to discrete systems (on a lattice). We will explore some recent results about the existence of phase transitions for a infinite system of bosons particles, which come from an article written by Mathieu Lewin (CEREMADE, CNRS) and Phan Thành Nam (LMU Munich), as well as a few results with fermions that I worked on. I will show some numerical results in 1D as well.