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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Many-Body Theory
  • Statistical Mechanics

Background:

  • Stability analysis of interacting fermion systems traditionally relies on thermodynamic potential variations.
  • Understanding phase transitions and material properties requires accurate stability criteria.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reformulate stability conditions for interacting fermion systems in terms of one- and two-particle correlators.
  • To demonstrate the practical advantages of this new formulation for analyzing complex correlated systems.

Main Methods:

  • Rewriting thermodynamic stability conditions using one- and two-particle correlators.
  • Applying the formulation to a multiorbital model of strongly correlated electrons at finite temperatures.
  • Analyzing the generalized local charge susceptibility and its eigenvalues near phase separation.

Main Results:

  • Stability conditions were successfully reformulated, eliminating the need for free-energy function derivatives.
  • Unstable solutions with positive compressibility were identified, alongside conventional unstable branches.
  • The method provides a clear-cut criterion for analyzing the thermodynamics of correlated complex systems.

Conclusions:

  • The correlator-based approach offers conceptual and practical advantages over traditional methods.
  • This formulation simplifies stability analysis and enhances the understanding of thermodynamic behavior in complex quantum systems.