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From the Pion Cloud of Tomonaga to the Electron Pairs of Schrieffer: Many Body Wave Functions from Nuclear Physics to Condensed Matter Physics

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It is well known that diverse pieces of models and physical ideas coming from different areas of physics converged in the BCS theory of superconductivity. On the contrary, it is little known that the formalism developed in the Tomonaga quantum field theory of the pion-nucleon system was an important ingredient for the development of BCS theory. We discuss the evolution of these ideas in quantum field theory providing an unconventional historical perspective.

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We acknowledge Mauro Doria and Andrea Perali for useful discussions. A. Bianconi acknowledges financial support from Superstripes, Fabrizio Palumbo, Augusto Marcelli acknowledges financial support from INFN and Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati.

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  1. INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, c.p. 13, 00044, Frascati, Italy

    Fabrizio Palumbo & Augusto Marcelli

  2. RICMASS, Rome International Center for Materials Science Superstripes, Via dei Sabelli 119A, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Augusto Marcelli & Antonio Bianconi

  3. Istituto di Cristallografia, CNR, Montelibretti, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Bianconi

  4. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    Antonio Bianconi

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Palumbo, F., Marcelli, A. & Bianconi, A. From the Pion Cloud of Tomonaga to the Electron Pairs of Schrieffer: Many Body Wave Functions from Nuclear Physics to Condensed Matter Physics. J Supercond Nov Magn 29, 3107–3111 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3738-1

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