Ground state energy of the $\delta$-Bose and Fermi gas at weak coupling from double extrapolation

Abstract

We consider the ground state energy of the Lieb-Liniger gas with $\delta$ interaction in the weak coupling regime $\gamma\to0$. For bosons with repulsive interaction, previous studies gave the expansion $e_{\text{B}}(\gamma)\simeq\gamma-4\gamma^{3/2}/3\pi+(1/6-1/\pi^{2})\gamma^{2}$. Using a numerical solution of the Lieb-Liniger integral equation discretized with $M$ points and finite strength $\gamma$ of the interaction, we obtain very accurate numerics for the next orders after extrapolation on $M$ and $\gamma$. The coefficient of $\gamma^{5/2}$ in the expansion is found approximately equal to $-0.00158769986550594498929$, accurate within all digits shown. This value is supported by a numerical solution of the Bethe equations with $N$ particles followed by extrapolation on $N$ and $\gamma$. It was identified as $(3\zeta(3)/8-1/2)/\pi^{3}$ by G. Lang. The next two coefficients are also guessed from numerics. For balanced spin $1/2$ fermions with attractive interaction, the best result so far for the ground state energy was $e_{\text{F}}(\gamma)\simeq\pi^{2}/12-\gamma/2+\gamma^{2}/6$. An analogue double extrapolation scheme leads to the value $-\zeta(3)/\pi^{4}$ for the coefficient of $\gamma^{3}$.