Analysis of quantum correlations within the ground state of a three level Lipkin model

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The performance of beyond mean field methods in solving the quantum many body problem for fermions is usually characterized by the correlation energy measured with respect to the underlying mean field value.

• In this paper we address the issue of characterizing the amount of correlations associated to different approximations from a quantum information perspective.
• With this goal in mind, we analyze the traditional Hartree-Fock (HF) method with spontaneous symmetry breaking, the HF with symmetry restoration and the generator coordinate method (GCM) in a exactly solvable fermion model known as the three-level Lipkin model.
• To characterize correlations including entanglement and beyond we use the quantum discord between different partition orbitals.