Indirect exchange interactions Fourier transforms

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The discussion focuses on the mathematical formulation of indirect exchange interactions using Fourier transforms in quantum mechanics. It details the transformation of operators, specifically the creation and annihilation operators, in k-space. The key equation derived is the transformation of the interaction term involving the spin operators and the creation/annihilation operators, leading to the expression involving sums over wave vectors q and k. The final result simplifies the interaction term to a form that highlights the dependence on the combined wave vector (q+k).

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##\hat{c}_{i\sigma}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}}\sum_{\bf{q}}e^{i\bf{q}\cdot \bf{R}_i}\hat{c}_{\bf{k}\sigma}##

##\hat{c}^+_{i\sigma}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}}\sum_{\bf{q}}e^{-i\bf{q}\cdot \bf{R}_i}\hat{c}^+_{\bf{k}\sigma}##

Then

##-J\sum_{i}\hat{S}_i^z\hat{c}^+_{i\sigma}\hat{c}_{i \sigma}##

in ##\bf{k}## space is equal

##-J\sum_{i}\hat{S}_i^z\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}}\sum_{\bf{q}}e^{-i\bf{q}\cdot \bf{R}_i}\hat{c}^+_{\bf{q}\sigma}\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}}\sum_{\bf{k}}e^{i\bf{k}\cdot \bf{R}_i}\hat{c}_{\bf{k}\sigma}=##
##=-\frac{J}{N}\sum_{i}\sum_{\bf{q},\bf{k}}e^{-i\bf{q}\cdot \bf{R}_i}e^{i\bf{k}\cdot \bf{R}_i}\hat{S}_i^z\hat{c}^+_{\bf{q}\sigma}\hat{c}_{\bf{k} \sigma}##

and from that we get
##=-\frac{J}{N}\sum_{i}\sum_{\bf{q},\bf{k}}e^{-i\bf{q}\cdot \bf{R}_i}\hat{S}_i^z\hat{c}^+_{\bf{q}+\bf{k} \sigma}\hat{c}_{\bf{k} \sigma}##

Can you explain me this last step?
 
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You didn't show the range for q. If it is infinite, then (q-k) got changed to q in the exponent, and q then got changed to (q+k) for the subscript.
 
Tnx a lot.
 

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