TY - JOUR KW - paper KW - theory AU - Hannes Hübener AB - A Bethe-Salpeter equation for the three-particle correlation function is derived, representing a second-order response generalization of the usual Bethe-Salpeter equation. The equation can be solved formally, giving the three-particle correlation function in terms of the two-particle correlation function and many-body interaction kernels. The similarity to second-order response time-dependent density-functional theory can be used to improve the understanding of the higher-order exchange and correlation kernels of this theory. An exact expression for such a kernel is derived. BT - Phys. Rev. A DA - Jun DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.062122 M1 - 6 N2 - A Bethe-Salpeter equation for the three-particle correlation function is derived, representing a second-order response generalization of the usual Bethe-Salpeter equation. The equation can be solved formally, giving the three-particle correlation function in terms of the two-particle correlation function and many-body interaction kernels. The similarity to second-order response time-dependent density-functional theory can be used to improve the understanding of the higher-order exchange and correlation kernels of this theory. An exact expression for such a kernel is derived. PB - American Physical Society PY - 2011 EP - 062122 T2 - Phys. Rev. A TI - Second-order response Bethe-Salpeter equation UR - http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v83/i6/e062122 VL - 83 ER -