GW and Bethe-Salpeter Theory for Molecular Polaritons, Quasiparticles, and Excitons
The electron self-energy is central to quasiparticle theory, yet how an optical cavity enters it remains unclear. We address this question for a molecule in a single-mode cavity using the dipole-gauge Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian and a coherent-state QED Hartree-Fock reference. The cavity enters through three channels: the...