\chapter{Finite volume} \label{chap:Finite_volume} \section{Simple relative coordinates} The coordinate system we choose for finite-volume calculations must satisfy several conditions: \begin{enumerate} \item The Hamiltonian in terms of the new coordinates $(\vec{x}_i,\vec{p}_i)$ must be computationally efficient to apply. \item An $n$-body system results in $n - 1$ degrees of freedom when the center-of-mass is subtracted out. This center-of-mass of motion should be isolated as a separate coordinate which can then be dropped. \item Periodic boundary condition, which translates to the quantization condition for the original momenta $\vec{q}_i$ must follow from quantization condition for the new momenta $\vec{p}_i$. \end{enumerate} These conditions are satisfied by simple relative coordinates introduced in ~\cite{TBA}. % \begin{equation} \vec{x}_i = \begin{cases} \vec{r}_i - \vec{r}_n & \text{for}\ i R$, \begin{equation} \psi_\infty(\vec r) \to \ii^l \gamma \, Y^m_l(\vec {\hat r}) \frac{\hat h^+_l(\ii \kappa r)}{r} = \mathcal O (\ee^{{-}\kappa r}) \, . \end{equation} Now we can see that $\eta(\vec r)$ only has contributions from the asymptotic region of the wave function since $V(r) = 0$ for $r > L/2$. Moreover, these contributions are suppressed exponentially with respect to $\kappa|\vec n'|L$, with the leading contribution being of order $\mathcal O (\ee^{{-}\kappa L})$. Therefore we have proved that $\Tilde\psi_L(\vec r)$ is an \emph{approximate} eigenfunction of $H_L$ with an eigenvalue of $E_\infty$. To estimate the finite-volume correction, we first consider the matrix element $\braket{\psi_L|H_L|\Tilde\psi_L}$. Acting $H_L$ towards the left gives, \begin{equation} \braket{\psi_L|H_L|\Tilde\psi_L} = E_L \braket{\psi_L|\Tilde\psi_L} \, , \end{equation} whereas acting towards the right gives, \begin{equation} \braket{\psi_L|H_L|\Tilde\psi_L} = E_\infty \braket{\psi_L|\Tilde\psi_L} + \braket{\psi_L|\eta} \, , \end{equation} so that we have, \begin{equation} E_L - E_\infty = \frac{\braket{\psi_L|\eta}}{\braket{\psi_L|\Tilde\psi_L}}\, . \end{equation} It can be shown that this expression reduces to, \begin{equation} \Delta E = E_L - E_\infty = \sum_{|\vec n| = 1} \int \dd^3 r \, \psi^*_\infty(\vec r) V(\vec r) \psi_\infty(\vec r + \vec n L) + \mathcal O (\ee^{{-}\sqrt{2}\kappa r}) \, . \end{equation} \ny{Incomplete}