Published February 13, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Cold Fermionic Atoms in Two-Dimensional Traps: Pairing versus Hund's Rule

  • 1. CNR-INFM National Research Center S3, Via Campi 213/A, 41100 Modena (Italy)
  • 2. Mathematical Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund (Sweden)

Description

The microscopic properties of few interacting cold fermionic atoms confined in a two-dimensional (2D) harmonic trap are studied by numerical diagonalization. For repulsive interactions, a strong shell structure dominates, with Hund's rule acting at its extreme for the midshell configurations. In the attractive case, odd-even oscillations due to pairing occur simultaneously with deformations in the internal structure of the ground states, as seen from pair correlation functions

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
102
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 060401-060401.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40054390
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; FERMIONS; GROUND STATES; INTERACTIONS; OSCILLATIONS; TRAPS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; FUNCTIONS

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