Published May 14, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

BCS variation method and universal behavior of trapped neutron systems at unitary limit

  • 1. Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
  • 2. School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Description

In this work we study unitary neutron systems confined in a harmonic-oscillator trap, based on the BCS theory and the quasiparticle ring-diagram method. The low-momentum interaction Vlow-k renormalized from a fine-tuned CD-Bonn potential with the S01 scattering length approaching the infinity is adopted. The energy ratios of trapped unitary neutron systems with various particle numbers, both those with magic numbers and those with nonmagic ones, to corresponding noninteracting systems, are shown to all flow to a constant value. The BCS wave functions for these trapped unitary systems, with different trap parameters and different particle numbers, manifest themselves with universal patterns: the effect of harmonic-oscillator shells is significant, and moreover, the orbits of the lowest valence shell are occupied with a uniform probability. We also discuss the self-energy given by the BCS calculation, and present a weighted sum rule satisfied by the monopole components of the unitary neutron-neutron interaction. In terms of these, the constant energy ratio independent of the trap parameter and the particle number can be interpreted.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.109.054314;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100001809;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review C
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
8 pgs.
ISSN
1089-490X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
12275086; 11875134; 12375114; 11975151; 11961141003
Notes
Contact Email: yycheng@phy.ecnu.edu.cn; Contact Email: ymzhao@sjtu.edu.cn; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
National Natural Science Foundation of China