English

Trapped Fermi gases

Quantum Physics 2009-10-30 v1 Statistical Mechanics Atomic Physics

Abstract

We study the properties of a spin-polarized Fermi gas in a harmonic trap, using the semiclassical (Thomas-Fermi) approximation. Universal forms for the spatial and momentum distributions are calculated, and the results compared with the corresponding properties of a dilute Bose gas.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9612027,
  title  = {Trapped Fermi gases},
  author = {D. A. Butts and D. S. Rokhsar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9612027},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages, LaTex, revtex, epsf, submitted to Phys. Rev. A, 6 December 1996