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Virial theorems for trapped cold atoms

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-13 v3

Abstract

We present a general virial theorem for quantum particles with arbitrary zero-range or finite-range interactions in an arbitrary external potential. We deduce virial theorems for several situations relevant to trapped cold atoms: zero-range interactions with and without Efimov effect, hard spheres, narrow Feshbach resonances, and finite-range interactions. If the scattering length aa is varied adiabatically in the BEC-BCS crossover, we find that the trapping potential energy as a function of 1/a1/a has an inflexion point at unitarity.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3277,
  title  = {Virial theorems for trapped cold atoms},
  author = {Félix Werner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3277},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

A few small corrections

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