arXiv · 0704.0769
The Fermionic Density-functional at Feshbach Resonance
Abstract
We consider a dilute gas of neutral unpolarized fermionic atoms at zero temperature.The atoms interact via a short range (tunable) attractive interaction. We demonstrate analytically a curious property of the gas at unitarity. Namely, the correlation energy of the gas, evaluated by second order perturbation theory, has the same density dependence as the first order exchange energy, and the two almost exactly cancel each other at Feshbach resonance irrespective of the shape of the potential, provided $(μr_s) >> 1$. Here $(μ)^{-1}$ is the range of the two-body potential, and $r_s$ is defined through the number density $n=3/(4πr_s^3)$. The implications of this result for universality is discussed.
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Michael Seidl, Rajat K. Bhaduri. 2007-04-05. The Fermionic Density-functional at Feshbach Resonance. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.75.052509
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