Brack, Matthias and van Zyl, Brandon P. (2001) Simple analytical particle and kinetic energy densities for a dilute fermionic gas in a d-dimensional harmonic trap. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 86 (8). pp. 1574-1577. ISSN 0031-9007
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We derive simple analytical expressions for the particle density rho (r) and the kinetic energy density tau (r) for a system of noninteracting fermions in a d-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator potential. We test the Thomas-Fermi (TF, or local-density) approximation for the functional relation T[rho] using the exact rho (r) and show that it locally reproduces the exact kinetic energy density tau (r). including the shell oscillations, surprisingly well everywhere except near the classical turning point. Fur the special case of two dimensions (2D), we obtain the unexpected analytical result that the integral of tau (TF)[rho (r)] yields the exact total kinetic energy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ELECTRON; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Matthias Brack |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2022 06:02 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2022 06:02 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/41745 |
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