Collective motions of a quantum gas confined in a harmonic trap

dc.creatorSong, Dae-Yup
dc.date2006-09-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:23:31Z
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dc.descriptionSingle-component quantum gas confined in a harmonic potential, but otherwise isolated, is considered. From the invariance of the system of the gas under a displacement-type transformation, it is shown that the center of mass oscillates along a classical trajectory of a harmonic oscillator. It is also shown that this harmonic motion of the center has, in fact, been implied by Kohn's theorem. If there is no interaction between the atoms of the gas, the system in a time-independent isotropic potential of frequency $ν_c$ is invariant under a squeeze-type unitary transformation, which gives collective {\it radial} breathing motion of frequency $2ν_c$ to the gas. The amplitudes of the oscillating and breathing motions from the {\it exact} invariances could be arbitrarily large. For a Fermi system, appearance of $2ν_c$ mode of the large breathing motion indicates that there is no interaction between the atoms, except for a possible long-range interaction through the inverse-square-type potential.
dc.descriptionTypos in the printed verions are corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609251
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609251
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 72, 023614 (2005)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.72.023614
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/116005
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleCollective motions of a quantum gas confined in a harmonic trap
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