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Supershell structure in trapped dilute Fermi gases

Yu, Yongle LU ; Ögren, Magnus LU ; Åberg, Sven LU ; Reimann, Stephanie LU and Brack, M (2005) In Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) 72(5).
Abstract
We show that a dilute harmonically trapped two-component gas of fermionic atoms with a weak repulsive interaction has a pronounced super-shell structure: The shell fillings due to the spherical harmonic trapping potential are modulated by a beat mode. This changes the "magic numbers" occurring between the beat nodes by half a period. The length and amplitude of this beating mode depend on the strength of the interaction. We give a simple interpretation of the beat structure in terms of a semiclassical trace formula for the symmetry breaking U(3)-> SO(3).
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  series       = {{Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)}},
  title        = {{Supershell structure in trapped dilute Fermi gases}},
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  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevA.72.051602}},
  volume       = {{72}},
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