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arXiv:1012.0151

Remarks on the Hamiltonian for the Fermionic Unitary Gas model

Domenico Finco, Alessandro Teta

Published Dec 1, 2010• 2 citations
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Abstract

We consider a quantum system in dimension three composed by a group of $N$ identical fermions, with mass 1/2, interacting via zero-range interaction with a group of $M$ identical fermions of a different type, with mass $m/2$. Exploiting a renormalization procedure, we construct the corresponding quadratic (or energy) form and define the so-called Ter-Martirosyan-Skornyakov extension $H_α$, which is the natural candidate as a possible Hamiltonian of the system. In the particular case M=1, under a suitable condition on the parameters $m$, $N$, we show that the quadratic form is unbounded from below. In the same setting we prove that $H_α$ is not a self-adjoint and bounded from below operator and this in particular suggests that the so-called Thomas effect could occur.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1012.0151

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