arXiv:1211.3779

The Unitary Fermi Gas in a Harmonic Trap and its Static Response

Michael McNeil Forbes

Published Nov 16, 2012• 2 citations

Abstract

We use harmonically trapped systems to find the leading gradient corrections of the supefluid local density approximation (SLDA) - a density functional theory (DFT) describing the unitary Fermi gas (UFG). We find the leading order correction to be negative, and predict the q^2 coefficient of the long-range static response c = 1.5(3) - a factor of two smaller than predicted by mean-field theory - thereby establishing a new and experimentally measurably universal constant.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1211.3779

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