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arXiv:2211.13553 · SciPost Physics

Exact one-particle density matrix for SU(N) fermionic matter-waves in the strong repulsive limit

Andreas Osterloh, Juan Polo, Wayne Jordan Chetcuti, Luigi Amico A

Published Jul 11, 2023• 5 citations
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Abstract

We consider a gas of repulsive N N -component fermions confined in a ring-shaped potential, subjected to an effective magnetic field. For large repulsion strengths, we work out a Bethe ansatz scheme to compute the two-point correlation matrix and then the one-particle density matrix. Our results hold in the mesoscopic regime of finite but sufficiently large number of particles and system size that are not accessible by numerics. We access the momentum distribution of the system and analyse its specific dependence of interaction, magnetic field and number of components N N . In the context of cold atoms, the exact computation of the correlation matrix to determine the interference patterns that are produced by releasing cold atoms from ring traps is carried out.

DOI
10.21468/scipostphys.15.1.006

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