Rotating ideal Fermi gases under a harmonic potential

David J. Toms

Samir Das, Shyamal Biswas

Abstract We have analytically explored the quantum phenomena of particle scattering by rotating trapped quantum gases of electrically neutral bosons and fermions for the short-ranged Fermi-Huang interactions between the incident particle and the scatterers. We have predicted differential scattering cross-sections and their temperature and angular velocity dependencies in this regard, in particular, for an ideal Bose gas in a rotating harmonic trap, an ideal Fermi gas in a rotating harmonic trap, and a weakly interacting Bose gas in a slow rotating harmonic trap. We have theoretically probed the lattice-pattern of the vortices in a rapidly rotating strongly interacting Bose–Einstein condensate by the particle scattering method. We also have obtained de Haas-van Alphen-like oscillations in the differential scattering cross-section for an ideal ultracold Fermi gas in a rotating harmonic trap. Our predictions on the differential scattering cross-sections can be tested within the present-day experimental setups.

Kiel Howe, Aristeu R. P. Lima, Axel Pelster

Shah Mohammad Bahauddin, Mir Mehedi Faruk

Abstract From the unified statistical thermodynamics of quantum gases, the virial coefficients of ideal Bose and Fermi gases, trapped under generic power law potential are derived systematically. From the general result of virial coefficients, one can produce the known results in d = 3 and d = 2. But more importantly we found that, the virial coefficients of Bose and Fermi gases become identical (except the second virial coefficient, where the sign is different) when the gases are trapped under harmonic potential in d = 1. This result suggests the equivalence between Bose and Fermi gases established in d = 1 (J. Stat. Phys. DOI 10.1007/s10955-015-1344-4). Also, it is found that the virial coefficients of two-dimensional free Bose (Fermi) gas are equal to the virial coefficients of one-dimensional harmonically trapped Bose (Fermi) gas.

Stefan Riedl, Edmundo R. Sánchez Guajardo, Christoph Kohstall +3 more

Le Tri Dat, Vinh N. T. Pham

Abstract In this work, the entropy functions of ideal quantum gases in a three-dimensional harmonic trap are analytically calculated using temperature as an explicit variable. Afterward, the applicability of the analytical formulas is validated by comparison with the numerical calculation. The results illustrate that the obtained functions could be applied for the whole temperature regime with a maximum relative deviation of less than 7.5% in the vicinity of the critical temperature T c in the case of Bose gases. Meanwhile, for Fermi gases, although the analytical formula fits well at very low- and high-temperature regimes, it cannot be applied at temperature in the range [ 0.3 - 0.5 ] T F , where T F is the Fermi temperature. In addition, the consistency between our formulas and classical ones at significantly high temperatures is also discussed.