Physical Review A
Effect of hard-core repulsion on the structures of a trapped two-dimensional three-boson system
Bao Cheng-guang, Yuan Zhang He, Gang Huang, T. Y. Shi
Abstract
A two-dimensional three-boson system interacting with hard-core repulsion and trapped by parabolic confinement has been investigated. Two density functions associated with breathing motion and deformation, respectively, have been defined. Based on these density functions, the wave functions of low-lying states have been analyzed in detailed. The states are found to have explicit geometric features caused by the hard-core repulsion, these features depend strongly on the constraints imposed by symmetry. Striking similarity exists in the density functions, so that breathing bands can be well defined. A classification scheme is thereby proposed.