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Density of a gas of spin-polarized fermions in a magnetic field

S. Foulon, F. Brosens, J. T. Devreese, L. F. Lemmens

Published Dec 21, 2000• 1 citation

Abstract

For a fermion gas with equally spaced energy levels that is subjected to a magnetic field, the particle density is calculated. The derivation is based on the path integral approach for identical particles, in combination with the inversion techniques for the generating function of the static response functions. Explicit results are presented for the ground state density as a function of the magnetic field with a number of particles ranging from 1 to 45.

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.63.016111

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