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arXiv:quant-ph/9612027 · Physical Review A

Trapped Fermi gases

Daniel A. Butts, Daniel S. Rokhsar

Published Jun 1, 1997• 245 citations
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Abstract

We study the properties of a spin-polarized Fermi gas in a harmonic trap, using the semiclassical (Thomas-Fermi) approximation. Universal forms for the spatial and momentum distributions are calculated, and the results compared with the corresponding properties of a dilute Bose gas.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.55.4346

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