Unitary gas in an isotropic harmonic trap: Symmetry properties and applications

Félix Werner and Yvan Castin
Phys. Rev. A 74, 053604 – Published 6 November 2006

Abstract

We consider N atoms trapped in an isotropic harmonic potential, with s-wave interactions of infinite scattering length. In the zero-range limit, we obtain several exact analytical results: mapping between the trapped problem and the free-space zero-energy problem, separability in hyperspherical coordinates, SO(2,1) hidden symmetry, existence of a decoupled bosonic degree of freedom, and relations between the moments of the trapping potential energy and the moments of the total energy.

  • Received 31 July 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.053604

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Félix Werner and Yvan Castin

  • Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, École Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

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Vol. 74, Iss. 5 — November 2006

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