TY - JOUR
T1 - Friedel oscillations in a gas of interacting one-dimensional fermionic atoms confined in a harmonic trap
AU - Artemenko, S. N.
AU - Xianlong, Gao
AU - Wonneberger, W.
PY - 2004/4/14
Y1 - 2004/4/14
N2 - Using an asymptotic phase representation of the particle density operator ρ̂(z) in the one-dimensional harmonic trap, the part δ ρ̂F(z) which describes the Friedel oscillations is extracted. The expectation value 〈δ ρ̂F(z)〉 with respect to the interacting ground state requires the calculation of the mean square average of a properly defined phase operator. This calculation is performed analytically for the Tomonaga-Luttinger model with harmonic confinement. It is found that the envelope of the Friedel oscillations at zero temperature decays with the boundary exponent ν = (K + 1)/2 away from the classical boundaries. This value differs from that known for open boundary conditions or strong pinning impurities. The soft boundary in the present case thus modifies the decay of Friedel oscillations. The case of two components is also discussed.
AB - Using an asymptotic phase representation of the particle density operator ρ̂(z) in the one-dimensional harmonic trap, the part δ ρ̂F(z) which describes the Friedel oscillations is extracted. The expectation value 〈δ ρ̂F(z)〉 with respect to the interacting ground state requires the calculation of the mean square average of a properly defined phase operator. This calculation is performed analytically for the Tomonaga-Luttinger model with harmonic confinement. It is found that the envelope of the Friedel oscillations at zero temperature decays with the boundary exponent ν = (K + 1)/2 away from the classical boundaries. This value differs from that known for open boundary conditions or strong pinning impurities. The soft boundary in the present case thus modifies the decay of Friedel oscillations. The case of two components is also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-4075/37/7/052
DO - 10.1088/0953-4075/37/7/052
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2342477993
VL - 37
JO - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
JF - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
SN - 0953-4075
IS - 7
ER -