Two-component few-fermion mixtures in a one-dimensional trap: Numerical versus analytical approach

被引:39
作者
Brouzos, Ioannis [1 ]
Schmelcher, Peter [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hamburg, Zentrum Opt Quantentechnol, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2013年 / 87卷 / 02期
关键词
GAS; DYNAMICS; ATOMS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023605
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We explore a few-fermion mixture consisting of two components that are repulsively interacting and confined in a one-dimensional harmonic trap. Different scenarios of population imbalance ranging from the completely imbalanced case where the physics of a single impurity in the Fermi sea is discussed to the partially imbalanced and equal population configurations are investigated. For the numerical calculations the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method is employed, extending its application to few-fermion systems. Apart from numerical calculations we generalize our ansatz for a correlated pair wave function proposed recently [I. Brouzos and P. Schmelcher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 045301 (2012)] for bosons to mixtures of fermions. From weak to strong coupling between the components the energies, the densities and the correlation properties of one-dimensional systems change vastly with an upper limit set by fermionization where for infinite repulsion all fermions can be mapped to identical ones. The numerical and analytical treatments are in good agreement with respect to the description of this crossover. We show that for equal populations each pair of different component atoms splits into two single peaks in the density while for partial imbalance additional peaks and plateaus arise for very strong interaction strengths. The case of a single-impurity atom shows rich behavior of the energy and density as we approach fermionization and is directly connected to recent experiments [G. Zurn et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 075303 (2012)]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023605
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