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Proof of Bose-Einstein Condensation for Dilute Trapped Gases
The ground state of bosonic atoms in a trap has been shown experimentally to
display Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). We prove this fact theoretically for
bosons with two-body repulsive interaction potentials in the dilute limit,
starting from the basic Schroedinger equation; the condensation is 100% into
the state that minimizes the Gross-Pitaevskii energy functional. This is the
first rigorous proof of BEC in a physically realistic, continuum model.Comment: Revised version with some simplifications and clarifications. To
appear in Phys. Rev. Let
The Ground States of Large Quantum Dots in Magnetic Fields
The quantum mechanical ground state of a 2D -electron system in a
confining potential ( is a coupling constant) and a homogeneous
magnetic field is studied in the high density limit , with fixed. It is proved that the ground state energy and
electronic density can be computed {\it exactly} in this limit by minimizing
simple functionals of the density. There are three such functionals depending
on the way varies as : A 2D Thomas-Fermi (TF) theory applies
in the case ; if the correct limit theory
is a modified -dependent TF model, and the case is described
by a ``classical'' continuum electrostatic theory. For homogeneous potentials
this last model describes also the weak coupling limit for arbitrary
. Important steps in the proof are the derivation of a new Lieb-Thirring
inequality for the sum of eigenvalues of single particle Hamiltonians in 2D
with magnetic fields, and an estimation of the exchange-correlation energy. For
this last estimate we study a model of classical point charges with
electrostatic interactions that provides a lower bound for the true quantum
mechanical energy.Comment: 57 pages, Plain tex, 5 figures in separate uufil
Stability and Instability of Relativistic Electrons in Classical Electro magnetic Fields
The stability of matter composed of electrons and static nuclei is
investigated for a relativistic dynamics for the electrons given by a suitably
projected Dirac operator and with Coulomb interactions. In addition there is an
arbitrary classical magnetic field of finite energy. Despite the previously
known facts that ordinary nonrelativistic matter with magnetic fields, or
relativistic matter without magnetic fields is already unstable when the fine
structure constant, is too large it is noteworthy that the combination of the
two is still stable provided the projection onto the positive energy states of
the Dirac operator, which defines the electron, is chosen properly. A good
choice is to include the magnetic field in the definition. A bad choice, which
always leads to instability, is the usual one in which the positive energy
states are defined by the free Dirac operator. Both assertions are proved here.Comment: LaTeX fil
A Rigorous Derivation of the Gross-Pitaevskii Energy Functional for a Two-Dimensional Bose Gas
We consider the ground state properties of an inhomogeneous two-dimensional
Bose gas with a repulsive, short range pair interaction and an external
confining potential. In the limit when the particle number is large but
is small, where is the average particle density and
the scattering length, the ground state energy and density are rigorously
shown to be given to leading order by a Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) energy functional
with a coupling constant . In contrast to the 3D
case the coupling constant depends on through the mean density. The GP
energy per particle depends only on . In 2D this parameter is typically so
large that the gradient term in the GP energy functional is negligible and the
simpler description by a Thomas-Fermi type functional is adequate.Comment: 14 pages, no figures, latex 2e. References, some clarifications and
an appendix added. To appear in Commun. Math. Phy
Uniform Density Theorem for the Hubbard Model
A general class of hopping models on a finite bipartite lattice is
considered, including the Hubbard model and the Falicov-Kimball model. For the
half-filled band, the single-particle density matrix \uprho (x,y) in the
ground state and in the canonical and grand canonical ensembles is shown to be
constant on the diagonal , and to vanish if and if and
are on the same sublattice. For free electron hopping models, it is shown in
addition that there are no correlations between sites of the same sublattice in
any higher order density matrix. Physical implications are discussed.Comment: 15 pages, plaintex, EHLMLRJM-22/Feb/9
A One-Dimensional Model for Many-Electron Atoms in Extremely Strong Magnetic Fields: Maximum Negative Ionization
We consider a one-dimensional model for many-electron atoms in strong
magnetic fields in which the Coulomb potential and interactions are replaced by
one-dimensional regularizations associated with the lowest Landau level. For
this model we show that the maximum number of electrons is bounded above by
2Z+1 + c sqrt{B}.
We follow Lieb's strategy in which convexity plays a critical role. For the
case of two electrons and fractional nuclear charge, we also discuss the
critical value at which the nuclear charge becomes too weak to bind two
electrons.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures. J. Phys. A: Math and General (in press) 199
Effect of electronic interactions on the persistent current in one-dimensional disordered rings
The persistent current is here studied in one-dimensional disordered rings
that contain interacting electrons. We used the density matrix renormalization
group algorithms in order to compute the stiffness, a measure that gives the
magnitude of the persistent currents as a function of the boundary conditions
for different sets of both interaction and disorder characteristics. In
contrast to its non-interacting value, an increase in the stiffness parameter
was observed for systems at and off half-filling for weak interactions and
non-zero disorders. Within the strong interaction limit, the decrease in
stiffness depends on the filling and an analytical approach is developed to
recover the observed behaviors. This is required in order to understand its
mechanisms. Finally, the study of the localization length confirms the
enhancement of the persistent current for moderate interactions when disorders
are present at half-filling. Our results reveal two different regimes, one for
weak and one for strong interactions at and off half-filling.Comment: 16 pages, 21 figures; minor changes (blanks missing, sentences
starting with a mathematical symbol
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