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Area of Science:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Atomic physics
  • Condensed matter physics

Background:

  • Two-component Fermi systems are crucial for understanding phenomena like superfluidity.
  • Calculating their spectra accurately is computationally challenging.
  • The unitary interaction limit presents unique theoretical difficulties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the convergence properties of energies for two-component Fermi systems in a harmonic trap at the unitary interaction limit.
  • To develop and validate a new regularization method for two-body interactions that enhances computational convergence.
  • To accurately estimate the ground-state energy of a four-particle system.

Main Methods:

  • Configuration-interaction (CI) method applied to two-component Fermi systems.
  • Analysis of energy convergence with respect to the many-body space truncation parameter.
  • Comparison of conventional regularization techniques with a newly proposed method.
  • Calculation of the ground-state energy for a four-particle system.

Main Results:

  • Exponential or better convergence was observed with respect to the truncation parameter for a fixed regularization.
  • Conventional regularization exhibited poor convergence concerning the regularization parameter.
  • The proposed new regularization method demonstrated exponential convergence for three- and four-particle systems.
  • The ground-state energy of the four-particle system was estimated as (5.045 ± 0.003) ħω.

Conclusions:

  • The choice of regularization significantly impacts the convergence of configuration-interaction calculations for Fermi systems.
  • A novel regularization technique offers improved accuracy and efficiency for few-body Fermi systems.
  • Accurate energy estimations are achievable for complex quantum systems with advanced computational methods.