Density functional theory investigation of two-dimensional dipolar fermions in a harmonic trap
Date
2014Source Title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Print ISSN
1742-6588
Publisher
IOP
Volume
568
Pages
1 - 5
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
We investigate the behavior of polarized dipolar fermions in a two-dimensional harmonic trap in the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) formalism using the local density approximation. We treat only a few particles interacting moderately. Important results were deduced concerning key characteristics of the system such as total energy and particle density. Our results indicate that, at variance with Coulombic systems, the exchange- correlation component was found to provide a large contribution to the total energy for a large range of interaction strengths and particle numbers. In addition, the density profiles of the dipoles are shown to display important features around the origin that is not possible to capture by earlier, simpler treatments of such systems.
Keywords
Low temperature effectsTemperature
Density profile
Exchange-correlations
Harmonic trap
Important features
Interaction strength
Key characteristics
Particle densities
Particle numbers
Local density approximation