Variational study of 3He droplets

被引:47
作者
Guardiola, R [1 ]
Navarro, J
机构
[1] Univ Valencia, Fac Fis, Dept Fis Atom & Nucl, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
[2] Univ Valencia, IFIC, CSIC, Fac Fis, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1144
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report variational calculations of energies of He-3(N) droplets (20 less than or equal to N less than or equal to 40), using Aziz atom-atom interactions. The trial wave function has a simple structure, combining two- and three-body correlation functions coming from a translationally invariant configuration-interaction description, superimposed to a Jastrow-type correlated wave function with backflow. We find that the smallest bound drop has N = 35 atoms, and that for each N the minimum energy states have the highest spin values.
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