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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Variational Study of3HeDroplets
Jesús NavarroR. Guardiolasubject
PhysicsDrop (liquid)Physics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersGeneral Physics and AstronomyEnergy levelAtomic physicsWave functiondescription
We report variational calculations of energies of ${}^{3}{\mathrm{He}}_{N}$ droplets ( $20\ensuremath{\le}N\ensuremath{\le}40$), 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 $N\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}35$ atoms, and that for each $N$ the minimum energy states have the highest spin values.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-09-21 | Physical Review Letters |