Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5421990 | Surface Science | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We present some properties of an interacting N-fermion system on a cylindrical surface focusing in the quantum mechanical size effects of the ground-state observables. We use an effective zero-range two-fermion interaction which allows for an analytical Hartree-Fock approach. Within this model, quantum size effects can be understood as a consequence of filling states in the Fermi sea in which naturally arises a clear dependence on the Fermi momentum and the cylinder radius. Particularly, the model shows that the difference between the surface and bulk energies does not depend on the strength interaction. A relationship between the chemical potential and the bulk energy is analytically derived. The approach is also suitable for carbon nanotubes.
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Authors
C.E. Cordeiro, G.D. Lima, A. Delfino, T. Frederico,