UNIVERSAL SHAPES OF SMALL FERMION CLUSTERS

Authors
HAKKINEN H KOLEHMAINEN J KOSKINEN M LIPAS PO MANNINEN M
Citation
H. Hakkinen et al., UNIVERSAL SHAPES OF SMALL FERMION CLUSTERS, Physical review letters, 78(6), 1997, pp. 1034-1037
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1034 - 1037
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:6<1034:USOSFC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Small atomic nuclei and clusters of alkali-metal atoms have similar sh apes. We show that this similarity is a universal result of the densit y-functional theory. The shapes and the odd-even staggering of the tot al energy are nearly independent of the interactions between the fermi ons.