arXiv · cond-mat/0003020
Spectral Equivalence of Bosons and Fermions in One-Dimensional Harmonic Potentials
Abstract
Recently, Schmidt and Schnack (cond-mat/9803151, cond-mat/9810036), following earlier references, reiterate that the specific heat of N non-interacting bosons in a one-dimensional harmonic well equals that of N fermions in the same potential. We show that this peculiar relationship between specific heats results from a more dramatic equivalence between bose and fermi systems. Namely, we prove that the excitation spectrums of such bose and fermi systems are spectrally equivalent. Two complementary proofs are provided, one based on an analysis of the dynamical symmetry group of the N-body system, the other using combinatoric analysis.
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M. Crescimanno, A. S. Landsberg. 2000-03-02. Spectral Equivalence of Bosons and Fermions in One-Dimensional Harmonic Potentials. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.63.035601
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