N. D. Drummond 1, 2, N. R. Cooper 1, R. J. Needs 1, G. V. Shlyapnikov 3, 4
Physical Review B 83 (2011) 195429
Motivated by potential realizations in cold-atom or cold-molecule systems, we have performed quantum Monte Carlo simulations of two-component gases of fermions in two dimensions with hard-core interactions. We have determined the gross features of the zero-temperature phase diagram, by investigating the relative stabilities of paramagnetic and ferromagnetic fluids and crystals. We have also examined the effect of including a pairwise, long-range r^(-3) potential between the particles. Our most important conclusion is that there is no region of stability for a ferromagnetic fluid phase, even if the long-range interaction is present. We also present results for the pair-correlation function, static structure factor, and momentum density of two-dimensional hard-core fluids.
- 1. TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory,
Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge - 2. Department of Physics,
Lancaster University - 3. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS),
CNRS : UMR8626 – Université Paris XI – Paris Sud - 4. Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute,
University of Amsterdam