2008/12/16 by Constantine Yannouleas, Yannouleas, Constantine, Uzi Landman +1
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #cond-mat.mes-hall #nucl-th #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0812.3142
5 pages with two tables. Revtex
arxiv created 2008/12/16 · openalex publication_date 2008/12/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Through the introduction of a class of appropriate translationally invariant trial wave functions, we show that the strong correlations in the lowest Landau level (LLL) reflect in finite systems the emergence of intrinsic point-group symmetries associated with rotations and vibrations of molecules formed through particle localization. This molecular description is universal, being valid for both bosons and fermions, for both the yrast and excited states of the LLL spectra, and for both low and high angular momenta. This physical picture is fundamentally different from the "quantum-fluid" one associated with Jastrow-type trial functions.