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The Specific Heat of a Trapped Fermi Gas: an Analytical Approach

J. M. B. Noronha, D. J. Toms

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0002454

Abstract

We find an analytical expression for the specific heat of a Fermi gas in a harmonic trap using a semi-classical approximation. Our approximation is valid for kT>hw and in this range it is shown to be highly accurate. We comment on the semi-classical approximation, presenting an explanation for this high accuracy.

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