title: Exact particle and kinetic-energy densities for one-dimensional confined gases of noninteracting fermions.
abstract: We propose a new method for the evaluation of the particle density and kinetic pressure profiles in inhomogeneous one-dimensional systems of noninteracting fermions, and apply it to harmonically confined systems of up to N = 1000 fermions. The method invokes a Green's function operator in coordinate space, which is handled by techniques originally developed for the calculation of the density of single-particle states from Green's functions in the energy domain. In contrast to the Thomas-Fermi approximation, the exact profiles show negative local pressure in the tails and a prominent shell structure which may become accessible to observation in magnetically trapped gases of fermionic alkali atoms.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia and Classe di Scienze, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vignolo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minguzzi
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Tosi