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Density of the electron gas in a harmonic oscillator

Assume that now the N>>1 electrons are placed in a harmonic oscillator potential instead. They are again assumed to occupy the lowest N states of the potential. Using the classical turning points of the electron with the highest energy, estimate the size of the region into which the N electrons are localized and compute from this the average density of this electron gas as a function of and N, .



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Sat Apr 20 19:52:25 EDT 1996