- #1
bon
- 559
- 0
Homework Statement
The degeneracy of the nth level above the ground state for a three dimensional harmonic oscillator is (n+1)(n+2)/2 where n takes values n=0,1,2,...
A gas of N non-interacting identical lithium atoms (mass 6amu) each having spin1/2 is confined in a 3d harmonic potential well with vibrational angular freq w. Explain what the fermi energy is and sketch a graph of the fermi energy at absolute zero of temperature in units of h/2pi w as a function of the number of particles N for N in the range 1 to 50.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
No idea where to even begin really. Any help would be great thanks!