{
  "id": "cond-mat/0202493",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2002-02-27T00:53:54.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-02-27T00:53:54.000Z",
  "title": "Odd-even binding effect from random two-body interactions",
  "authors": [
    "Thomas Papenbrock",
    "Lev Kaplan",
    "George F. Bertsch"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 4 eps figures",
  "journal": "Phys.Rev. B65 (2002) 235120",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.65.235120",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "nlin.CD",
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Systematic odd-even binding energy differences in finite metallic particles are usually attributed to mean-field orbital energy effects or to a coherent pairing interaction. We show analytically and numerically that a purely random two-body Hamiltonian can also give rise to an odd-even staggering. We explore the characteristics of this chaotic mechanism and discuss distinguishing features with respect to the other causes of staggering. In particular, randomness-induced staggering is found to be a smooth function of particle number, and the mechanism is seen to be largely insensitive to the presence of a magnetic field.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2002-02-27T00:53:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "random two-body interactions",
      "odd-even binding effect",
      "mean-field orbital energy effects",
      "systematic odd-even binding energy differences",
      "purely random two-body hamiltonian"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 583483
    }
  }
}