Operator-algebraic approach to the yrast spectrum of weakly interacting trapped bosons

Abstract

We present an operator-algebraic approach to derive the low-lying quasidegenerate spectrum of weakly interacting trapped N bosons with total angular momentum $\ensuremath{\Elzxh}L$ for the case of $L/N\ensuremath{\ll}1.$ We demonstrate that the lowest-lying excitation spectrum is given by ${27gn}_{3}{(n}_{3}\ensuremath{-}1)/34,$ where g is the strength of the repulsive contact interaction and ${n}_{3}$ is the number of excited octupole quanta. Our method provides constraints for these quasidegenerate many-body states and gives higher excitation energies that depend linearly on N.