Gradient corrections to the local density approximation in the one-dimensional Bose gas

Abstract

The local density approximation (LDA) is the central technical tool in the modeling of quantum gases in trapping potentials. It consists in treating the gas as an assembly of independent mesoscopic fluid cells at equilibrium with a local chemical potential, and it is justified when the correlation length is larger than the size of the cells. The LDA is often regarded as a crude approximation, particularly in the ground state of the one-dimensional (1D) Bose gas, { where the correlation length is "therefore said to be" infinite (in the sense that correlation functions decay as a power law).} Here we take another look at the LDA. The local density $\rho (x)$ is viewed as a functional of the trapping potential $V(x)$, to which one applies a gradient expansion. The zeroth order in that expansion is the LDA. The first-order correction in the gradient expansion vanishes due to reflection symmetry. At second order, there are two corrections proportional to $d^{2}V/d{x}^2$ and $(dV/dx{)}^2$, and we propose a method to determine the corresponding coefficients by a perturbative calculation in the Lieb-Liniger model. This leads to an expression for the coefficients in terms of matrix elements of the density operator, which can in principle be evaluated numerically for an arbitrary coupling constant; here we show how to efficiently evaluate the coefficient associated to the curvature of the potential $d^{2}V/d{x}^2$, which dominates the deviation to LDA near local minima or maxima of the trapping potential. Both coefficients are evaluated analytically in the limits of infinite repulsion (hard-core bosons) and small repulsion (quasi-condensate).} The corrected LDA density profiles are compared to DMRG calculations, with significant improvement compared to zeroth-order LDA.

arXiv commentaccepted version, 17 pages, 8 figures. Substantial revision including a discussion on the validity of the LDA in the introduction and the numerical calculation of the second coefficient in appendix C

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