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We prove that a system of N fermions interacting with an additional particle via point interactions is stable if the ratio of the mass of the additional particle to the one of the fermions is larger than some critical m*. The value of m* is independent of N and turns out to be less than 1. This fact has important implications for the stability of the unitary Fermi gas. We also characterize the domain of the Hamiltonian of this model, and establish the validity of the Tan relations for all wave functions in the domain.
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Moser, T., Seiringer, R. Stability of a Fermionic N + 1 Particle System with Point Interactions. Commun. Math. Phys. 356, 329–355 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-017-2980-0
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