Published July 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Imbalanced Feshbach-resonant Fermi gases

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (United States)

Description

We present an overview of recent developments in species-imbalanced ('polarized') Feshbach-resonant Fermi gases. We summarize the current status of thermodynamics of these systems in terms of a phase diagram as a function of the Feshbach resonance detuning, polarization and temperature. We review instabilities of the s-wave superfluidity across the Bose-Einstein condensation-to-Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer crossover to phase separation, Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states, polarized molecular superfluidity and the normal state, driven by the species imbalance. We discuss different models and approximations of this system and compare their predictions with current experiments.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/73/7/076501

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0034-4885/73/7/076501;
PII
S0034-4885(10)94055-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Reports on Progress in Physics
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
[19 p.]
ISSN
0034-4885
CODEN
RPPHAG