Published February 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Polarized fermions in the unitarity limit

  • 1. Nuclear Theory Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA (United States)

Description

We consider a polarized Fermi gas in the unitarity limit. Results are calculated analytically up to next-to-leading order in an expansion about d=4 spatial dimensions. We find a first order transition from superfluid to normal phase. The critical chemical potential asymmetry for this phase transition is δμc=(2μ/ε)(1-0.467ε), where ε=4-d is the expansion parameter and μ is the average chemical potential of the two fermion species. Stability of the superfluid phase in the presence of supercurrents is also studied

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 023606-023606.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39010908
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; EXPANSION; FERMI GAS; FERMIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; POLARIZATION; POTENTIALS; STABILITY; SUPERFLUIDITY; UNITARITY

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