Published March 14, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

The finite-temperature thermodynamics of a trapped unitary Fermi gas within fractional exclusion statistics

  • 1. Physics Department and Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079 (China)

Description

We utilize the fractional exclusion statistics of the Haldane and Wu hypothesis to study the thermodynamics of a unitary Fermi gas trapped in a harmonic oscillator potential at ultra-low finite temperature. The entropy per particle as a function of the energy per particle and energy per particle versus rescaled temperature are numerically compared with the experimental data. The study shows that, except the chemical potential behaviour, there exists a reasonable consistency between the experimental measurement and theoretical attempt for the entropy and energy per particle. In the fractional exclusion statistics formalism, the behaviour of the isochore heat capacity for a trapped unitary Fermi gas is also analysed.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/43/5/055302

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/43/5/055302;
PII
S0953-4075(10)38100-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
0953-4075
CODEN
JPAPEH

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41114155
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ENTROPY; FERMI GAS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; HYPOTHESIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K; THERMODYNAMICS; TRAPPING
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES