Published October 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonuniversal behavior of cold Fermi condensates with narrow Feshbach resonances

  • 1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hua-Lien, Taiwan 974 (China)

Description

In this paper, we construct an effective field theory for a condensate of cold Fermi atoms whose scattering is controlled by a narrow Feshbach resonance. We show how, from first principles, it permits a hydrodynamic description of the BEC-BCS crossover from which the equation of state, intimately related to the speed of sound, can be derived. Specifically, we stress the nonuniversal behavior of the equation of state at the unitary limit of infinite scattering length that arises when either, or both, of the range of the interatomic force and the scale of the molecular field become large.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043621-043621.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41059992
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; BCS THEORY; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERATOMIC FORCES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SCATTERING LENGTHS; SOUND WAVES
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; LENGTH

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