Published April 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Ground state of two-component degenerate fermionic gases

  • 1. Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku, ulica Lipowa 41, 15-424 Bialystok (Poland)
  • 2. Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej PAN, Aleja Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw (Poland)

Description

We analyze the ground state of the two-component gas of trapped ultracold fermionic atoms. We neglect the forces between atoms in the same hyperfine state (the same component). For the case when the forces between distinguishable atoms (i.e., atoms in different hyperfine states) are repulsive (positive mutual scatteringlength), we find the existence of critical interaction strength above which one atomic fraction expels the other from the center of the trap. When atoms from different components attract each other (negative mutual scattering length) the ground state of the system dramatically changes its structure for strong enough attraction--the Cooper pairs built of atoms in different hyperfine states appear

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
69
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 043603-043603.9
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36082973
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; COOPER PAIRS; FERMI GAS; FERMIONS; GROUND STATES; SCATTERING LENGTHS; TRAPPING; TRAPS
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; LENGTH

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