Published June 4, 2004
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Journal article
BCS-BEC crossover at finite temperature for superfluid trapped Fermi atoms
Creators
- 1. Dipartimento di Fisica, UdR INFM, Universita di Camerino, I-62032 Camerino (Italy)
Description
We consider the BCS-BEC (Bose-Einstein-condensate) crossover for a system of trapped Fermi atoms at finite temperature, both below and above the superfluid critical temperature, by including fluctuations beyond mean field. We determine the superfluid critical temperature and the pair-breaking temperature as functions of the attractive interaction between Fermi atoms, from the weak- to the strong-coupling limit (where bosonic molecules form as bound-fermion pairs). Density profiles in the trap are also obtained for all temperatures and couplings
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Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 92
- Journal Issue
- 22
- Journal Page Range
- p. 220404-220404.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36019282
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMS; BCS THEORY; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; FERMIONS; FLUCTUATIONS; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; MOLECULES; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SUPERFLUIDITY; TRAPPING; TRAPS
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VARIATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society