Effects of a Fluctuating Interface between a Superfluid and a Polarized Fermi Gas

dc.creatorZhai, Hui
dc.creatorLee, Dung-Hai
dc.date2007-09-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:27:28Z
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dc.descriptionMotivated by recent experiments in trapped Fermi gas with spin population imbalance, we discuss the effects of the quantum and thermal fluctuations of the interface between a fully paired superfluid core and a fully polarized Fermi gas. We demonstrate that even if there is no true partially polarized thermodynamic phase in bulk, the interface fluctuation can give rise to a partially polarized transition regime in trap. Our theory yields a definite prediction for the functional forms of the spatial profile of spin polarization and pairing gap, and we show that the spin-resolved density profiles measured by both the MIT and Rice groups obey this function form. We also show that sufficient large fluctuation will lead to a visibly unequal density even at the center of the cloud. We hope this picture can shed lights on the controversial discrepancies in recent experiments.
dc.description4 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0388
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0388
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/137280
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleEffects of a Fluctuating Interface between a Superfluid and a Polarized Fermi Gas
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