Collective Modes of a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Superfluid Fermi Gas in BCS-BEC Crossover

We investigate the collective modes of a quasi-two-dimensional （Q2D） superfluid Fermi gas in Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Bose-Einstein condensation （BCS-BEC） crossover. For solving a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation by using a time-dependent variational method, we take a trial wavefunction with the form of hybrid Gaussianparabolic type, which not only reflects the Q2D character of the system and also allows an essentially analytical approach of the problem. We present a Q2D criterion that is valid for various superfluid regimes and displays clearly the relation between the maximum condensed particle number and the parameters of trapping potential as well as atom-atom interaction. We show that due to the small particle number in the Q2D condensate, the contribution to oscillating frequencies by the quantum pressure in the strong confinement direction is significant and hence a Thomas-Fermi approximation can not be used.     

Theory of First,Second and Zero Sound in One-Dimensional Crystals

The propagation of thermal and mechanical disturbances in a non-conducting crystal is studied on the basis of a generalized transport equation for phonons, derived in a previous paper. This equation agrees with the Peierls-Boltzmann equation for slowly varying inhomogeneities in space and time and is consistent with the perturbation treatment of the phonon self energy for high frequencies and short wave-lengths. A formal solution of the transport equation is obtained, which allows us to study in detail the transition between the low-frequency, collision-dominated regime and the high-frequency, essentially collision-less regime. Using a single relaxation time approximation we discuss the propagation of “sound” waves and obtain explicit expressions for the dispersion of the sound velocity and the damping, valid for arbitrary frequencies. In order to elucidate more clearly the technique used we consider in this paper an one-dimensional crystal, but the essential results can easily be taken over to the threedimensional case. A separate report on this will be published elsewhere.     

Acceleration Modes in Fermi Accelerator

We explain Fermi acceleration of particles bouncing in a gravitational field and experiencing a force due to a modulated evanescent laser field. The acceleration strongly depends upon the initial conditions in the phase space and certain modulation amplitude. We study the accelerated modes by the Poincaré surface of sections and Lyapunov exponents. Furthermore, we identify the initial areas of the phase space that support accelerated dynamics and write a mapping for accelerated dynamics. We show that a distinction between accelerated and chaotic evolutions can be made with the help of the aspect ratio. The Lyapunov exponent shows that the accelerated mode supports ordered evolution.     

Dynamical Properties of the Unitary Fermi Gas: Collective Modes and Shock Waves

We discuss the unitary Fermi gas made of dilute and ultracold atoms with an infinite s-wave inter-atomic scattering length. First we introduce an efficient Thomas–Fermi–von Weizsacker density functional which describes accurately various static properties of the unitary Fermi gas trapped by an external potential. Then, the sound velocity and the collective frequencies of oscillations in a harmonic trap are derived from extended superfluid hydrodynamic equations which are the Euler–Lagrange equations of a Thomas–Fermi–von Weizsacker action functional. Finally, we show that this amazing Fermi gas supports supersonic and subsonic shock waves.     

Instabilities of a Fermi Gas with Nested Fermi Surfaces

The nesting of the Fermi surfaces of an electron and a hole pocket separated by a vector Q commensurate with the lattice in conjunction with the interaction between the quasiparticles can give rise to a rich phase diagram. Of particular importance is itinerant antiferromagnetic order in the context of pnictides and heavy fermion compounds. By mismatching the nesting the order can gradually be suppressed and as the Néel temperature tends to zero a quantum critical point is obtained. A superconducting dome above the quantum critical point can be induced by the transfer of pairs of electrons between the pockets. The conditions under which such a dome arises are studied. In addition numerous other phases may arise, e.g. charge density waves, non‐Fermi liquid behavior, non‐s‐wave superconductivity, Pomeranchuk instabilities of the Fermi surface, nematic order, and phases with persistent orbital currents.     

Expansion of a Superfluid Fermi Gas Monolayer

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - A monolayer of superfluid Fermi gas can be prepared within an optical dipole trap using the tight confinement along the chosen direction. In this...     

Fermi Gas in D-Dimensional Space

We consider a Fermi gas in D-dimensional spaceand show how the physical properties of the systembehave as a function of the dimension D, in particular,the density of states, the Fermi energy, and the radius of the Fermi hypersphere.     

Sound propagation in coexistent Bose and Fermi superfluids in aerogel

We report the first observation of longitudinal sound propagation in three dimensionally distributed Bose and Fermi superfluids in an acoustic investigation of phase separated 3He-4He mixtures confined to aerogel. At mK temperatures, this inhomogeneous system exhibits simultaneous 3He and 4He superfluidity leading to two "slow modes" along with the conventional sound mode. We also infer the superfluidity of isolated bubbles of pure 3He in a large 4He concentration sample.     

The Thermodynamic Pressure of a Dilute Fermi Gas

We consider a gas of fermions with non-zero spin at temperature T and chemical potential μ. We show that if the range of the interparticle interaction is small compared to the mean particle distance, the thermodynamic pressure differs to leading order from the corresponding expression for non-interacting particles by a term proportional to the scattering length of the interparticle interaction. This is true for any repulsive interaction, including hard cores. The result is uniform in the temperature as long as T is of the same order as the Fermi temperature, or smaller.     

Oscillating Casimir Effect of a Trapped Fermi Gas

We study the Casimir effect for two parallel slabs immersed in a harmonically trapped Fermi gas. The Casimir force and its distribution on the slabs are calculated. It is found that the Casimir force oscillates with the separation L _z of the slabs and can be either attractive or repulsive, depending sensitively on the size of L _z . It is also found that the size and sign of the Casimir pressure (i.e., the Casimir force on the unit area) oscillates with the variation of the distance r away from the center of the harmonic potential and its amplitude decreases with the increase of r.     

Specific Heat of a Unitary Fermi Gas Including Particle-Hole Fluctuation

We investigate the particle-hole fluctuation correction to the specific heat of an ultracold Fermi gas at unitarity within the framework of the non-self-consistent T-matrix approximation in the normal phase.We find good agreement between our theoretical predictions and the experimental data measured by the MIT group,apart from discrepancies near the transition temperature.At high temperature,our calculated specific heat has the tendency to approach the specific heat of the Boltzmann gas.     

Boltzmann Limit and Quasifreeness for a Homogenous Fermi Gas in a Weakly Disordered Random Medium

We discuss some basic aspects of the dynamics of a homogenous Fermi gas in a weak random potential, under negligence of the particle pair interactions. We derive the kinetic scaling limit for the momentum distribution function with a translation invariant initial state and prove that it is determined by a linear Boltzmann equation. Moreover, we prove that if the initial state is quasifree, then the time evolved state, averaged over the randomness, has a quasifree kinetic limit. We show that the momentum distributions determined by the Gibbs states of a free fermion field are stationary solutions of the linear Boltzmann equation; this includes the limit of zero temperature.     

Energy Spectrum of a Degenerate Fermi Gas at the BEC-BCS Crossover

A theoretical study of the BCS-BEC crossover is presented. Starting from a two-channel Boson-Fermion resonance model, the BCS-Bogoiubov mean-field method and the Green＇s function method are adopted. The result shows that we can end up with a BCS-type theory but with a composite order parameter. Calculation shows that the Bose condensate of BCS Cooper pairs is proportional to the molecular BEC of Bose molecules. The resonance superfluid phase is indicated by the energy spectrum with an obvious interpretation of the transition mechanism.     

玻色-费米气体量子简并光学偶极阱的设计

实现了将预冷却(温度约为1～2μK)的87 Rb和40 K原子装载到远红失谐的光学偶极力阱中,继而利用逐步降低光强的方法对其进行蒸发冷却,获得了87 Rb原子的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚(BEC),并用协同冷却的方法得到了40 K原子的量子简并(DFG)。实验上通过光纤传输远红失谐激光束降低了光束指向性的抖动,又利用光强反馈伺服系统抑制远红失谐激光的强度抖动,提高了获得玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚和简并费米气体的重复性和稳定性。实验上得到玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的原子数达8.48×105个,简并费米气体的原子数量约为3.34×106个。     

Ground-State Properties of Superfluid Fermi Gas in Fourier-Synthesized Optical Lattices

By employing the balance condition between the lattice potential and the interatomic interaction, we study the ground state solutions of superfluid Fermi gases in Fourier-synthesized （FS） optical lattices. The average energy of the ground state, the atoms number, and the atom density distribution of the Fermi system are analytically derived along the Bose–Einstein condensation （BEC） side to the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer （BCS） side. We analyze the properties of ground state solutions at both the BEC limit and unitarity in FS optical lattices. It is found that the relative phase α between the two lattice harmonics impacts greatly on the properties of the ground state of the superfluid Fermi gas. Especially in the BCS limit, when α=π/2, the average energy presents an exponential form with the increase of the potential depth of the lattice harmonics v2. Meanwhile, there exits a minimal value. Moreover, due to the Fermi pressure, the atom density distribution at unitarity is more outstretched than that in the BEC limit. The average energy at unitarity is apparently larger than that in the BEC limit. The properties of the ground state solution exhibit very different behaviors when the system transits from the BEC side to the BCS side.     

基于准经典近似研究强磁场中高温费米气体的统计性质

基于准经典近似研究强磁场中高温费米气体的统计性质,给出系统的统计特征量的解析式,分析磁场和温度对统计性质的影响.结果显示,与低温情况比较,高温下的统计特征量不再振荡,与自由费米气体比较,磁场总是降低系统的总能,增加系统的化学势、热容量、熵、压强和稳定性;而且温度越高,磁场对总能及热容量的影响越弱,对化学势的影响越大.     

Pendulum in a Fermi liquid

The Fermi-liquid theory formulated by Landau is a basic paradigm of the behavior of an interacting many-body system. We present a new application of this theory to calculate the "Landau force" on a macroscopic object. We show that immersing a pendulum in a Fermi liquid can increase its oscillation frequency, and evidence of this has been observed in mixtures of (3)He and (4)He.