Fermion-mediated BCS-BEC crossover in ultracold K-40 gases

Oct, 2004
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 240402
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Report number:
  • LA-UR-04-6304

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Studies of Feshbach resonance phenomena in fermionic alkali gases have drawn heavily on the intuition afforded by a Fermi-Bose theory which presents the Feshbach molecule as a featureless Bose particle. While this model may provide a suitable platform to explore the lithium-6 system, we argue that its application to potassium-40, where the hyperfine structure is inverted, is inappropriate. Introducing a three-state Fermi model, where a spin state is shared by the open and closed channel states, we show that effects of ``Pauli blocking'' are recorded in the internal structure of the condensate wave function.
  • 05.30.Fk
  • 03.75.Hh
  • 03.75.Ss
  • Bose-Einstein condensation
  • potassium
  • resonant states
  • atom-photon collisions