TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase transitions and pairing signature in strongly attractive Fermi atomic gases
AU - Guan, X. W.
AU - Batchelor, M. T.
AU - Lee, C.
AU - Bortz, M.
PY - 2007/8/16
Y1 - 2007/8/16
N2 - We investigate pairing and quantum phase transitions in the one-dimensional two-component Fermi atomic gas in an external field. The phase diagram, critical fields, magnetization, and local pairing correlation are obtained analytically via the exact thermodynamic Bethe ansatz solution. At zero temperature, bound pairs of fermions with opposite spin states form a singlet ground state when the external field H< Hc1. A completely ferromagnetic phase without pairing occurs when the external field H> Hc2. In the region Hc1 <H< Hc2, we observe a mixed phase of matter in which paired and unpaired atoms coexist. The phase diagram is reminiscent of that of type II superconductors. For temperatures below the degenerate temperature and in the absence of an external field, the bound pairs of fermions form hard-core bosons obeying generalized exclusion statistics.
AB - We investigate pairing and quantum phase transitions in the one-dimensional two-component Fermi atomic gas in an external field. The phase diagram, critical fields, magnetization, and local pairing correlation are obtained analytically via the exact thermodynamic Bethe ansatz solution. At zero temperature, bound pairs of fermions with opposite spin states form a singlet ground state when the external field H< Hc1. A completely ferromagnetic phase without pairing occurs when the external field H> Hc2. In the region Hc1 <H< Hc2, we observe a mixed phase of matter in which paired and unpaired atoms coexist. The phase diagram is reminiscent of that of type II superconductors. For temperatures below the degenerate temperature and in the absence of an external field, the bound pairs of fermions form hard-core bosons obeying generalized exclusion statistics.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.085120
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.085120
M3 - Article
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 76
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 8
M1 - 085120
ER -