Expansion of a Fermi cloud in the BCS-BEC crossover

G. Diana, N. Manini, and L. Salasnich
Phys. Rev. A 73, 065601 – Published 6 June 2006

Abstract

We study the free expansion of a dilute two-component Fermi gas with attractive interspecies interaction in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer–Bose-Einstein condensate (BCS-BEC) crossover. We apply a time-dependent parameter-free density-functional theory by using two choices of the equation of state: an analytic formula based on Monte Carlo data and the mean-field equation of state resulting from the extended BCS equations. The calculated axial and transverse radii and the aspect ratio of the expanding cloud are compared to experimental data on vapors of Li6 atoms. Remarkably, the mean-field theory shows a better agreement with the experiments than the theory based on the Monte Carlo equation of state. Both theories predict a measurable dependence of the aspect ratio on expansion time and on scattering length.

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  • Received 1 March 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.065601

©2006 American Physical Society

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G. Diana1, N. Manini1, and L. Salasnich1,2

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica and CNR-INFM, Università di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
  • 2CNR-INFM and CNISM, Unità di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy

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Vol. 73, Iss. 6 — June 2006

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