Session A16: Quantum Fermi Gases and Feshbach Resonances
8:00 AM–11:00 AM, Monday, March 16, 2009
Room: 317
Sponsoring Unit:
DAMOP
Chair: Martin Zwierlein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.A16.13
Abstract: A16.00013 : Matterwave Probe for Detecting Fermi Superfluidity
10:24 AM–10:36 AM
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Authors:
Satyan Bhongale
(Rice University)
Han Pu
(Rice University)
We propose a matter wave probe for detecting BCS type superfluidity within a trapped two-component Fermi gas. While, previous theoretical/experimental attempts have addressed Fermi superfluidity via a global measurement, for example by demonstrating a vortex lattice, the current proposal allows for a local measurement of the pairing gap. For this, we study the phase diagram of a mixture of Bose-Einstein condensate and an interacting two-component Fermi gas. We identify regions of the parameter space where the Bose-Fermi mixture is unstable resulting in phase separation. We show that, under proper conditions, by employing a tunable scattering resonance, the phase separation phenomenon can be exploited as a robust probe of ``local'' fermion superfluidity.
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