Damping of a unitary Fermi gas

作者:Kinast J*; Turlapov A; Thomas JE
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2005, 94(17): 170404.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.170404

摘要

We measure the temperature dependence of the radial breathing mode in an optically trapped, unitary Fermi gas of Li-6, just above the center of a broad Feshbach resonance. The damping rate reveals a clear change in behavior which we interpret as arising from a superfluid transition. We suggest pair breaking as a mechanism for an increase in the damping rate which occurs at temperatures well above the transition. In contrast to the damping, the frequency varies smoothly and remains close to the unitary hydrodynamic value. At low temperature T, the damping depends on the atom number only through the reduced temperature, and extrapolates to 0 at T=0.

  • 出版日期2005-5-6