Destroying superfluidity by rotating a fermi gas at unitarity

作者:Bausmerth I*; Recati A; Stringari S
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2008, 100(7): 070401.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.070401

摘要

We study the effect of the rotation on a harmonically trapped Fermi gas at zero temperature under the assumption that vortices are not formed. We show that at unitarity the rotation produces a phase separation between a nonrotating superfluid (S) core and a rigidly rotating normal (N) gas. The interface between the two phases is characterized by a density discontinuity n(N)/n(S)=0.85, independent of the angular velocity. The depletion of the superfluid and the angular momentum of the rotating configuration are calculated as a function of the angular velocity. The conditions of stability are also discussed and the critical angular velocity for the onset of a spontaneous quadrupole deformation of the interface is evaluated.

  • 出版日期2008-2-22