Adiabatic compression of a trapped Fermi gas
Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We propose a method to reach conditions of high degeneracy in a trapped Fermi gas, based on the adiabatic transfer of atoms from a magnetic to a tighter optical trap. The transformation yields a large increase of the Fermi energy, without a significant change of the temperature. The large enhancement of the central density emphasizes the role of the interactions and makes the system much closer to the BCS transition. An estimate of the time needed to achieve the conditions of adiabaticity is also given.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005517,
title = {Adiabatic compression of a trapped Fermi gas},
author = {L. Viverit and S. Giorgini and L. P. Pitaevskii and S. Stringari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005517},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, RevTex, 5 eps figures