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BCS superfluidity in ultracold gases with unequal atomic populations

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity

Abstract

We consider the existence of a BCS superfluid phase in 6^{6}Li due to the pairing of two hyperfine states with unequal number of atoms. We show that the domain of existence for this phase will be increased to a very large extent in the vicinity of the threshold for collapse. This is due to the presence of a new phase with anisotropic order parameter. This phase is induced by the anisotropic part of the scattering, linked to the indirect interaction between atoms through density fluctuation exchange.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0007191,
  title  = {BCS superfluidity in ultracold gases with unequal atomic populations},
  author = {R. Combescot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0007191},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, revtex, 2 figures