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Critical Zeeman Splitting of Fermi Superfluidity at Infinite Scattering Length

Superconductivity 2009-08-15 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We determine the critical Zeeman energy splitting for Fermi superfluidity at infinite s-wave scattering length according to the Monte Carlo and experimental results of the equations of state. Based on the universality hypothesis, we show that there exist two critical fields Hc1H_{c1} and Hc2H_{c2}, between which a superfluid-normal mixed phase is energetically favored, and model-independent formulae for Hc1H_{c1}, Hc2H_{c2} and the critical population imbalance PcP_c are derived. Using recent Monte Carlo and experimental results of PcP_c, Hc1H_{c1} and Hc2H_{c2} are determined. It is found Hc1=0.41ϵFH_{c1}=0.41\epsilon_{\text F} and Hc2=0.50ϵFH_{c2}=0.50\epsilon_{\text F}, with ϵF\epsilon_{\text F} being the Fermi energy of non-interacting gas.

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@article{arxiv.0803.4052,
  title  = {Critical Zeeman Splitting of Fermi Superfluidity at Infinite Scattering Length},
  author = {Lianyi He and Pengfei Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.4052},
  year   = {2009}
}

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