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Dimer-dimer scattering length for fermions with different masses: analytical study for large mass ratio

Quantum Gases 2013-05-30 v1 Soft Condensed Matter Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the dimer-dimer scattering length a4a_4 for a two-component Fermi mixture in which the different fermions have different masses m\usm\us and m\dsm\ds. This is made in the framework of the exact field theoretical method. In the large mass ratio domain the equations are simplified enough to lead to an analytical solution. In particular we link a4a_4 to the fermion-dimer scattering length a3a_3 for the same fermions, and obtain the very simple relation a4=a3/2a_4=a_3/2. The result a4a3/2a_4 \simeq a_3/2 is actually valid whatever the mass ratio with quite good precision. As a result we find an analytical expression providing a4a_4 with a fairly good precision for any masses. To dominant orders for large mass ratio it agrees with the literature. We show that, in this large mass ratio domain, the dominant processes are the repeated dimer-dimer Born scatterings, considered earlier by Pieri and Strinati. We conclude that their approximation, of retaining only these processes, is a fairly good one whatever the mass ratio.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1211.6679,
  title  = {Dimer-dimer scattering length for fermions with different masses: analytical study for large mass ratio},
  author = {F. Alzetto and R. Combescot and X. Leyronas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6679},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

14 pages, 4 figures

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