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Fermion Superfluids of Non-Zero Orbital Angular Momentum near Resonance

Other Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the pairing of Fermi gases near the scattering resonance of the 0\ell\neq 0 partial wave. Using a model potential which reproduces the actual two-body low energy scattering amplitude, we have obtained an analytic solution of the gap equation. We show that the ground state of =1\ell=1 and =3\ell=3 superfluid are orbital ferromagnets with pairing wavefunctions Y11Y_{11} and Y32Y_{32} respectively. For =2\ell=2, there is a degeneracy between Y22Y_{22} and a "cyclic state". Dipole energy will orient the angular momentum axis. The gap function can be determined by the angular dependence of the momentum distribution of the fermions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0408468,
  title  = {Fermion Superfluids of Non-Zero Orbital Angular Momentum near Resonance},
  author = {Tin-Lun Ho and Roberto B. Diener},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0408468},
  year   = {2007}
}

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