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Instability of a trapped ultracold Fermi gas with attractive interactions : quantum effects

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We consider the possible mechanical instability of an ultracold Fermi gas due to the attractive interactions between fermions of different species. We investigate how the instability, predicted by a mean field calculation for an homogeneous system, is modified when the gas is trapped in a harmonic potential and quantum effects are included.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0403617,
  title  = {Instability of a trapped ultracold Fermi gas with attractive interactions : quantum effects},
  author = {X. Leyronas and R. Combescot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0403617},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Final revised version. To be published in EPJD