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Multiple-quantized vortices in rotating LOFF state of ultracold Fermi superfluid gas

Quantum Gases 2009-10-22 v1 Superconductivity High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

A rotating ultracold S-wave superfluid Fermi gas is considered, when the population imbalance (or equivalently the mismatch in chemical potentials) corresponds to the Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell (LOFF) state in the vicinity of the Lifshitz critical point. It is shown that under these conditions the critical angular velocity in two-dimensional systems is an oscillating function of temperature and population imbalance giving rise to reentrant superfluid phases. This leads to vortex lattices with multiple-quantized circulation quanta. The reason for this behavior is the population by Cooper pairs of the Landau levels above the lowest one.

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@article{arxiv.0904.4034,
  title  = {Multiple-quantized vortices in rotating LOFF state of ultracold Fermi superfluid gas},
  author = {Miodrag L. Kulic and Armen Sedrakian and Dirk H. Rischke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4034},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure