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Pairing between Atoms and Molecules in a Boson-Fermion Resonant Mixture

Superconductivity 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We consider a mixture of fermionic and bosonic atoms nearby interspecies Feshbach resonances, which have been observed recently in 6^6Li-23^{23}Na mixture by MIT group, and in 40^{40}K-87^{87}Rb mixture by JILA group. We point out that the fermion-boson bound state, namely the heteronuclear molecules, will coexist with the fermionic atoms in a wide parameter region, and the attraction between fermionic atoms and molecules will lead to the formation of atom-molecule pairs. The pairing structure is studied in detail, and, in particular, we highlight the possible realization of the Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in this system.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0504609,
  title  = {Pairing between Atoms and Molecules in a Boson-Fermion Resonant Mixture},
  author = {Jian Zhang and Hui Zhai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0504609},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages and 5 figures