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Quantum critical transport in the unitary Fermi gas

Quantum Gases 2012-07-16 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The thermodynamic and transport properties of the unitary Fermi gas at finite temperature T are governed by a quantum critical point at T=0 and zero density. We compute the universal shear viscosity to entropy ratio \eta/s in the high-temperature quantum critical regime T>>|\mu| and find that this strongly coupled quantum fluid comes close to perfect fluidity \eta/s=\hbar/(4\pi k_B). Using a controlled large-N expansion we show that already at the first non-trivial order the equation of state and the Tan contact density C agree well with the most recent experimental measurements and theoretical Luttinger-Ward and Bold Diagrammatic Monte Carlo calculations.

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@article{arxiv.1204.1980,
  title  = {Quantum critical transport in the unitary Fermi gas},
  author = {Tilman Enss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.1980},
  year   = {2012}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure