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Scale breaking and fluid dynamics in a dilute two-dimensional Fermi gas

Quantum Gases 2013-11-13 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study two observables related to the anomalous breaking of scale invariance in a dilute two dimensional Fermi gas, the frequency shift and damping rate of the monopole mode in a harmonic confinement potential. For this purpose we compute the speed of sound and the bulk viscosity of the two dimensional gas in the high temperature limit. We show that the anomaly in the speed of sound scales as (2Pρcs2)/Pz/[log(T/EB)]2(2P-\rho c_s^2)/P\sim z/[\log(T/E_B)]^2, and that the bulk viscosity ζ\zeta scales as ζ/ηz2/[log(T/EB)]6\zeta/\eta \sim z^2/[\log(T/E_B)]^6. Here, PP is the pressure, cs2c_s^2 is the speed of sound, η\eta is the shear viscosity, zz is the fugacity, and EBE_B is the two-body binding energy. We show that our results are consistent with the experimental results of Vogt et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 070404 (2012)]. Vogt et al. reported a frequency shift δω/ω\delta\omega/\omega of the order of a few percent, and a damping rate smaller than the background rate Γ/ω05\Gamma/\omega_0\sim 5%.

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@article{arxiv.1308.2004,
  title  = {Scale breaking and fluid dynamics in a dilute two-dimensional Fermi gas},
  author = {Clifford Chafin and Thomas Schaefer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.2004},
  year   = {2013}
}

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17 pages, 2 figures

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