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Universal behavior of pair correlations in a strongly interacting Fermi gas

Quantum Gases 2015-05-18 v2

Abstract

We show that short-range pair correlations in a strongly interacting Fermi gas follow a simple universal law described by Tan's relations. This is achieved through measurements of the static structure factor which displays a universal scaling proportional to the ratio of Tan's contact to the momentum C/qC/q. Bragg spectroscopy of ultracold 6^6Li atoms from a periodic optical potential is used to measure the structure factor for a wide range of momenta and interaction strengths, providing broad confirmation of this universal law. We calibrate our Bragg spectra using the ff-sum rule, which is found to improve the accuracy of the structure factor measurement.

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@article{arxiv.1001.3200,
  title  = {Universal behavior of pair correlations in a strongly interacting Fermi gas},
  author = {E. D. Kuhnle and H. Hu and X. -J. Liu and P. Dyke and M. Mark and P. D. Drummond and P. Hannaford and C. J. Vale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.3200},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Manuscript revised, 4 pages, 3 figures