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Vector Cooper Pairs and Coherent-Population-Trapping-like States in Ensemble of Interacting Fermions

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity Atomic Physics

Abstract

Using the standard Hamiltonian of the BCS theory, we show that in an ensemble of interacting fermions with the spin 1/2 there exist coherent states NC>|NC>, which nullify the Hamiltonian of the interparticle interaction (scattering). These states have an analogy with the well-known in quantum optics the coherent population trapping (CPT) effect. The structure of these CPT-like states corresponds to Cooper pairs with the total spin SS=1. The found states have a huge degree of degeneracy and carry a macroscopic magnetic moment, that allows us to construct a new model of the magnetism connected with the delocalized electrons in metals (conductors). A principal possibility to apply the obtained results to the superfluid 3^3He is also demonstrated.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0702109,
  title  = {Vector Cooper Pairs and Coherent-Population-Trapping-like States in Ensemble of Interacting Fermions},
  author = {A. V. Taichenachev and V. I. Yudin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0702109},
  year   = {2009}
}

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revtex, 12 pages, 2 figures