Manipulating the critical temperature for the superfluid phase transition in trapped atomic Fermi gases

C. P. Search, H. Pu, W. Zhang, B. P. Anderson, P. Meystre

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Abstract

The effects of the trapping potential on the critical temperature Tc for the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) transition to a superfluid state in trapped atomic gases of fermions were discussed. It was found that for anharmonic traps, Tc increased by several orders of magnitude in comparison to a harmonic trap. The analysis showed that the critical temperature for the BCS transition were manipulated by shaping the traps confining the atomic Fermi gases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number063616
Pages (from-to)636161-636164
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume65
Issue number6 A
StatePublished - Jun 2002

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