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Quantum Bose and Fermi gases with large negative scattering length in the two-body 5-matrix approximation.

Quantum Bose and Fermi gases with large negative scattering length in the two-body 5-matrix approximation.

Authors :
LeClair, André
Marcelino, Edgar
Nicolai, André
Roditi, Itzhak
Source :
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics. Aug2012, Vol. 86 Issue 2-B, p1-8. 8p.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We study both Bose and Fermi gases at finite temperature and density in an approximation that sums an infinite number of many-body processes that are reducible to two-body scatterings. This is done for arbitrary negative scattering length, which interpolates between the ideal and unitary gas limits. In the unitary limit, we compute the first four virial coefficients within our approximation. The second virial coefficient is exact, and we extend the previously known result for fermions to bosons and also for both bosons and fermions for the upper branch on the other side of unitarity (infinitely large positive scattering length). Assuming bosons can exist in a metastable state before undergoing mechanical collapse, we map out the critical temperatures for strongly coupled Bose-Einstein condensation as a function of scattering length. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10502947
Volume :
86
Issue :
2-B
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
80446508
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023603