136 research outputs found
Functional renormalization and ultracold quantum gases
The method of functional renormalization is applied to the theoretical
investigation of ultracold quantum gases. Flow equations are derived for a Bose
gas with approximately pointlike interaction, for a Fermi gas with two
(hyperfine) spin components in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) to
Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) crossover and for a Fermi gas with three
components. The solution of the flow equations determine the properties of
these systems both in the few-body regime and in thermal equilibrium.
For the Bose gas this covers the quantum phase diagram, the condensate and
superfluid fraction, the critical temperature, the correlation length, the
specific heat or sound propagation. The properties are discussed both for three
and two spatial dimensions. The discussion of the Fermi gas in the BCS-BEC
crossover concentrates on the effect of particle-hole fluctuations but
addresses the complete phase diagram. For the three component fermions, the
flow equations in the few-body regime show a limit-cycle scaling and the Efimov
tower of three-body bound states. Applied to the case of Lithium they explain
recently observed three-body loss features. Extending the calculations by
continuity to nonzero density, it is found that a new trion phase separates a
BCS and a BEC phase for three component fermions close to a common resonance.
More formal is the derivation of a new exact flow equation for scale
dependent composite operators. This equation allows for example a better
treatment of bound states.Comment: doctoral thesis, 187 pages, 60 figure
Exact flow equation for composite operators
We propose an exact flow equation for composite operators and their
correlation functions. This can be used for a scale-dependent partial
bosonization or "flowing bosonization" of fermionic interactions, or for an
effective change of degrees of freedom in dependence on the momentum scale. The
flow keeps track of the scale dependent relation between effective composite
fields and corresponding composite operators in terms of the fundamental
fields.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure, minor changes, published versio
Effective description of dark matter as a viscous fluid
Treating dark matter at large scales as an effectively viscous fluid provides
an improved framework for the calculation of the density and velocity power
spectra compared to the standard assumption of an ideal pressureless fluid. We
discuss how this framework can be made concrete through an appropriate
coarse-graining procedure. We also review results that demonstrate that it
improves the convergence of cosmological perturbation theory.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, talk by N. Tetradis at Quarks-2016, includes
unpublished materia
Efimov physics from the functional renormalization group
Few-body physics related to the Efimov effect is discussed using the
functional renormalization group method. After a short review of
renormalization in its modern formulation we apply this formalism to the
description of scattering and bound states in few-body systems of identical
bosons and distinguishable fermions with two and three components. The Efimov
effect leads to a limit cycle in the renormalization group flow. Recently
measured three-body loss rates in an ultracold Fermi gas Li atoms are
explained within this framework. We also discuss briefly the relation to the
many-body physics of the BCS-BEC crossover for two-component fermions and the
formation of a trion phase for the case of three species.Comment: 28 pages, 13 figures, invited contribution to a special issue of
"Few-Body Systems" devoted to Efimov physics, published versio
Turbulent fluctuations around Bjorken flow
We study the evolution of local event-by-event deviations from smooth average
fluid dynamic fields, as they can arise in heavy ion collisions from the
propagation of fluctuating initial conditions. Local fluctuations around
Bjorken flow are found to be governed by non-linear equations whose solutions
can be characterized qualitatively in terms of Reynolds numbers. Perturbations
at different rapidities decouple quickly, and satisfy (after suitable
coordinate transformations) an effectively two-dimensional Navier-Stokes
equation of non-relativistic form. We discuss the conditions under which
non-linearities in these equations cannot be neglected and turbulent behavior
is expected to set in.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures - To appear in the conference proceedings for
Quark Matter 2011, May 23 - May 28, Annecy, Franc
Quantum phase transition in Bose-Fermi mixtures
We study a quantum Bose-Fermi mixture near a broad Feshbach resonance at zero
temperature. Within a quantum field theoretical model a two-step Gaussian
approximation allows to capture the main features of the quantum phase diagram.
We show that a repulsive boson-boson interaction is necessary for thermodynamic
stability. The quantum phase diagram is mapped in chemical potential and
density space, and both first and second order quantum phase transitions are
found. We discuss typical characteristics of the first order transition, such
as hysteresis or a droplet formation of the condensate which may be searched
for experimentally.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figures; typos corrected, one figure adde
Functional renormalization for Bose-Einstein Condensation
We investigate Bose-Einstein condensation for interacting bosons at zero and
nonzero temperature. Functional renormalization provides us with a consistent
method to compute the effect of fluctuations beyond the Bogoliubov
approximation. For three dimensional dilute gases, we find an upper bound on
the scattering length a which is of the order of the microphysical scale -
typically the range of the Van der Waals interaction. In contrast to fermions
near the unitary bound, no strong interactions occur for bosons with
approximately pointlike interactions, thus explaining the high quantitative
reliability of perturbation theory for most quantities. For zero temperature we
compute the quantum phase diagram for bosonic quasiparticles with a general
dispersion relation, corresponding to an inverse microphysical propagator with
terms linear and quadratic in the frequency. We compute the temperature
dependence of the condensate and particle density n, and find for the critical
temperature T_c a deviation from the free theory, Delta T_c/T_c = 2.1 a
n^{1/3}. For the sound velocity at zero temperature we find very good agreement
with the Bogoliubov result, such that it may be used to determine the particle
density accurately.Comment: 21 pages, 16 figures. Reference adde
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