601 research outputs found
Population imbalanced fermions in harmonically trapped optical lattices
The attractive Fermi-Hubbard Hamiltonian is solved via the Bogoliubov-de
Gennes formalism to analyze the ground state phases of population imbalanced
fermion mixtures in harmonically trapped two-dimensional optical lattices. In
the low density limit the superfluid order parameter modulates in the radial
direction towards the trap edges to accommodate the unpaired fermions that are
pushed away from the trap center with a single peak in their density. However
in the high density limit while the order parameter modulates in the radial
direction towards the trap center for low imbalance, it also modulates towards
the trap edges with increasing imbalance until the superfluid to normal phase
transition occurs beyond a critical imbalance. This leads to a single peak in
the density of unpaired fermions for low and high imbalance but leads to double
peaks for intermediate imbalance.Comment: 4 pages with 4 figures, accepted to appear in PR
Fermi condensates for dynamic imaging of electro-magnetic fields
Ultracold gases provide micrometer size atomic samples whose sensitivity to
external fields may be exploited in sensor applications. Bose-Einstein
condensates of atomic gases have been demonstrated to perform excellently as
magnetic field sensors \cite{Wildermuth2005a} in atom chip
\cite{Folman2002a,Fortagh2007a} experiments. As such, they offer a combination
of resolution and sensitivity presently unattainable by other methods
\cite{Wildermuth2006a}. Here we propose that condensates of Fermionic atoms can
be used for non-invasive sensing of time-dependent and static magnetic and
electric fields, by utilizing the tunable energy gap in the excitation spectrum
as a frequency filter. Perturbations of the gas by the field create both
collective excitations and quasiparticles. Excitation of quasiparticles
requires the frequency of the perturbation to exceed the energy gap. Thus, by
tuning the gap, the frequencies of the field may be selectively monitored from
the amount of quasiparticles which is measurable for instance by
RF-spectroscopy. We analyse the proposed method by calculating the
density-density susceptibility, i.e. the dynamic structure factor, of the gas.
We discuss the sensitivity and spatial resolution of the method which may, with
advanced techniques for quasiparticle observation \cite{Schirotzek2008a}, be in
the half a micron scale.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Pair formation and collapse in imbalanced Fermion populations with unequal masses
We present an exact Quantum Monte Carlo study of the effect of unequal masses
on pair formation in Fermionic systems with population imbalance loaded into
optical lattices. We have considered three forms of the attractive interaction
and find in all cases that the system is unstable and collapses as the mass
difference increases and that the ground state becomes an inhomogeneous
collapsed state. We also address the question of canonical vs grand canonical
ensemble and its role, if any, in stabilizing certain phases
Noise correlations of the ultra-cold Fermi gas in an optical lattice
In this paper we study the density noise correlations of the two component
Fermi gas in optical lattices. Three different type of phases, the BCS-state
(Bardeen, Cooper, and Schieffer), the FFLO-state (Fulde, Ferrel, Larkin, and
Ovchinnikov), and BP (breach pair) state, are considered. We show how these
states differ in their noise correlations. The noise correlations are
calculated not only at zero temperature, but also at non-zero temperatures
paying particular attention to how much the finite temperature effects might
complicate the detection of different phases. Since one-dimensional systems
have been shown to be very promising candidates to observe FFLO states, we
apply our results also to the computation of correlation signals in a
one-dimensional lattice. We find that the density noise correlations reveal
important information about the structure of the underlying order parameter as
well as about the quasiparticle dispersions.Comment: 25 pages, 11 figures. Some figures are updated and text has been
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Finite temperature phase diagram of a polarized Fermi gas in an optical lattice
We present phase diagrams for a polarized Fermi gas in an optical lattice as
a function of temperature, polarization, and lattice filling factor. We
consider the Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO), Sarma or breached pair
(BP), and BCS phases, and the normal state and phase separation. We show that
the FFLO phase appears in a considerable portion of the phase diagram. The
diagrams have two critical points of different nature. We show how various
phases leave clear signatures to momentum distributions of the atoms which can
be observed after time of flight expansion.Comment: Journal versio
Unconventional superconducting phases in a correlated two-dimensional Fermi gas of nonstandard quasiparticles: a simple model
We discuss a detailed phase diagram and other microscopic characteristics on
the applied magnetic field - temperature (H_a-T) plane for a simple model of
correlated fluid represented by a two-dimensional (2D) gas of heavy
quasiparticles with masses dependent on the spin direction and the effective
field generated by the electron correlations. The consecutive transitions
between the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) and the
Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phases are either continuous or
discontinuous, depending on the values of H_a and T. In the latter case, weak
metamagnetic transitions occur at the BCS-FFLO boundary. We single out two
different FFLO phases, as well as a reentrant behaviour of one of them at high
fields. The results are compared with those for ordinary Landau quasiparticles
in order to demonstrate the robustness of the FFLO states against the BCS state
for the case with spin-dependent masses (SDM). We believe that the mechanism of
FFLO stabilization by SDM is generic: other high-field low-temperature (HFLT)
superconducting phases benefit from SDM as well.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Heavy meson masses and decay constants from relativistic heavy quarks in full lattice QCD
We determine masses and decay constants of heavy-heavy and heavy-charm
pseudoscalar mesons as a function of heavy quark mass using a fully
relativistic formalism known as Highly Improved Staggered Quarks for the heavy
quark. We are able to cover the region from the charm quark mass to the bottom
quark mass using MILC ensembles with lattice spacing values from 0.15 fm down
to 0.044 fm. We obtain f_{B_c} = 0.427(6) GeV; m_{B_c} = 6.285(10) GeV and
f_{\eta_b} = 0.667(6) GeV. Our value for f_{\eta_b} is within a few percent of
f_{\Upsilon} confirming that spin effects are surprisingly small for heavyonium
decay constants. Our value for f_{B_c} is significantly lower than potential
model values being used to estimate production rates at the LHC. We discuss the
changing physical heavy-quark mass dependence of decay constants from
heavy-heavy through heavy-charm to heavy-strange mesons. A comparison between
the three different systems confirms that the B_c system behaves in some ways
more like a heavy-light system than a heavy-heavy one. Finally we summarise
current results on decay constants of gold-plated mesons.Comment: 16 pages, 12 figure
Precision tests of the J/{\psi} from full lattice QCD: mass, leptonic width and radiative decay rate to {\eta}_c
We calculate the J/{\psi} mass, leptonic width and radiative decay rate to
\gamma \eta_c from lattice QCD including u, d and s quarks in the sea for the
first time. We use the Highly Improved Staggered Quark formalism and
nonperturbatively normalised vector currents for the leptonic and radiative
decay rates. Our results are: M_{J/\psi} -M_{\eta_c} = 116.5(3.2) MeV;
\Gamma(J/{\psi} to e^+e^-) = 5.48(16) keV; \Gamma(J/{\psi} to \gamma \eta_c) =
2.49(19) keV. The first two are in good agreement with experiment, with
\Gamma(J/{\psi} to e^+e^-) providing a test of a decay matrix element in QCD,
independent of CKM uncertainties, to 2%. At the same time results for the time
moments of the correlation function can be compared to values from the charm
contribution to \Gamma(e^+e^- to hadrons), giving a 1.5% test of QCD. Our
results show that an improved experimental error would enable a similarly
strong test from \Gamma(J/{\psi} to \gamma \eta_c).Comment: 20 pages, 16 figures. Added some text plus a figure and two tables
comparing the time moments of the charmonium vector correlator to results
extracted from experiment for the charm contribution to e^+e^- -> hadrons.
This allows a 1.5% test of QCD. Further minor amendments to the text. Version
accepted for publication by Physical Review
Magnetic phases of one-dimensional lattices with 2 to 4 fermions per site
We study the spectral and magnetic properties of one-dimensional lattices
filled with 2 to 4 fermions (with spin 1/2) per lattice site. We use a
generalized Hubbard model that takes account all interactions on a lattice
site, and solve the many-particle problem by exact diagonalization. We find an
intriguing magnetic phase diagram which includes ferromagnetism, spin-one
Heisenberg antiferromagnetism, and orbital antiferromagnetism.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Direct determination of the strange and light quark condensates from full lattice QCD
We determine the strange quark condensate from lattice QCD for the first time and compare its value to that of the light quark and chiral condensates. The results come from a direct calculation of the expectation value of the trace of the quark propagator followed by subtraction of the appropriate perturbative contribution, derived here, to convert the non-normal-ordered mψ̅ ψ to the MS̅ scheme at a fixed scale. This is then a well-defined physical “nonperturbative” condensate that can be used in the operator product expansion of current-current correlators. The perturbative subtraction is calculated through O(αs) and estimates of higher order terms are included through fitting results at multiple lattice spacing values. The gluon field configurations used are “second generation” ensembles from the MILC collaboration that include 2+1+1 flavors of sea quarks implemented with the highly improved staggered quark action and including u/d sea quarks down to physical masses. Our results are ⟨s̅ s⟩MS̅ (2 GeV)=-(290(15) MeV)3, ⟨l̅ l⟩MS̅ (2 GeV)=-(283(2) MeV)3, where l is a light quark with mass equal to the average of the u and d quarks. The strange to light quark condensate ratio is 1.08(16). The light quark condensate is significantly larger than the chiral condensate in line with expectations from chiral analyses. We discuss the implications of these results for other calculations
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