Theory of the normal-superfluid interface in population-imbalanced Fermi gases

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Baur, Stefan K ^a   Basu, Sourish ^a   De Silva, Theja N ^b   Mueller, Erich J ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMI GAS; INTERACTING FERMIONS; MEAN-FIELD; MEAN-FIELD CALCULATIONS; RICE UNIVERSITY; SCATTERING LENGTH; SUPERFLUID INTERFACES; SURFACE ENERGIES; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ELECTRON GAS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

FERMIONS;

EID: 67649442648     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.063628     Document Type: Article

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