2004/04/30 by Hui Hu, A. Minguzzi, Anna Minguzzi +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.93.190403
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 190403 (2004). · 4 pages and 4 figures; proof version with more extensive discussions on the comparison between theoretical results and experimental findings; to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. (Nov. 2004)
arxiv created 2004/10/26 · openalex publication_date 2004/11/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We evaluate the frequencies of collective modes and the anisotropic expansion rate of a harmonically trapped Fermi superfluid at varying coupling strengths across a Feshbach resonance driving a BCS-BEC crossover. The equations of motion for the superfluid are obtained from a microscopic mean-field expression for the compressibility and are solved within a scaling ansatz. Our results confirm nonmonotonic behavior in the crossover region and are in quantitative agreement with current measurements of the transverse breathing mode by Kinast et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 150402 (2004)]] and of the axial breathing mode by Bartenstein et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203201 (2004)]].