Confinement and superfluidity in one-dimensional degenerate fermionic cold atoms

The physical properties of arbitrary half-integer spins F = N - (1/2) fermionic cold atoms trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice are investigated by means of a low-energy approach. Two different superfluid phases are found for F > or = (3/2) depending on whether a discrete symmetry is spontaneously broken or not: an unconfined BCS pairing phase and a confined molecular-superfluid instability made of 2N fermions. We propose an experimental distinction between these phases for a gas trapped in an annular geometry. The confined-unconfined transition is shown to belong to the Z(N) generalized Ising universality class. We discuss the possible Mott phases at (1/2) filling.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

Physical review letters - 95(2005), 24 vom: 09. Dez., Seite 240402

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lecheminant, P [VerfasserIn]
Boulat, E [VerfasserIn]
Azaria, P [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article

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Date Completed 21.06.2006

Date Revised 30.12.2005

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM159839793