Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2010-12-10
New J. Phys. 13, 055012 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/055012
We describe the effects of disorder on the critical temperature of $s$-wave superfluids from the BCS to the BEC regime, with direct application to ultracold fermions. We use the functional integral method and the replica technique to study Gaussian correlated disorder due to impurities, and we discuss how this system can be generated experimentally. In the absence of disorder, the BCS regime is characterized by pair breaking and phase coherence temperature scales which are essentially the same allowing strong correlations between the amplitude and phase of the order parameter for superfluidity. As non-pair breaking disorder is introduced the largely overlapping Cooper pairs conspire to maintain phase coherence such that the critical temperature remains essentially unchanged, and Anderson's theorem is satisfied. However in the BEC regime the pair breaking and phase coherence temperature scales are very different such that non-pair breaking disorder can affect dramatically phase coherence, and thus the critical temperature, without the requirement of breaking tightly-bound fermion pairs simultaneously. In this case, Anderson's theorem does not apply, and the critical temperature can be more easily reduced in comparison to the BCS limit. Lastly, we find that the superfluid is more robust against disorder in the intermediate region near unitarity between the two regimes.
de Melo Carlos A. R. Sa
Han Li
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