Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-11-05
Phys. Rev. A 77, 033608 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
16 pages; 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.77.033608
We present the results of a variational calculation of the frequencies of the low-lying Landau two-fluid hydrodynamic modes in a trapped Fermi superfluid gas at unitarity. Landau's two-fluid hydrodynamics is expected to be the correct theory of Fermi superfluids at finite temperatures close to unitarity, where strong interactions give rise to collisional hydrodynamics. Two-fluid hydrodynamics predicts the existence of in-phase modes in which the superfluid and normal fluid components oscillate together, as well as out-of-phase modes where the two components move against each other. We prove that at unitarity, the dipole and breathing in-phase modes are locally isentropic. Their frequencies are independent of temperature and are the same above and below the superfluid transition. The out-of-phase modes, in contrast, are strongly dependent on temperature and hence, can be used to test the thermodynamic properties and superfluid density of a Fermi gas at unitarity. We give numerical results for the frequencies of these new modes as function of temperature in an isotropic trap at unitarity.
Griffin Allan
Hu Hui
Liu Xia-Ji
Taylor Edward
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