arXiv:1009.0040 · Modern Physics Letters B
COLOR SUPERFLUID AND TRIONIC STATE OF ATTRACTIVE THREE-COMPONENT LATTICE FERMIONIC ATOMS AT FINITE TEMPERATURES
KENSUKE INABA, SEI-ICHIRO SUGA
Abstract
We investigate the finite-temperature properties of attractive three-component (colors) fermionic atoms in optical lattices using a self-energy functional approach. As the strength of the attractive interaction increases in the low temperature region, a second-order transition occurs from a Fermi liquid to a color superfluid (CSF). In the strong attractive region, a first-order transition occurs from a CSF to a trionic state. In the high temperature region, a cross-over between a Fermi liquid and a trionic state is observed with increasing the strength of the attractive interaction. The cross-over region for fixed temperature is almost independent of filling.