The liquid-to-gas transition at zero temperature in quantum systems obeying both Bose and Fermi statistics is studied. In contrast to well-known systems, the nature of this transition in these quantum systems depends on the statistics in a fundamental way. For Bose systems there is no coexistence region. For Fermi systems there is a range of masses for which there is a coexistence region and a critical mass below which this region disappears.
The liquid-to-gas transition at zero temperature in quantum systems obeying both Bose and Fermi statistics is studied. In contrast to well-known systems, the nature of this transition in these quantum systems depends on the statistics in a fundamental way. For Bose systems there is no coexistence region. For Fermi systems there is a range of masses for which there is a coexistence region and a critical mass below which this region disappears.
A dissipative Fermi system is defined and the low-temperature thermodynamics is examined. Below a critical density the system behaves as a Boltzmann gas with Curie behavior of the susceptibility. Above the critical density, conventional Fermi behavior reappears, with Pauli behavior of the susceptibility. The diamagnetic susceptibility is smooth through the transition region which thus represents a type of metal-to-metal transition. In contrast, a dissipative ideal Bose system is Boltzmann-like for any density at low temperature.
Quantum liquid, in the form of a self-bound droplet, is stabilized by a subtle balance between the mean-field contribution and quantum fluctuations. While a liquid-gas transition is expected when such a balance is broken, it remains elusive whether liquid-gas critical points exist in the quantum regime. Here, we study the quantum criticality in a binary Bose mixture undergoing the liquid-gas transition. We show that, beyond a narrow stability window of the self-bound liquid, a liquid-gas coexistence persists, which eventually transits into a homogeneous mixture. Importantly, we identify two distinct critical points where the liquid-gas coexistence terminates. These critical points are characterized by rich critical behaviors in their vicinity, including divergent susceptibility, unique phonon-mode softening, and enhanced density correlations. The liquid-gas transition and the critical points can be readily explored in ultracold atoms confined to a box potential. Our work highlights the thermodynamic approach as a powerful tool in revealing the quantum liquid-gas criticality, and paves the way for further studies of critical phenomena in quantum liquids.
The appearance of the fermion condensation, which can be compared to the Bose-Einstein condensation, in different Fermi liquids is considered; its properties are discussed; and a large amount of experimental evidence in favor of the existence of the fermion condensate (FC) is presented. We show that the appearance of FC is a signature of the fermion condensation quantum phase transition (FCQPT), which separates the regions of normal and strongly correlated liquids. Beyond the FCQPT point, the quasiparticle system is divided into two subsystems, one containing normal quasiparticles and the other, FC, localized at the Fermi level. In the superconducting state, the quasiparticle dispersion in systems with FC can be represented by two straight lines, characterized by effective masses M FC * and M L * and intersecting near the binding energy E 0, which is of the order of the superconducting gap. The same quasiparticle picture and the energy scale E 0 persist in the normal state. We demonstrate that fermion systems with FC have features of a “quantum protectorate” and show that strongly correlated systems with FC, which exhibit large deviations from the Landau Fermi liquid behavior, can be driven into the Landau Fermi liquid by applying a small magnetic field B at low temperatures. Thus, the essence of strongly correlated electron liquids can be controlled by weak magnetic fields. A reentrance into the strongly correlated regime is observed if the magnetic field B decreases to zero, while the effective mass M* diverges as $$M^ * \propto {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 {\sqrt B }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\sqrt B }}$$ . The regime is restored at some temperature T∗∝B . The behavior of Fermi systems that approach FCQPT from the disordered phase is considered. This behavior can be viewed as a highly correlated one, because the effective mass is large and strongly depends on the density. We expect that FCQPT takes place in trapped Fermi gases and in low-density neutron matter, leading to stabilization of the matter by lowering its ground-state energy. When the system recedes from FCQPT, the effective mass becomes density independent and the system is suited perfectly to be conventional Landau Fermi liquid.
A system composed of particles, whose quantum mechanical zero point energy is large compared to their interaction energy, does not solidify even at absolute zero temperature and remains a so-called quantum liquid. Typical examples of such systems are conduction electrons in metals and liquid helium. Many conductors undergo a phase transition at their critical temperature T c and become superconducting below it. Similarly, liquid 4 He under its vapour pressure becomes a superfluid at T c = 2.17 K ( T λ is often used instead of T c ), and liquid 3 He at T c = 0.9 mK. Although the phenomena are called superconductivity for a charged system like conduction electrons, and superfluidity for a neutral system like liquid helium, they are characterised by the same basic property that the wave nature of the particles manifests itself on a macroscopic scale, as we shall see below. Phenomena The most important factor in determining the properties of a quantum liquid is the statistics of the constituent particles. Liquid 3 He becomes a typical Fermi liquid below 0.1 K and a superfluid below a few mK, in contrast with the bosonic liquid 4 He mentioned above. The two superfluids are quite different both phenomenologically and microscopically. Table 1.1 shows systems which exhibit, or are predicted to exhibit (in brackets), superconductivity or superfluidity. In the case of fermion systems pair formation is responsible for the phenomena so that their properties differ according to the pairing type.
It is well known that the formula for the Fermi distribution is obtained from the formula for the Bose distribution if the argument of the polylogarithm, the activity a, the energy, and the number of particles change sign. The paper deals with the behavior of the Bose–Einstein distribution as a → 0; in particular, the neighborhood of the point a = 0 is studied in great detail, and the expansion of both the Bose distribution and the Fermi distribution in powers of the parameter a is used. During the transition from the Bose distribution to the Fermi distribution, the principal term of the distribution for the specific energy undergoes a jump as a → 0. In this paper,we find the value of the parameter a, close to zero, but not equal to zero, for which the Bose distribution (in the statistical sense) becomes zero. This allows us to find the point a , distinct from zero, at which a jump of the specific energy occurs. Using the value of the number of particles on the caustic, we can obtain the jump of the total energy of the Bose system to the Fermi system. Near the value a = 0, the author uses Gentile statistics, whichmakes it possible to study the transition fromthe Bose statistics to the the Fermi statistics in great detail. Here an important role is played by the self-consistent equation obtained by the author earlier.
We consider pairing in a three-component gas of degenerate fermions. In particular, we solve the finite-temperature mean-field theory of an interacting gas for a system where both interaction strengths and fermion masses can be unequal. At zero temperature, we find the possibility of a quantum phase transition between states associated with pairing between different pairs of fermions. On the other hand, finite-temperature behavior of the three-component system reveals some qualitative differences from the two-component gas: for a range of parameters it is possible to have two different critical temperatures. The lower one corresponds to a transition between different pairing channels, while the higher one corresponds to the usual superfluid-normal transition. We discuss how these phase transitions could be observed in ultracold gases of fermionic atoms.