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Journal of Physics Conference Series

Universal structure of a strongly interacting Fermi gas

E. D. Kuhnle, Paul Dyke, Sascha Hoinka, Michael Mark, Hui Hu, Xia-Ji Liu, P. D. Drummond, Peter Hannaford, Chris J. Vale

Published Jan 10, 2011• 2 citations
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Abstract

This paper presents studies of the universal properties of strongly interacting Fermi gases using Bragg spectroscopy. We focus on pair-correlations, their relationship to the contact C introduced by Tan, and their dependence on both the momentum and temperature. We show that short-range pair correlations obey a universal law, first derived by Tan through measurements of the static structure factor, which displays a universal scaling with the ratio of the contact to the momentum C/q . Bragg spectroscopy of ultracold 6 Li atoms is employed to measure the structure factor for a wide range of momenta and interaction strengths, providing broad confirmation of this universal law. We show that calibrating our Bragg spectra using the f -sum rule leads to a dramatic improvement in the accuracy of the structure factor measurement. We also measure the temperature dependence of the contact in a unitary gas and compare our results to calculations based on a virial expansion.

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/264/1/012013

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We show that short-range pair correlations in a strongly interacting Fermi gas follow a simple universal law described by Tan's relations. This is achieved through measurements of the static structure factor which displays a universal scaling proportional to the ratio of Tan's contact to the momentum C/q. Bragg spectroscopy of ultracold 6Li atoms from a periodic optical potential is used to measure the structure factor for a wide range of momenta and interaction strengths, providing broad confirmation of this universal law. We calibrate our Bragg spectra using the f-sum rule, which is found to improve the accuracy of the structure factor measurement.
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We report measurements showing the universal behaviour of the static structure factor and both the temperature and interaction dependence of pair correlations in a strongly interacting Fermi gas. We utilize Bragg spectroscopy to obtain the static structure factor by recording excitation spectra of trapped clouds of ultracold 6Li atoms. Our results show clear evidence of strong short-range pair correlations above the critical temperature for superfluidity through the BEC-BCS crossover and agree well with theoretical calculations.
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The contact I, introduced by Tan, has emerged as a key parameter characterizing universal properties of strongly interacting Fermi gases. For ultracold Fermi gases near a Feshbach resonance, the contact depends upon two quantities: the interaction parameter 1/(k(F)a), where k(F) is the Fermi wave vector and a is the s-wave scattering length, and the temperature T/T(F), where T(F) is the Fermi temperature. We present the first measurements of the temperature dependence of the contact in a unitary Fermi gas using Bragg spectroscopy. The contact is seen to follow the predicted decay with temperature and shows how pair-correlations at high momentum persist well above the superfluid transition temperature.