Pairing correlations of cold atoms at overflow in a double-harmonic trap

Alessandro Pastore, Peter Schuck, Michael Urban, X. Viñas, Jérôme Margueron

Published Sep 17, 2014• 0 citations

Abstract

Within the context of Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory, we study the behavior of superfluid Fermi systems when they pass from a small to a large container. Such systems can be now realized thanks to recent progress in experimental techniques. It will allow to better understand pairing properties at overflow and in general in rapidly varying external potentials.

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