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arXiv:cond-mat/9901241 · Physical Review A

Moment of inertia of a trapped superfluid gas of atomic fermions

M. Farine, Peter Schuck, X. Viñas

Published Jun 16, 2000• 29 citations
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Abstract

The moment of inertia \ensuremath{\Theta} of a trapped superfluid gas of atomic fermions ${(}^{6}\mathrm{Li})$ is calculated as a function of the temperature. At zero temperature the moment of inertia takes on the irrotational-flow value. Only for T very close to ${T}_{c}$ is rigid rotation attained. It is proposed that future measurements of the rotational energy will unambiguously reveal whether the system is in a superfluid state or not.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.62.013608

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