Probing the homogeneous spectral function of a strongly interacting superfluid atomic Fermi gas in a trap using phase separation and momentum resolved rf spectroscopy

Abstract

It is of central importance to probe the \emph{local} spectral function $A(\mathbf{k},\omega )$ of a strongly interacting Fermi gas in a trap. Momentum resolved rf spectroscopy has been demonstrated to be able to probe the trap averaged $A(\mathbf{k},\omega )$. However, the usefulness of this technique was limited by the trap inhomogeneity. Independent of a specific theory, here we propose that by studying the momentum resolved rf spectra of the minority fermions of a phase separated, population imbalanced Fermi gas at low temperature, one can effectively extract $A(\mathbf{k},\omega )$ of a homogeneous superfluid Fermi gas (at the trap center). In support, we present calculated spectral functions and spectral intensity maps for various cases from BCS through BEC regimes using different theories.

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