Spontaneous generation of spin-orbit coupling in magnetic dipolar Fermi gases

Abstract

The stability of an unpolarized two-component dipolar Fermi gas is studied within mean-field theory. Besides the known instability towards spontaneous magnetization with Fermi sphere deformation, another instability towards spontaneous formation of a spin-orbit coupled phase with a Rashba-like spin texture is found. A phase diagram is presented and consequences are briefly discussed.

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• A Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium
• Chiral Rashba spin textures in ultra-cold Fermi gases
• Phase space deformation of a trapped dipolar Fermi gas

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