Long-time behavior of the momentum distribution during the sudden expansion of a spin-imbalanced Fermi gas in one dimension
arXiv:1206.2019 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.110602
Abstract
We study the sudden expansion of spin-imbalanced ultracold lattice fermions with attractive interactions in one dimension after turning off the longitudinal confining potential. We show that the momentum distribution functions of majority and minority fermions approach stationary values quickly due to a quantum distillation mechanism that results in a spatial separation of pairs and majority fermions. As a consequence, Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) correlations are lost during the expansion. Furthermore, we argue that the shape of the stationary momentum distribution functions can be understood by relating them to the integrals of motion in this integrable quantum system. We discuss our results in the context of proposals to observe FFLO correlations, related to recent experiments by Liao et al., Nature 467, 567 (2010).
8 pages including supplementary material, 9 eps figures, revised version as published, some text moved to the supplemental material
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