Analytical Results for Cold Asymmetrical Fermion Superfluids at the Mean-Field Level
arXiv:cond-mat/0511183 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.74.063627
Abstract
We present the analytical results at the mean-field level for the asymmetrical fermion system with attractive contact interaction at the zero temperature. The results can be expressed in terms of linear combinations of the elliptic integrals of the first and second kinds. In the limit of small gap parameter, we discuss how the asymmetry in fermion species affects the phases of the ground state. In the limit of large gap parameter, we show that two candidate phases are competing for the system's ground state. The Sarma phase containing a pure Fermi fluid and a mixed condensate is favored at large degree of asymmetry. The separated phase consisting of a pure Fermi fluid and a boson condensate supports the system at smaller degree of asymmetry. The two phases are degenerate in the limit of infinite pairing gap.
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