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Equation of state of the unitary Fermi gasIgor Boettcher
Institute for Theoretical Physics,University of Heidelberg
with S. Diehl, J. M. Pawlowski, and C. Wetterich
Δ13, 11. 1. 2013Cold atoms Functional
RG
The many-body problem
The many-body problempossibility of a statistical
description
collective degrees of freedom
The many-body problem1st step: Find the right Hamiltonian H
2nd step: Determine the partition function Z
The many-body problem1st step: Find the right Hamiltonian H
2nd step: Determine the partition function Z
H is knownfor coldatoms andQCD!
The many-body problem1st step: Find the right Hamiltonian H
2nd step: Determine the partition function Z
path integral
Euclidean quantum field theory
H is knownfor coldatoms andQCD!
Shopping listWhat are the generic features of quantum many-body systems?
What are reliable theoretical methodsto describe such systems?
What observables reveal advancementsand short-comings of theory?
Shopping listWhat are the generic features of quantum many-body systems?
What are reliable theoretical methodsto describe such systems?
What observables reveal advancementsand short-comings of theory?
cold atoms
neutron stars
nuclear matterheavy ion collisions
quark gluon plasma
high-Tc superconductors early universe
Shopping listTheory Experiments
with cold atomsPhase diagram andEquation of state
Momentum distribution
Transport coefficients
Density images
Collective modefrequencies anddamping constants
Expansion afterrelease from trap
Response functions...
Shopping listTheory Experiments
with cold atomsPhase diagram andEquation of state
Momentum distribution
Transport coefficients
Density images
Collective modefrequencies anddamping constants
Expansion afterrelease from trap
Response functions...
The equation of stateClassical ideal gas:
Virial expansion for interacting gas:
Van-der-Waals equation of state:
Pressure P(μ,T)Bose gas
Density n=(∂P/∂μ)TBose gas
Bose gas
Isothermal compressibility (∂2P/∂μ2)T
Isothermal compressibility (∂2P/∂μ2)TBose gas Position of critical line:
phase diagram
Superfluid phase transition
The BCS-BEC CrossoverTwo cornerstones of quantum condensation:
Cooper pairingof weakly attractivefermions
Bose condensationof weakly repulsivebosons
BCS BEC
The BCS-BEC CrossoverTwo cornerstones of quantum condensation:
BCS BEC
The BCS-BEC CrossoverTwo cornerstones of quantum condensation:
BCS BEC
Unitary Fermi gas
The BCS-BEC Crossover
3D BCS-BEC crossover
(results from FunctionalRenormalization Group)
The BCS-BEC Crossover
2D BCS-BEC crossover
(results from FunctionalRenormalization Group)
BCSBKT
High Tc super-conductors!?
The BCS-BEC CrossoverKey observables
Dimer-dimer scattering length
Tan contact
Equation of state
Bertsch parameter Critical temperature
The BCS-BEC CrossoverKey observables
Dimer-dimer scattering length
Tan contact
Equation of state
Bertsch parameter Critical temperature
The BCS-BEC CrossoverKey observables
Dimer-dimer scattering length
Tan contact
Equation of state
Bertsch parameter Critical temperature
One problem:
Thermodynamics from density profiles
S. Nascimbène et al.
Ho, Zhou
local density approximation
Thermodynamics from density profiles
M. J. H. Ku et al.,Science 335, 563-567 (2012)
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Thermodynamics from density profiles
M. J. H. Ku et al.,Science 335, 563-567 (2012)
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Tc/TF=0.167(13)
Thermodynamics from density profiles
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Bertsch parameter ξ:EoS at T=0
Thermodynamics from density profiles
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Bertsch parameter ξ:EoS at T=0
Thermodynamics from density profiles
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Bertsch parameter ξ:EoS at T=0
Thermodynamics from density profiles
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Bertsch parameter ξ:EoS at T=0 ξ=0.376(5)
Thermodynamics from density profiles
Unitary Fermi gas at MIT by Zwierlein group
Bertsch parameter ξ:EoS at T=0 ξ=0.376(5)
ξ=0.370(5)(8)
Equation of state from Functional RGExperiment:
Latest FRG:(Floerchinger, Scherer, Wetterich)
Equation of state from Functional RGExperiment:
Latest FRG:(Floerchinger, Scherer, Wetterich)
sacrifice ξ and Tc/TF
Equation of state from Functional RGExperiment:
Latest FRG:(Floerchinger, Scherer, Wetterich)
sacrifice ξ and Tc/TF
Most likely error source:
Frequency-independent cutoffs
First estimate: ξ=0.41 with 4D-fermioncutoff in the simplest truncation
Equation of state from Functional RGExperiment:
Latest FRG:(Floerchinger, Scherer, Wetterich)
sacrifice ξ and Tc/TF
Most likely error source:
Frequency-independent cutoffs
First estimate: ξ=0.41 with 4D-fermioncutoff in the simplest truncation
→ contact me during the workshopif you are interested in that
Tan contactMomentumdistribution
Tan relation
Asymptotic fermion self-energy
Tan contact
FRG: IB, S. Diehl, J. M. Pawlowski, C. Wetterich
Tan contact
Thank you for yourattention!
FRG: IB, S. Diehl, J. M. Pawlowski, C. Wetterich
Additional slides
Microscopic ModelMany-body Hamiltonian
Microscopic ModelMany-body Hamiltonian
Microscopic action
Macroscopic physicsHow to compute the partition function?
Integration
Macroscopic physicsHow to compute the partition function?
scale dependent partition function
Solve flow equation
Wetterich equationeffective action
Microphysics Macrophysics
fluctuations
Contact in the BCS-BEC Crossover
Momentum distributionIdeal Fermi gas: Fermi-Dirac distribution
Interactions
Momentum distributionTan contact C
Several exact relations, e.g.:
Contact from the FRGfull macroscopic propagator
Contact from the FRGFactorization of the RG flow for large p:
Contact from the FRGFactorization of the RG flow for large p:
Flowing contact
Contact from the FRGUniversal regime is enhanced for the Unitary
Fermi gas
Contact from the FRGUniversal regime is enhanced for the Unitary
Fermi gas
Contact from the FRGTemperature dependent contact of the Unitary Fermi gas
Contact from the FRGContact at T=0 in the BCS-BEC crossover
Contact from the FRGMomentum distribution of the Unitary FermiGas at the critical temperature
without contact term
with contact term
Increase of densityContribution from high energetic particles
to the density
Substantial effect on
at Tc
Two-dimensional BCS-BEC Crossover
Two-dimensional BCS-BEC CrossoverWhy two dimensions?
● Enhanced effects of quantum fluctuations → test and improve elaborate methods
● Understand pairing in two dimensions → high temperature superconductors
How?
Highly anisotropic traps!
What is different?Scattering physics in two dimensions
Scatteringamplitude
Crossover parameter
No scale invariance, but strong correlations for
Equation of state at T=0
for
Equation of state at T=0
for
BKT BCS
Superfluid phase transition
for
Superfluid phase transition
for
Damping ofn-th mode:Thank you for your attention
and enjoy lunch!
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