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Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2418–2421 (2000)

Influence of Induced Interactions on the Superfluid Transition in Dilute Fermi Gases

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H. Heiselberg1, C. J. Pethick1, H. Smith2, and L. Viverit2
1NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
2Ørsted Laboratory, H. C. Ørsted Institute, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

Received 20 April 2000; published in the issue dated 18 September 2000

We calculate the effects of induced interactions on the transition temperature to the BCS state in dilute Fermi gases. For a pure Fermi system with two species having equal densities, the transition temperature is suppressed by a factor (4e)1/32.2, and for ν fermion species, the transition temperature is increased by a factor (4e)ν/3-12.2ν-3. For mixtures of fermions and bosons the exchange of boson density fluctuations gives rise to an attractive interaction, and we estimate the increase of the transition temperature due to this effect.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2418
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2418
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 21.65.+f, 67.60.-g, 74.20.Fg