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Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 150402 (2004) [4 pages]

Evidence for Superfluidity in a Resonantly Interacting Fermi Gas

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J. Kinast, S. L. Hemmer, M. E. Gehm, A. Turlapov, and J. E. Thomas
Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0305

Received 21 March 2004; published 13 April 2004

We observe collective oscillations of a trapped, degenerate Fermi gas of 6Li atoms at a magnetic field just above a Feshbach resonance, where the two-body physics does not support a bound state. The gas exhibits a radial breathing mode at a frequency of 2837(05) Hz, in excellent agreement with the frequency of νH≡√10νxνy/3=2830(20)   Hz predicted for a hydrodynamic Fermi gas with unitarity-limited interactions. The measured damping times and frequencies are inconsistent with predictions for both the collisionless mean field regime and for collisional hydrodynamics. These observations provide the first evidence for superfluid hydrodynamics in a resonantly interacting Fermi gas.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.150402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.150402
PACS:
03.75.Ss, 32.80.Pj