Title :
Stability of a strongly-attractive, two-component Fermi gas
Author :
Gehm, M.E. ; O´Hara, K.M. ; Hemmer, S.L. ; Thomas, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Using a simple model, we show that a strongly-attractive, two-component Fermi gas of atoms should be mechanically stable as a consequence of unitarity. We demonstrate this stability experimentally in a degenerate gas of /sup 6/Li atoms.
Keywords :
fermion systems; hyperfine structure; laser cooling; lithium; radiation pressure; resonant states; /sup 6/Li atoms; Feshbach resonance; Li; degenerate gas; evaporative cooling; hyperfine states; laser trapping; quantum-mechanical unitary limits; strongly-attractive Fermi gas; two-component Fermi gas; Atom optics; Charge carrier processes; Cooling; Gas lasers; Laser stability; Magnetic fields; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Physics; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238273
