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Microscopic Structure of a Vortex Line in a Dilute Superfluid Fermi Gas

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Author(s)

N Nygaard, G M. Bruun, Charles W. Clark, D L. Feder

Abstract

The microscopic properties of a single vortex in a dilute superfluid Fermi gas at zero temperature are examined within the framework of self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory. Using only physical parameters as inputwe study the pair potential, the density, the energy, and the current distribution. Comparison of the numerical results with analytical expressions clearly indicates that the energy of the vortex is governed by the zero-temperature BCS coherence length.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
90
Issue
No. 21
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

BCS, quantum gases, superfluid, vortex

Citation

Nygaard, N. , Bruun, G. , Clark, C. and Feder, D. (2003), Microscopic Structure of a Vortex Line in a Dilute Superfluid Fermi Gas, Physical Review Letters (Accessed July 18, 2024)

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Created April 30, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021