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Universal thermodynamics of degenerate quantum gases in the unitarity limit

T. Ho

Physical Review Letters, 2003

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Abstract

We perform a systematic study of the thermodynamics of quantum gases in the unitarity limit. Our study is based on a "universality hypothesis" for the relevant energy scales which is supported by experiments and can be proven in the Boltzmann regime. It implies a universal form for the grand potential, which is specified by only a few universal numbers in the degenerate limit. This hypothesis provides a simple way to determine the density profile of a trapped fermion superfluid. It implies a superfluid bump in the density and gives the general expression of the second sound velocity of a homogeneous superfluid at unitarity.

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