Crossover from a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate to a degenerate Fermi gas

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作者
Bartenstein, M
Altmeyer, A
Riedl, S
Jochim, S
Chin, C
Denschlag, JH
Grimm, R
机构
[1] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Expt Phys, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[2] Austrian Acad Sci, Inst Quantenopt & Quanteninformat, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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奥地利科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.120401
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a reversible conversion of a (6)Li(2) molecular Bose-Einstein condensate to a degenerate Fermi gas of atoms by adiabatically crossing a Feshbach resonance. By optical in situ imaging, we observe a smooth change of the cloud size in the crossover regime. On the Feshbach resonance, the ensemble is strongly interacting and the measured cloud size is 75(7)% of the one of a noninteracting zero-temperature Fermi gas. The high condensate fraction of more than 90% and the adiabatic crossover suggest our Fermi gas to be cold enough to form a superfluid.
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