Density-matrix renormalization group study of trapped imbalanced Fermi condensates.
The density-matrix renormalization group is employed to investigate a harmonically trapped imbalanced Fermi condensate based on a one-dimensional attractive Hubbard model. The obtained density profile shows a flattened population difference of spin-up and spin-down components at the center of the trap, and exhibits phase separation between the condensate and unpaired majority atoms for a certain range of the interaction and population imbalance P. The two-particle density matrix reveals that the sign of the order parameter changes periodically, demonstrating the realization of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase. The minority spin atoms contribute to the quasicondensate up to at least P approximately 0.8. Possible experimental situations to test our predictions are discussed.
Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan. tezuka.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
Masaki
M
Tezuka
Masahito
M
Ueda