The role of causality in tunable Fermi gas condensates

J Phys Condens Matter. 2013 Oct 9;25(40):404211. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/40/404211. Epub 2013 Sep 11.

Abstract

We develop a new formalism for the description of the condensates of cold Fermi atoms whose speed of sound can be tuned with the aid of a narrow Feshbach resonance. We use this to look for spontaneous phonon creation that mimics spontaneous particle creation in curved space-time in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker and other model universes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Gases / chemistry*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Thermodynamics*

Substances

  • Gases