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arxiv: 0704.1889 · v2 · pith:O7ZU6IYXnew · submitted 2007-04-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.quant-gas· cond-mat.supr-con

First and second sound modes at finite temperature in trapped Fermi gases from BCS to BEC

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.quant-gascond-mat.supr-con
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We determine the temperature $T$ dependence of first and second sound mode frequencies for trapped Fermi gases undergoing BCS to Bose Einstein condensation (BEC) crossover. Our results are based on the two fluid equations in conjunction with a microscopic calculation of thermodynamical variables. As in experiment and at unitarity, we show that the lowest radial breathing mode is $T$ independent. At finite $T$, higher order breathing modes strongly mix with second sound. Their complex $T$ dependence should provide an alternative way of measuring the transition temperature, $T_c$.

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