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arxiv: 1409.5070 · v2 · pith:WULW2PD6new · submitted 2014-09-17 · ❄️ cond-mat.quant-gas · hep-ph· nucl-th

Phase structure of spin-imbalanced unitary Fermi gases

classification ❄️ cond-mat.quant-gas hep-phnucl-th
keywords phasestructurefermigaseslevelmean-fieldspin-imbalancedunitary
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We investigate the phase structure of spin-imbalanced unitary Fermi gases beyond mean-field theory by means of the Functional Renormalization Group. In this approach, quantum and thermal fluctuations are resolved in a systematic manner. The discretization of the effective potential on a grid allows us to accurately account for both first- and second-order phase transitions that are present on the mean-field level. We compute the full phase diagram in the plane of temperature and spin-imbalance and discuss the existence of other conjectured phases such as the Sarma phase and a precondensation region. In addition, we explain on a qualitative level how we expect that in-situ density images are affected by our findings and which experimental signatures may potentially be used to probe the phase structure.

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