中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (2): 20501-020501.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/2/020501

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The universal sound velocity formula for the strongly interacting unitary Fermi gas

刘可, 陈继胜   

  1. Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-04-01 修回日期:2010-09-03 出版日期:2011-02-15 发布日期:2011-02-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10875050).

The universal sound velocity formula for the strongly interacting unitary Fermi gas

Liu Ke(刘可) and Chen Ji-Sheng(陈继胜)   

  1. Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2010-04-01 Revised:2010-09-03 Online:2011-02-15 Published:2011-02-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10875050).

摘要: Due to the scale invariance, the thermodynamic laws of strongly interacting limit unitary Fermi gas can be similar to those of non-interacting ideal gas. For example, the virial theorem between pressure and energy density of the ideal gas P=2E/3V is still satisfied by the unitary Fermi gas. This paper analyses the sound velocity of unitary Fermi gases with the quasi-linear approximation. For comparison, the sound velocities for the ideal Boltzmann, Bose and Fermi gas are also given. Quite interestingly, the sound velocity formula for the ideal non-interacting gas is found to be satisfied by the unitary Fermi gas in different temperature regions.

Abstract: Due to the scale invariance, the thermodynamic laws of strongly interacting limit unitary Fermi gas can be similar to those of non-interacting ideal gas. For example, the virial theorem between pressure and energy density of the ideal gas P=2E/3V is still satisfied by the unitary Fermi gas. This paper analyses the sound velocity of unitary Fermi gases with the quasi-linear approximation. For comparison, the sound velocities for the ideal Boltzmann, Bose and Fermi gas are also given. Quite interestingly, the sound velocity formula for the ideal non-interacting gas is found to be satisfied by the unitary Fermi gas in different temperature regions.

Key words: unitary Fermi gas, sound velocity, universal thermodynamics

中图分类号:  (Fermion systems and electron gas)

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