Switching on a Fermi superfluid
Time: 1pm AEDT (3pm NZDST, 12pm AEST - Brisbane) - Note the differing time zones due to daylight savings.
Speaker: Professor Chris Vale
Affiliation: Optical Sciences Centre (Deputy Director); ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies; Swinburne University of Technology
Abstract
Gases of ultracold atoms are well-suited to studies of non-equilibrium phenomena in many-body systems. Here, we study a two-component Fermi gas following an interaction quench across the normal to superfluid phase transition. Starting with a weakly attractive Fermi gas, interactions are jumped to unitarity, and we measure the subsequent dynamics as the gas approaches equilibrium. Both pair formation and condensation are resolved, along with their corresponding timescales. Interaction quenches also excite the Higgs amplitude mode revealing the pairing gap in a Fermi superfluid. Finally, I will give a brief update on the quantum gas microscope experiment being constructed at Swinburne.
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This new initiative hosts a seminar once a month for the Australia – New Zealand cold atom research community. The purpose is to encourage and facilitate ongoing discussions and collaboration in the local community. Talks should be less than 40 minutes in length to allow ample time for questions and discussion.
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