Mixing-demixing transition and collapse of a vortex state in a quasi-two-dimensional boson-fermion mixture

Journal Article · Tue May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.053603· OSTI ID:20982563

Adhikari, Sadhan K ^[1]; Salasnich, Luca ^[2]

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1. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, UNESP-Sao Paulo State University, 01.405-900 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
2. CNISM and CNR-INFM, Unita di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica 'Galileo Galilei', Universita di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova (Italy)

We investigate the mixing-demixing transition and the collapse in a quasi-two-dimensional degenerate boson-fermion mixture (DBFM) with a bosonic vortex. We solve numerically a quantum-hydrodynamic model based on a new density functional which accurately takes into account the dimensional crossover. It is demonstrated that with the increase of interspecies repulsion, a mixed state of DBFM could turn into a demixed state. The system collapses for interspecies attraction above a critical value which depends on the vortex quantum number. For interspecies attraction just below this critical limit there is almost complete mixing of boson and fermion components. Such mixed and demixed states of a DBFM could be experimentally realized by varying an external magnetic field near a boson-fermion Feshbach resonance, which will result in a continuous variation of interspecies interaction.

• OSTI ID: 20982563
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 75; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
BOSONS
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD
FERMIONS
HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL
INTERACTIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MIXED STATE
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
RESONANCE
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
VORTICES