Comparison of different pairing fluctuation approaches to BCS-BEC crossover

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2009.09.011zbMATH Open1187.82146arXiv0810.1938OpenAlexW2170451440MaRDI QIDQ848969FDOQ848969

Authors: K. Levin, Qijin Chen, Chih-Chun Chien, Yan He 

Publication date: 24 February 2010

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The subject of BCS - Bose Einstein condensation (BEC) crossover is particularly exciting because of its realization in ultracold Fermi gases and its possible relevance to high temperature superconductors. In the paper we review that body of theoretical work on this subject which represents a natural extension of the seminal papers by Leggett and by Nozieres and Schmitt-Rink (NSR). The former addressed only the ground state, now known as the "BCS-Leggett" wave-function and the key contributions of the latter pertain to calculations of the superfluid transition temperature $T_c$. These two papers have given rise to two main and, importantly, distinct, theoretical schools in the BCS-BEC crossover literature. The first of these extends the BCS-Leggett ground state to finite temperature and the second extends the NSR scheme away from $T_c$ both in the superfluid and normal phases. It is now rather widely accepted that these extensions of NSR produce a different ground state than that first introduced by Leggett. Our analysis shows how the NSR-based approach views the bosonic contributions more completely but it treats the fermions as "quasi-free". By contrast, the BCS-Leggett based approach treats the fermionic contributions more completely but it treats the bosons as "quasi-free". The NSR based schemes approach the crossover between BCS and BEC by starting from the BEC limit and the BCS-Leggett based scheme approaches this crossover by starting from the BCS limit. Ultimately, one would like to combine these two schemes. In this paper we review the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches. To reach a full understanding, it is important in the future to invest effort in investigating in more detail the T=0 aspects of NSR-based theory and the $Teq0$ aspects of BCS-Leggett theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1938

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zbMATH Keywords

BCS-BEC crossoverfinite temperaturesuperfluidcooper pairsLeggett ground statepairing fluctuationsultra-cold Fermi gases

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Statistical mechanics of superfluids (82D50)

Cites Work

• Theory of the weakly interacting Bose gas

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