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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Quantum Anomaly and 2D-3D Crossover in Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases |
Author: | Peppler, T. Dyke, P. Zamorano, M. Herrera, I. Hoinka, S. Vale, C.J. |
Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 2018; 121(12):120402-1-120402-5 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
Statement of Responsibility: | T. Peppler, P. Dyke, M. Zamorano, I. Herrera, S. Hoinka, and C. J. Vale |
Abstract: | We present an experimental investigation of collective oscillations in harmonically trapped Fermi gases through the crossover from two to three dimensions. Specifically, we measure the frequency of the radial monopole oscillation or breathing mode in highly oblate gases with tunable interactions. The breathing mode frequency is set by the adiabatic compressibility and probes the thermodynamic equation of state. In 2D, a dynamical scaling symmetry for atoms interacting via a δ potential predicts the breathing mode to occur at exactly twice the harmonic confinement frequency. However, a renormalized quantum treatment introduces a new length scale which breaks this classical scale invariance resulting in a so-called quantum anomaly. Our measurements deep in the 2D regime lie above the scale-invariant prediction for a range of interaction strengths providing evidence for the quantum anomaly and signifying the breakdown of an elementary δ-potential model of atomic interactions. By varying the atom number we can tune the chemical potential and see the breathing mode frequency evolve smoothly between the 2D to 3D thermodynamic limits. |
Keywords: | Anomalies Cold atoms and matter waves Fermi gases Ultracold gases |
Rights: | © 2018 American Physical Society |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.120402 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE170100039 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE140100647 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100034 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.120402 |
Appears in Collections: | Physics publications |
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