Critical velocity, vortex shedding, and drag in a unitary Fermi superfluid

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作者
Ancilotto, F. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Salasnich, L. [1 ,2 ]
Toigo, F. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron Galileo Galilei, I-35122 Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Padua, Consorzio Nazl Interuniv Sci Fis Mat, I-35122 Padua, Italy
[3] CNR, Ist Officina Mat Democritos, I-34136 Trieste, Italy
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2013年 / 87卷 / 01期
关键词
ZERO-TEMPERATURE; REAL-TIME; VORTICES; BOSE;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.87.013637
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study the real-time motion of a microscopic object in a cold Fermi gas at unitary conditions by using an extended Thomas-Fermi density functional approach. We find that the spontaneous creation of singly quantized vortex-antivortex pairs occurs as a critical velocity is exceeded, which leads to a drag between the moving object and the Fermi gas. The resulting force is linear in the velocity for subsonic motion and becomes quadratic for supersonic motion. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.013637
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