Phys. Rev. B 78, 134517 (2008) [7 pages]Phase separation and collapse in Bose-Fermi mixtures with a Feshbach resonance
We consider a mixture of single-component bosonic and fermionic atoms with an interspecies interaction that is varied using a Feshbach resonance. By performing a mean-field analysis of a two-channel model, which describes both narrow and broad Feshbach resonances, we find an unexpectedly rich phase diagram at zero temperature: Bose-condensed and non-Bose-condensed phases form a variety of phase-separated states that are accompanied by both critical and tricritical points. We discuss the implications of our results for the experimentally observed collapse of Bose-Fermi mixtures on the attractive side of the Feshbach resonance, and we make predictions for future experiments on Bose-Fermi mixtures close to a Feshbach resonance. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.134517
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.134517
PACS:
03.75.Ss, 64.60.Kw, 05.30.Jp, 03.75.Hh
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