Dynamic density structure factor of a unitary Fermi gas at finite temperature

TL;DR

This paper theoretically analyzes the dynamic density structure factor of a strongly interacting Fermi gas at finite temperature, revealing behaviors linked to condensate formation and aligning with recent experimental observations.

Contribution

It introduces a gauge invariant linear response theory that incorporates pair fluctuations and satisfies sum rules for studying the structure factor.

Findings

Structure factor at large momentum resembles the order parameter.

Results agree qualitatively with recent Bragg spectroscopy experiments.

Behavior at small momentum also characterized.

Abstract

We present a theoretical investigation of the dynamic density structure factor of a strongly interacting Fermi gas near a Feshbach resonance at finite temperature. The study is based on a gauge invariant linear response theory. The theory is consistent with a diagrammatic approach for the equilibrium state taking into account the pair fluctuation effects and respects some important restrictions like the $f$-sum rule. Our numerical results show that the dynamic density structure factor at large incoming momentum and at half recoil frequency has a qualitatively similar behavior as the order parameter, which can signify the appearance of the condensate. This qualitatively agrees with the recent Bragg spectroscopy experiment results. We also present the results at small incoming momentum.