Ground state of a tightly bound composite dimer immersed in a Fermi sea

• Published in: Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Vol. 80; no. 3
• Main Authors: Mora, Christophe, Chevy, Frédéric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Physical Society 10-09-2009
• Subjects: Condensed Matter; Physics; Quantum Gases; Quantum Physics; ultra cold fermi gases; cold molecules; imbalanced fermionic superfluids
• ISSN: 1050-2947; 1094-1622
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.033607

In this paper we present a theoretical investigation for the ground state of an impurity immersed in a Fermi sea. The molecular regime is considered where a two-body bound state between the impurity and one of the fermions is formed. Both interaction and exchange of the bound fermion take place between the dimer and the Fermi sea. We develop a formalism based on a two channel model allowing us to expand systematically the ground state energy of this immersed dimer with the scattering length $a$. Working up to order $a^3$, associated to the creation of two particle-hole pairs, reveals the first signature of the composite nature of the bosonic dimer. Finally, a complementary variational study provides an accurate estimate of the dimer energy even at large scattering length.