Joint ICTP/SISSA Statistical Physics Seminar: "Spin Transport in Ultracold Fermi Gases"
Starts 17 Nov 2015 11:00
Ends 17 Nov 2015 12:30
Central European Time
Many strongly correlated quantum fluids exhibit universal transport properties, notably a famous quantum bound on the internal friction. In this talk I will discuss transport in a unitary Fermi gas: strong-coupling computations show that the shear viscosity, which determines friction, signals almost perfect fluidity in the quantum degenerate regime. Similarly, spin diffusion becomes slower at strong interaction and reaches a quantum limit, in agreement with a recent experiment at MIT. In the case of transverse spin diffusion the spin current will also precess around the local magnetization. This Leggett-Rice effect has now been observed and provides new insight into the effective interaction in a unitary Fermi gas.