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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2004 Volume 80, Issue 5, Pages 389–394 (Mi jetpl2108)

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Quantum phase transition for the BEC – BCS crossover in condensed matter physics and CPT violation in elementary particle physics

F. R. Klinkhamera, G. E. Volovikbc

a Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Karlsruhe (TH), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
b L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics RAS, 117940 Moscow, Russia
c Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland

Abstract: We discuss the quantum phase transition which separates a vacuum state with fully-gapped fermion spectrum from a vacuum state with topologically-protected Fermi points (gap nodes). In the context of condensed-matter physics, such a quantum phase transition with Fermi point splitting may occur for a system of ultracold fermionic atoms in the region of the BEC – BCS crossover, provided the Cooper pairing occurs in the non-$s$-wave channel. For elementary particle physics, the splitting of Fermi points may lead to CPT violation, neutrino oscillations, and other phenomena.

PACS: 11.30.Er, 71.10.-w, 73.43.Nq

Received: 23.07.2004

Language: English


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2004, 80:5, 343–347

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