Mesoscopic fluctuations of the pairing gap
Henrik Olofsson
Matematisk Fysik, LTH
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 13:30
MatFys Library
Abstract:
Superfluidity and superconductivity are genuine many-body
manifestations of quantum coherence. For finite-size
systems the associated pairing gap fluctuates as a function of
size or shape. We combine the semiclassical periodic orbit theory and
BCS theory in order to provide a parameter free theoretical
description of pairing fluctuations in
mesoscopic systems characterized by order/chaos dynamics. The
theory accurately describes experimental observations of nuclear
superfluidity (regular system), predicts universal fluctuations of
superconductivity in small chaotic metallic grains, and
provides a global analysis in ultracold Fermi gases.