Finite-temperature momentum distribution of a trapped Fermi gas
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We present measurements of the temperature-dependent momentum distribution of a trapped Fermi gas consisting of K in the BCS to Bose-Einstein condensation crossover regime. Accompanying theoretical results based upon a simple mean-field ground state are compared to the experimental data. Nonmonotonic effects associated with temperature T arise from the competition between thermal broadening and a narrowing of the distribution induced by the decrease in the excitation gap T with increasing T.
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