Dynamical collapse in a degenerate binary fermion mixture using a hydrodynamic model

We use a time-dependent dynamical hydrodynamic model to study a collapse in a degenerate fermion-fermion mixture (DFFM) of different atoms. Due to a strong Pauli-blocking repulsion among identical spin-polarized fermions at short distances there cannot be a collapse for repulsive interspecies fermion-fermion interaction. However, there can be a collapse for a sufficiently attractive interspecies fermionfermion interaction in a DFFM of different atoms. Using a variational analysis and numerical solution of the hydrodynamic model we study different aspects of collapse in such a DFFM initiated by a jump in the interspecies fermion-fermion interaction (scattering length) to a large negative (attractive) value using a Feshbach resonance. Suggestion for experiments of collapse in a DFFM of distinct atoms is made. PACS numbers: 03.75.Ss ‡ Electronic address: [email protected]; URL: http://www.ift.unesp.br/users/adhikari/ Collapse in a fermion-fermion mixture 2