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Area of Science:

  • Quantum thermodynamics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Ultracold atomic gases

Background:

  • The Joule-Thomson (JT) effect describes temperature changes in gases during throttling.
  • Quantum effects can significantly alter classical thermodynamic phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the quantum Joule-Thomson (JT) effect in ideal and unitary Fermi gases.
  • To analyze the temperature dynamics of Fermi gases during energy-conserving rarefaction.

Main Methods:

  • Studying temperature dynamics in ideal and unitary Fermi gases.
  • Analyzing scale-invariant systems with specific enthalpy conservation during rarefaction.
  • Thermodynamically equating rarefaction to a JT throttling process.

Main Results:

  • Observed JT heating in an ideal Fermi gas, attributed to Pauli blocking.
  • Found marginal JT heating in a unitary Fermi gas within a specific temperature range (0.2≲T/T_{F}≲0.8).
  • Attributed the marginal heating in unitary Fermi gases to the interplay between quantum statistics and interparticle interactions.

Conclusions:

  • The quantum JT effect is observable in Fermi gases.
  • Pauli blocking drives JT heating in ideal Fermi gases.
  • Interactions in unitary Fermi gases modulate the quantum JT effect, reducing heating in a specific temperature regime.