Zhang, WeipingSackett, C.A.Hulet, R.G.2015-03-302015-03-301999Zhang, Weiping, Sackett, C.A. and Hulet, R.G.. "Optical detection of a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer phase transition in a trapped gas of fermionic atoms." <i>Physical Review A,</i> 60, no. 1 (1999) American Physical Society: 504-507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.60.504.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79420A theoretical treatment of light scattering from a degenerate Fermi gas of trapped ultracold 6Li atoms is presented. We find that the scattered light contains information that directly reflects the quantum pair correlation due to the formation of atomic Cooper pairs resulting from a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer phase transition to a superfluid state. Evidence for pairing should be observable in both the space and time domains.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.60.504