Unusual condensates in quark and atomic systems

Abstract

In these lectures we discuss condensates which are formed in quark matter when it is squeezed and in a gas of fermionic atoms when it is cooled. The behavior of these two seemingly very different systems reveals striking similarities. In particular, in both systems the Bose-Einstein condensate to Bardeen--Cooper-Schrieffer (BEC-BCS) crossover takes place.

Comments: Lectures delivered at 8th Moscow school of Physics (33rd ITEP Winter School of Physics)