Thermodynamic properties of a dipolar Fermi gas

Based on the semiclassical theory, we investigate the thermodynamic properties of a dipolar Fermi gas. Through a self-consistent procedure, we numerically obtain the phase-space distribution function at finite temperature. We show that the deformations in both momentum and real space become smaller and smaller as the temperature is increased. For the homogeneous case, we also calculate pressure, entropy, and heat capacity. In particular, at the low-temperature limit and in the weak interaction regime, we obtain an analytic expression for the entropy which agrees qualitatively with our numerical result. The stability of a trapped gas at finite temperature is also explored.