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Dynamics of the BCS-BEC crossover in a degenerate Fermi gas 1 1 2 M. H. Szyma´nska , B. D. Simons , and K. Burnett 1 Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHE, UK 2 Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK We study the short-time dynamics of a degenerate Fermi gas positioned near a Feshbach resonance 4 following an abrupt jump in the atomic interaction resulting from a change of external magnetic 0 field. We investigate the dynamics of the condensate order parameter and pair wavefunction for a 0 range of field strengths. When the abrupt jump is sufficient to span the BCS to BEC crossover, 2 we show that the rigidity of the momentum distribution precludes any atom-molecule oscillations 40 6 c in the entrance channel dominated resonances observed in the K and Li. Focusing on material e parameters tailored to the 40 K Feshbach resonance system at 202.1 gauss, we comment on the D integrity of the fast sweet projection technique as a vehicle to explore the condensed phase in the crossover region. 6 1 PACS numbers: 03.75.Kk, 03.75.Ss, 05.30.Fk ] r e Ultracold alkali atomic gases provide a valuable arena state, and much smaller than the expected equilibrium h in which to explore molecular BoseEinstein condensa state value, eq , while the di