arXiv:0706.1128 · Physical Review A
Dipole oscillations in Bose-Fermi mixtures in the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii and Vlasov equations
Tomoyuki Maruyama, G. F. Bertsch
Abstract
We study the dipole collective oscillations in Bose-Fermi mixtures in a dynamical time-dependent approach, which is formulated with the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation and the Vlasov equation. While the Bose gas oscillates monotonously, the fermion oscillation shows a beat and damping. We find big differences in behaviors of fermion oscillation between the time-dependent approach and usual approaches such as the sum-rule approach. When the amplitude is not minimal, the dipole oscillation of the Fermi gas cannot be described with a simple center-of-mass motion.