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arXiv:1612.02618

Spin relaxation in a one-dimensional large-spin degenerate Fermi gas

Ulrich Ebling, André Eckardt

Published Dec 8, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this work, we study the dynamics of an atomic harmonically trapped large-spin Fermi gas in one dimension (1D). We investigate the interplay of different collision processes. Coherent spin oscillations, driven by spin-changing forward scattering are captured by a mean-field description and scale linearly with density regardless of the dimension of the system. Conversely, "incoherent" collision processes which e.g. lead to the damping of spin oscillations, behave differently. In the usual three-dimensional (3D) case, the rate of incoherent processes increases faster with density than mean-field effects, but in 1D it increases slower. This means, that in the 1D case, incoherent collisions become more important at lower densities. We study these effects by deriving and integrating a quantum Boltzmann equation. We demonstrate that the well known fact that in one dimension, interaction-induced correlations become more dominant at low densities can be observed in far-from-equilibrium spin dynamics.

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10.48550/arxiv.1612.02618

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Obedecen a una simetría ampliada SU(N), o muestran colisiones spin-cambiante y un efecto Zeeman cuadrático. Aqui tratamos el segundo caso. En el escenario de interacciónes débiles, hay tres regímenes diferentes. Para interacciones muy débiles, el sistema está en el régimen sin colisiones e interacciones se puede describir en un nivel de campo medio. Para interacciones fuertes, las colisiones garantizan el equilibrio local y el sistema es descrito por ecuaciones hidrodinámicas. Para el régimen intermedio, no hay una descripción sencilla. Ademas, la sección transversa de dispersión para colisiones spin-cambiantes y de spin-conservación puede ser diferente para fermiones de espín largo. Encontramos una situación, donde el sistema es hidrodinámico con respecto a un proceso, pero no a la otra. En esta tesis desarrollamos una ecuación de Boltzmann semi-clásica, que permite interpolar el régimen intermedio, en presencia de la trampa y para espín largo. 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