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Cross-Dimensional Relaxation in Bose-Fermi Mixture

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Author(s)

J Goldwin, S Inouye, M L. Olsen, Deborah S. Jin

Abstract

We consider the equilibration rate for fermions in Bose-Fermi mixtures undergoing cross-dimensional rethermalization. Classical Monte Carlo simulations of the relaxation process are performed over a wide range of parameters, focusing on the effects of the mass difference between species and the degree of initial departure from equilibrium. A simple analysis based on Enskog's equation is developed and shown to be accurate over a variety of different parameter regimes. This allows predictions for mixtures of commonly used alkali atoms.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume
71

Keywords

Bose-Fermi mixtures, kinetic theory, Monte Carlo methods

Citation

Goldwin, J. , Inouye, S. , Olsen, M. and Jin, D. (2005), Cross-Dimensional Relaxation in Bose-Fermi Mixture, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed December 8, 2024)

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Created March 31, 2005, Updated October 12, 2021