DeMarco, B.
and Jin, D.
(2002),
Spin Excitations in a Fermi Gas of Atoms, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed April 19, 2024)
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Spin Excitations in a Fermi Gas of Atoms
Published
Author(s)
B. L. DeMarco,
Abstract
We have experimentally investigated a a spin excitation in a quantum degenerate Fermi gas of atomes. In the hydrodynamic regime the damping time of the collective excitation is used to probe the quantum behavior of the gas. At temperatures below the Fermi temperature we measure up to a factor of 2 reduction in the excitation damping time compared to the classical expectation. In addition, we observe a strong excitation energy dependence for this quantum statistical effect.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
88
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
fermions, quantum gas, ultracold atoms
Citation
Created December 31, 2001, Updated October 12, 2021