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Anomalous spin segregation in a weakly interacting two-component Fermi gas

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

S.S. Natu
E.J. Mueller

Abstract

We explain the spin segregation seen at Duke in a two-component gas of L6 i [X. Du, L. Luo, B. Clancy, and J. E. Thomas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 150401 (2008)] as a mean-field effect describable via a collisionless Boltzmann equation. As seen in experiments, we find that slight differences in the trapping potentials in the two spin states drive small spin currents. The Hartree-Fock-type interactions convert these currents into a redistribution of populations in energy space, and consequently a long-lived spin texture develops. We explore the interaction strength dependence of these dynamics, finding nontrivial dependence on system parameters and close agreement with experiment. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume

79

Issue

5

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-67650293039&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevA.79.051601&partnerID=40&md5=017857cbef5fbff4318197e1939833a3

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.79.051601

Funding Source

0758104

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