arXiv · 0802.1701
Breakdown of integrability in a quasi-one-dimensional ultracold bosonic gas
Abstract
We demonstrate that virtual excitations of higher radial modes in an atomic Bose gas in a tightly confining waveguide result in effective three-body collisions that violate integrability in this quasi-one-dimensional quantum system and give rise to thermalization. The estimated thermalization rates are consistent with recent experimental results in quasi-1D dynamics of ultracold atoms.
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I. E. Mazets, T. Schumm, J. Schmiedmayer. 2008-02-12. Breakdown of integrability in a quasi-one-dimensional ultracold bosonic gas. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.100.210403
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