arXiv · 0908.4583
Collective Motion of Polarized Dipolar Fermi Gases in the Hydrodynamic Regime
Abstract
Recently, a seminal STIRAP experiment allowed the creation of 40K-87Rb molecules in the rovibrational ground state [K.-K. Ni et al., Science 322, 231 (2008)]. In order to describe such a polarized dipolar Fermi gas in the hydrodynamic regime, we work out a variational time-dependent Hartree-Fock approach. With this we calculate dynamical properties of such a system as, for instance, the frequencies of the low-lying excitations and the time-of-flight expansion. We find that the dipole-dipole interaction induces anisotropic breathing oscillations in momentum space. In addition, after release from the trap, the momentum distribution becomes asymptotically isotropic, while the particle density becomes anisotropic.
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Aristeu R. P. Lima, Axel Pelster. 2009-08-31. Collective Motion of Polarized Dipolar Fermi Gases in the Hydrodynamic Regime. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.81.021606
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