Coherent dynamics of domain formation in the Bose Ferromagnet
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-13 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We present a theory to describe domain formation observed very recently in a quenched Rb-87 gas, a typical ferromagnetic spinor Bose system. An overlap factor is introduced to characterize the symmetry breaking of M_F=\pm 1 components for the F=1 ferromagnetic condensate. We demonstrate that the domain formation is a co-effect of the quantum coherence and the thermal relaxation. A thermally enhanced quantum-oscillation is observed during the dynamical process of the domain formation. And the spatial separation of domains leads to significant decay of the M_F=0 component fraction in an initial M_F=0 condensate.
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@article{arxiv.0704.1995,
title = {Coherent dynamics of domain formation in the Bose Ferromagnet},
author = {Qiang Gu and Haibo Qiu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1995},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures