Cross-Dimensional relaxation in Bose-Fermi mixtures
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We consider the equilibration rate for fermions in Bose-Fermi mixtures undergoing cross-dimensional rethermalization. Classical Monte Carlo simulations of the relaxation process are performed over a wide range of parameters, focusing on the effects of the mass difference between species and the degree of initial departure from equilibrium. A simple analysis based on Enskog's equation is developed and shown to be accurate over a variety of different parameter regimes. This allows predictions for mixtures of commonly used alkali atoms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0501095,
title = {Cross-Dimensional relaxation in Bose-Fermi mixtures},
author = {J. Goldwin and S. Inouye and M. L. Olsen and D. S. Jin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0501095},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 4 figures, uses Revtex 4. This is a companion paper to [PRA 70, 021601(R) (2004)] (cond-mat/0405419)