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Shock waves in ultracold Fermi (Tonks) gases

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-11-10 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

It is shown that a broad density perturbation in a Fermi (Tonks) cloud takes a shock wave form in the course of time evolution. A very accurate analytical description of shock formation is provided. A simple experimental setup for the observation of shocks is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306394,
  title  = {Shock waves in ultracold Fermi (Tonks) gases},
  author = {Bogdan Damski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306394},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

approx. 4 pages&figures, minor corrections^2, to be published as a Letter in Journal of Physics B