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Spin evolution of cold atomic gases in SU(2)$\otimes $U(1) fields

Quantum Gases 2016-07-06 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider response function and spin evolution in spin-orbit coupled cold atomic gases in a synthetic gauge magnetic field influencing solely the orbital motion of atoms. We demonstrate that various regimes of spin-orbit coupling strength, magnetic field, and disorder can be treated within a single approach based on the representation of atomic motion in terms of auxiliary collective classical trajectories. Our approach allows for a unified description of fermionic and bosonic gases.

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@article{arxiv.1604.08522,
  title  = {Spin evolution of cold atomic gases in SU(2)$\otimes $U(1) fields},
  author = {I. V. Tokatly and E. Ya. Sherman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.08522},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures