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Stochastic Dynamics and Bound States of Heavy Impurities in a Fermi Bath

Quantum Gases 2022-05-13 v1

Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of heavy impurities embedded in an ultra-cold Fermi gas by using a Generalized Langevin equation. The latter -- derived by means of influence functional theory -- describes the stochastic classical dynamics of the impurities and the quantum nature of the fermionic bath manifests in the emergent interaction between the impurities and in the viscosity tensor. By focusing on the two-impurity case, we predict the existence of bound states, in different conditions of coupling and temperature, and whose life-time can be analytically estimated. Our predictions should be testable using cold-gases platforms within current technology.

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@article{arxiv.2111.11973,
  title  = {Stochastic Dynamics and Bound States of Heavy Impurities in a Fermi Bath},
  author = {Matteo Sighinolfi and Davide De Boni and Alessandro Roggero and Giovanni Garberoglio and Pietro Faccioli and Alessio Recati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.11973},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures