Transients with time-independent currents
Quantum Physics
2010-11-18 v1
Abstract
It is shown that when the initial particles probability density is discontinuous the emerging currents appear instantaneously, and although the density beyond the discontinuity is initially negligible the currents there have a finite value. It is shown that this non-equilibrium effect can be measured in real experiments (such as cooled Rubidium atoms), where the discontinuity is replaced with finite width (hundreds of nanometers) gradient.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.3898,
title = {Transients with time-independent currents},
author = {Er'el Granot and Avi Marchewka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3898},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
14 pages, 5 figures