Relaxation Dynamics of an Isolated Large-Spin Fermi Gas Far from Equilibrium

A fundamental question in many-body physics is how closed quantum systems reach equilibrium. We address this question experimentally and theoretically in an ultracold large-spin Fermi gas where we find a complex interplay between internal and motional degrees of freedom. The fermions are initially p...

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Main Authors: Ulrich Ebling, Jasper Simon Krauser, Nick Fläschner, Klaus Sengstock, Christoph Becker, Maciej Lewenstein, André Eckardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-04-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021011