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Selected Works of Olga Goulko
Article
Boltzmann Equation Simulation for a Trapped Fermi Gas of Atoms
New Journal of Physics (2012)
  • Olga Goulko, University of Cambridge
  • Frederic Chevy, Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris
  • Carlos Lobo, University of Southampton
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Abstract
The dynamics of an interacting Fermi gas of atoms at sufficiently high temperatures can be efficiently studied via a numerical simulation of the Boltzmann equation. In this work we describe in detail the setup we used recently to study the oscillations of two spin-polarised fermionic clouds in a trap. We focus here on the evaluation of interparticle interactions. We compare different ways of choosing the phase space coordinates of a pair of atoms after a successful collision and demonstrate that the exact microscopic setup has no influence on the macroscopic outcome.
Keywords
  • Boltzmann equation,
  • cold atoms,
  • interacting Fermi gas
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Publication Date
July, 2012
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/14/7/073036
Citation Information
Olga Goulko, Frederic Chevy and Carlos Lobo. "Boltzmann Equation Simulation for a Trapped Fermi Gas of Atoms" New Journal of Physics Vol. 14 (2012) p. 073036
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/olga-goulko/14/