Evaporative depolarization and spin transport in a unitary trapped Fermi gas

Meera M. Parish, David A. Huse

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Abstract

We consider a partially spin-polarized atomic Fermi gas in a high-aspect-ratio trap, with a flux of predominantly spin-up atoms exiting the center of the trap. We argue that such a scenario can be produced by evaporative cooling, and we find that it can result in a substantially nonequilibrium polarization pattern for typical experimental parameters. We offer this as a possible explanation for the quantitative discrepancies in recent experiments on spin-imbalanced unitary Fermi gases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number063605
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume80
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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