Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2011-10-07
Phys. Rev. A 85, 041601(R) (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.85.041601
Using the micro-canonical picture of transport -- a framework ideally suited to describe the dynamics of closed quantum systems such as ultra-cold atom experiments -- we show that the exact dynamics of non-interacting fermions and bosons exhibit very different transport properties when the system is set out of equilibrium by removing the particles from half of the lattice. We find that fermions rapidly develop a finite quasi steady-state current reminiscent of electronic transport in nanoscale systems. This result is robust -- it occurs with or without a harmonic confining potential and at zero or finite temperature. The zero-temperature bosonic current instead exhibits strong oscillatory behavior that decays into a steady-state of zero current only in the thermodynamic limit. These differences appear most strikingly in the different particle number fluctuations on half of the lattice as a consequence of the spin statistics. These predictions can be readily verified experimentally.
Chien Chih-Chun
Ventra Massimiliano Di
Zwolak Michael
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