Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2011-07-05
Phys. Rev. A 84 043634 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
10 pages, 2 figures; published version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.84.043634
We study the transition from hydrodynamic to collisionless behavior in collective modes of ultracold trapped Fermi gases. To that end, we solve the Boltzmann equation for the trapped Fermi gas via the moments method. We showed previously that it is necessary to go beyond second-order moments if one wants to reproduce the results of a numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation. Here, we will give the detailed description of the method including fourth-order moments. We apply this method to the case of realistic parameters, and compare the results for the radial quadrupole and scissors modes at unitarity to experimental data obtained by the Innsbruck group. It turns out that the inclusion of fourth-order moments clearly improves the agreement with the experimental data. In particular, the fourth-order moments reduce the effect of collisions and therefore partially compensate the effect of the enhanced in-medium cross section at low temperatures.
Chiacchiera Silvia
Davesne Dany
Lepers Thomas
Urban Michael
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