Spin flip lifetimes in superconducting atom chips: BCS versus Eliashberg theory

Details Spin flip lifetimes in superconducting atom chips: BCS versus Eliashberg theory Spin flip lifetimes in superconducting atom chips: BCS versus Eliashberg theory

2007-07-02

arxiv.org/abs/0707.0238v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

10 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.76.033618

We investigate theoretically the magnetic spin-flip transitions of neutral atoms trapped near a superconducting slab. Our calculations are based on a quantum-theoretical treatment of electromagnetic radiation near dielectric and metallic bodies. Specific results are given for rubidium atoms near a niobium superconductor. At the low frequencies typical of the atomic transitions, we find that BCS theory greatly overestimates coherence effects, which are much less pronounced when quasiparticle lifetime effects are included through Eliashberg theory. At 4.2 K, the typical atomic spin lifetime is found to be larger than a thousand seconds, even for atom-superconductor distances of one micrometer. This constitutes a large enhancement in comparison with normal metals.

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