Detecting Friedel oscillations in ultracold Fermi gases

7 September 2017

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Investigating Friedel oscillations in ultracold gases would complement the studies performed on solid state samples. In atomic quantum gases interactions and external potentials can be tuned freely and the inherently slower dynamics allow to access non-equilibrium dynamics following a potential or interaction quench. Here, we examine how Friedel oscillations can be observed in current ultracold gas experiments under realistic conditions.

K. Riechers et al., Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 232 (2017)

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