Ideal gases in time-dependent traps
- 8 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 61 (6) , 061601
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.61.061601
Abstract
We investigate, theoretically, the properties of an ideal trapped gas in a time-dependent harmonic potential. Using a scaling formalism, we are able to present exact analytical results for two important classes of experiments: free expansion of the gas upon release of the trap and the response of the gas to a harmonic modulation of the trapping potential. We present specific results relevant to current experiments on trapped fermions.Keywords
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