Analog simulation of Weyl particles with cold atoms

  • Daniel Suchet
  • , Mihail Rabinovic
  • , Thomas Reimann
  • , Norman Kretschmar
  • , Franz Sievers
  • , Christophe Salomon
  • , Johnathan Lau
  • , Olga Goulko
  • , Carlos Lobo
  • , Frédéric Chevy

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Abstract

In this letter we report on a novel approach to study the dynamics of harmonically confined Weyl particles using magnetically trapped fermionic atoms. We find that after a kick of its center of mass, the system relaxes towards a steady state even in the absence of interactions, in stark contrast with massive particles which would oscillate without damping. Remarkably, the equilibrium distribution is non-Boltzmann, exhibiting a strong anisotropy which we study both numerically and experimentally.

Original languageEnglish
Article number26005
JournalEPL
Volume114
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2016

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