Observation of a persistent non-equilibrium state in cold atoms
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Observation of a persistent non-equilibrium state in cold atoms
Boltzmann noticed that his transport equation predicts special cases in which gases never reach thermal equilibrium. One example is the monopole breathe mode of atoms confined in a perfectly isotropic three-dimensional (3D) harmonic potential1. Such a complete absence of damping had not been observed in nature, and this anomaly weakened Boltzmann’s then-controversial claim to have established a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Physics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1745-2473,1745-2481
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3491