Thermalization Induced by Quantum Scattering
Samuel L. Jacob, Massimiliano Esposito, Juan M. R. Parrondo, Felipe Barra
Abstract
Collisions between a target system and incoming wave-packets are used to model a quantum system interacting with its surroundings, enabling a deeper investigation of thermalization and induced coherence.
Topics & Concepts
Wave packetPhysicsScatteringThermalisationDegenerate energy levelsNetwork packetQuantumQuantum mechanicsComputational physicsComputer scienceComputer networkCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics