Fate of thermalization of ultracold fermions with two-body dissipation

Abstract

Two-body dissipation due to chemical reactions occurs in both ultracold fermionic and bosonic molecular gases. Despite recent advances in achieving quantum degeneracy, the loss dynamics are typically described phenomenologically using rate equations, often assuming thermalization during chemical reactions. From the first principles, we analyze particle loss, temperature evolution, and momentum distributions in single-component Fermi gases using the inelastic quantum Boltzmann equation. Our results prove that the conventional two-body loss model is valid for trapped systems, though it fails to describe the dynamics in homogeneous systems accurately. Interestingly, we find that systems prepared near or above quantum degeneracy can thermalize spontaneously, even in the absence of elastic collisions, while systems initialized deep in degeneracy display non-equilibrium behavior. Our calculations are in good agreement with recent experimental data from trapped systems and could be further tested in atomic systems with induced two-body loss in box potentials.

arXiv comment7 pages, 2 figures, companion paper

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