Evolution of an ultracold gas in a non-Abelian gauge fields: Finite temperature effect

TL;DR

This paper investigates how a degenerate Fermi gas of strontium-87 evolves under non-Abelian gauge fields, focusing on finite temperature effects and detailed cooling and loading mechanisms.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of finite temperature effects on a Fermionic gas in non-Abelian gauge fields, including cooling efficiency and characterization methods.

Findings

Finite temperature significantly influences the gas evolution.

Efficient atom loading and evaporative cooling are achieved.

Degenerate Fermi gas characterized by Thomas-Fermi distribution.

Abstract

We detail the cooling mechanisms of a Fermionic strontium-87 gas in order to study its evolution under a non-Abelian gauge field. In contrast to our previous work reported in Ref. [1], we emphasize here on the finite temperature effect of the gas. In addition, we provide the detail characterization for the efficiency of atoms loading in the cross-dipole trap, the quantitative performance of the evaporative cooling, and the characterization of a degenerate Fermi gas using a Thomas-Fermi distribution.