{
  "id": "1307.2096",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2013-07-08T14:00:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-10-01T07:34:44.000Z",
  "title": "Immersing carbon nano-tubes in cold atomic gases",
  "authors": [
    "C. T. Weiß",
    "P. V. Mironova",
    "J. Fortágh",
    "W. P. Schleich",
    "R. Walser"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages, 3 color eps figures refereed, improved version, to be published in Phys. Rev. A",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.quant-gas"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate the sympathetic relaxation of a free-standing, vibrating carbon nano-tube that is mounted on an atom chip and is immersed in a cloud of ultra-cold atoms. Gas atoms colliding with the nano-tube excite phonons via a Casimir-Polder potential. We use Fermi's Golden Rule to estimate the relaxation rates for relevant experimental parameters and develop a fully dynamic theory of relaxation for the multi-mode phononic field embedded in a thermal atomic reservoir. Based on currently available experimental data, we identify the relaxation rates as a function of atom density and temperature that are required for sympathetic ground state cooling of carbon nano-tubes.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2013-10-01T07:34:44.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "67.85.-d",
      "07.10.Cm",
      "85.35.Kt",
      "34.35.+a"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "cold atomic gases",
      "immersing carbon nano-tubes",
      "relaxation rates",
      "nano-tube excite phonons",
      "fermis golden rule"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.88.043623",
      "journal": "Physical Review A",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 88,
      "number": 4,
      "pages": "043623"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvA..88d3623W"
    }
  }
}