Quantum Quench and Prethermalization Dynamics in A Two-Dimensional Fermi Gas with Long-range Interactions

Abstract: We study the effect of suddenly turning on a long-range interaction in a spinless Fermi gas in two dimensions. The short to intermediate time dynamics is obtained using the method of bosonization of the Fermi surface. This allow to calculate the full space-time dependence of the non-equilibrium fermion density matrix as well as the evolution of the quasiparticle residue after the quench. It is thus found that the asymptotic state predicted by bosonization is consistent with the prethermalized state. From the bosonized representation, we explicitly construct the Generalized Gibbs Ensamble that describes the prethermalized state. A protocol to perform an interaction quantum quench in a dipolar gas of Erbium atoms is also described.