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Bosons with attractive interactions in a trap: Is the ground state fragmented ?

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Possible fragmentation of a Bose-Einstein condensate with negative scattering length is investigated using a simple two-level model. Our results indicate that fragmentation does not take place for values of the coupling for which the system is metastable. We also comment on the possibility of realizing a fragmented condensate in trapping potentials other than an harmonic one.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9805144,
  title  = {Bosons with attractive interactions in a trap: Is the ground state fragmented ?},
  author = {Oe. Elgaroey and C. J. Pethick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9805144},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures, uses RevTeX