Breakdown of the superfluidity of a matter wave in a random environment
Quantum Gases
2015-05-18 v2
Abstract
We consider a guided Bose-Einstein matter wave flowing through a disordered potential. We determine the critical velocity at which superfluidity is broken and compute its statistical properties. They are shown to be connected to extreme values of the random potential. Experimental implementations of this physics are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1003.5808,
title = {Breakdown of the superfluidity of a matter wave in a random environment},
author = {M. Albert and T. Paul and N. Pavloff and P. Leboeuf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5808},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, final printed version