English

Coherence and Instability in a Driven Bose-Einstein Condensate: A Fully Dynamical Number-Conserving Approach

Quantum Gases 2012-01-24 v3

Abstract

We consider a Bose-Einstein condensate driven by periodic delta-kicks. In contrast to first-order descriptions, which predict rapid, unbounded growth of the noncondensate in resonant parameter regimes, the consistent treatment of condensate depletion in our fully-time-dependent, second-order description acts to damp this growth, leading to oscillations in the (non)condensate population and the coherence of the system.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1104.1521,
  title  = {Coherence and Instability in a Driven Bose-Einstein Condensate: A Fully Dynamical Number-Conserving Approach},
  author = {T. P. Billam and S. A. Gardiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1521},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures. Restructured text and minor changes to figures

R2 v1 2026-06-21T17:51:14.307Z