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Condensate wave function of neutral Bose atoms in power-law traps

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The macroscopic quantum states of a condensed neutral Bose gas in one-dimensional power-law traps are obtained by solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation numerically. A suitable candidate for a trial wave function for the variational calculation of ground state energy is suggested, and shown that the suggested function produces a lower ground state energy than the conventional Gaussian trial wave function.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0504333,
  title  = {Condensate wave function of neutral Bose atoms in power-law traps},
  author = {Sang-Hoon Kim and Chang Sub Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0504333},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 5 figures