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Continuous-wave solutions and modulational instability in spinor condensates of positronium

Quantum Gases 2018-01-03 v1

Abstract

We obtain general continuous-wave (CW)\ solutions in the model of a spinor positronium condensate in the absence of magnetic field. The CW solutions with both in-phase (n=0n=0) and out-of-phase (n=1n=1) spin components exist, with their ranges limited by the total particle density, ρ\rho . In the limit of negligible population exchange between the spin components, the CW solutions are found to be stable or unstable, depending on the particle density of the para positronium. Ortho positronium, in the F=1F=1 spinor state, forms a ferromagnetic condensate with stable in-phase CW solutions only. Subsequent examination of the modulational instability (MI) is carried out both in the limit case of identical wavenumbers in the spin components, % \Delta k\equiv k_{1}-k_{-1}=0, and in the more general case of Δk0\Delta k\neq 0 too. The CW solutions with n=0n=0 and 11 solutions, which are stable in the case of Δk=0\Delta k=0, are unstable for Δk0\Delta k\neq 0, for the natural repulsive sign of the nonlinearities. The total particle density, ρ\rho , in the limit of Δk=0\Delta k=0 is found to have a significant role for the stability of the condensate, which is determined by the sign of the self-interaction nonlinearity.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00590,
  title  = {Continuous-wave solutions and modulational instability in spinor condensates of positronium},
  author = {Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat and Thudiyangal Mithun and B. A. Malomed and K. Porsezian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00590},
  year   = {2018}
}