Dissipationless shock waves in repulsive Bose-Einstein condensates
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We consider formation of dissipationless shock waves in Bose-Einstein condensates with repulsive interaction between atoms. It is shown that big enough initial inhomogeneity of density leads to wave breaking phenomenon followed by generation of a train of dark solitons. Analytical theory is confirmed by numerical simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310457,
title = {Dissipationless shock waves in repulsive Bose-Einstein condensates},
author = {A. M. Kamchatnov and A. Gammal and R. A. Kraenkel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310457},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 5 figures in JPG format