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Dynamics of the Bose-Einstein condensate: quasi-one-dimension and beyond

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

It is shown that the quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate is experimentally accessible and rich in intriguing phenomena. We demonstrate numerically and analytically the existence, stability, and perturbation-induced dynamics of all types of stationary states of the quasi-one-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation for both repulsive and attractive cases. Among our results are: the connection between stationary states and solitons; creation of vortices from such states; manipulation of such states with simple phase profiles; demonstration of the fragility of the condensate phase in response to shock; and a robust stabilization of the attractive Bose-Einstein condensate.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004287,
  title  = {Dynamics of the Bose-Einstein condensate: quasi-one-dimension and beyond},
  author = {Lincoln D. Carr and Mary Ann Leung and William P. Reinhardt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004287},
  year   = {2009}
}

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22 pages, 10 figures