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Excitations at the border of a condensate

Quantum Gases 2015-07-13 v1

Abstract

We solve the Bogoliubov--de Gennes equations for an inhomogeneous condensate in the vicinity of a linear turning point. A stable integration scheme is developed using a transformation into an adiabatic basis. We identify boundary modes trapped in a potential whose shape is similar to a Hartree-Fock mean-field treatment. These modes are non-resonantly excited when bulk modes reflect at the turning point and contribute significantly to the spectrum of local density fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.1504.03164,
  title  = {Excitations at the border of a condensate},
  author = {Abdoulaye Diallo and Carsten Henkel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.03164},
  year   = {2015}
}