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Excitations of the One Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Random Potential

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2008-11-14 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We examine bosons hopping on a one-dimensional lattice in the presence of a random potential at zero temperature. Bogoliubov excitations of the Bose-Einstein condensate formed under such conditions are localized, with the localization length diverging at low frequency as (ω)1/ωα\ell(\omega)\sim 1/\omega^\alpha. We show that the well known result α=2\alpha=2 applies only for sufficiently weak random potential. As the random potential is increased beyond a certain strength, α\alpha starts decreasing. At a critical strength of the potential, when the system of bosons is at the transition from a superfluid to an insulator, α=1\alpha=1. This result is relevant for understanding the behavior of the atomic Bose-Einstein condensates in the presence of random potential, and of the disordered Josephson junction arrays.

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@article{arxiv.0806.2322,
  title  = {Excitations of the One Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Random Potential},
  author = {V. Gurarie and G. Refael and J. T. Chalker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2322},
  year   = {2008}
}