Excitations of the One Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Random Potential
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 . We show that the well known result applies only for sufficiently weak random potential. As the random potential is increased beyond a certain strength, starts decreasing. At a critical strength of the potential, when the system of bosons is at the transition from a superfluid to an insulator, . 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}
}