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Linear "ship waves" generated in stationary flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate past an obstacle

Other Condensed Matter 2007-06-07 v1

Abstract

Using stationary solutions of the linearized two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation, we describe the ``ship wave'' pattern occurring in the supersonic flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate past an obstacle. It is shown that these ``ship waves'' are generated outside the Mach cone. The developed analytical theory is confirmed by numerical simulations of the flow past body problem in the frame of the full non-stationary Gross-Pitaevskii equation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611149,
  title  = {Linear "ship waves" generated in stationary flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate past an obstacle},
  author = {Yu. G. Gladush and G. A. El and A. Gammal and A. M. Kamchatnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611149},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures