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Occupation Statistics of a BEC for a Driven Landau-Zener Crossing

Other Condensed Matter 2009-06-08 v2

Abstract

We consider an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) loaded in a biased double-well trap with tunneling rate KK and inter-atomic interaction UU. The BEC is prepared such that all NN atoms are in the left well. We drive the system by sweeping the potential difference ϵ\epsilon between the two wells. Depending on the interaction u=NU/Ku=NU/K, and the sweep rate ϵ˙\dot{\epsilon}, we distinguish three dynamical regimes: adiabatic, diabatic, and sudden, and consider the occupation statistics of the final state. The analysis goes beyond mean-field theory and is complemented by a semiclassical picture.

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@article{arxiv.0901.2807,
  title  = {Occupation Statistics of a BEC for a Driven Landau-Zener Crossing},
  author = {Katrina Smith-Mannschott and Maya Chuchem and Moritz Hiller and Tsampikos Kottos and Doron Cohen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2807},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures