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Period-doubled breathing in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

Other Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The response of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gas to a periodic driving force is studied theoretically in the framework of the nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii equation. The monopole mode is driven by periodical modulation of the frequency of the isotropic harmonic trapping potential. Period-doubled motion is shown to occur when the driving is strong and close to resonance with the monopole mode. A variational model predicts chaotic oscillations but is found to disagree with the full solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0405316,
  title  = {Period-doubled breathing in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates},
  author = {Emil Lundh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0405316},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures

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