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Quantum dynamics of a model for two Josephson-coupled Bose--Einstein condensates

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

In this work we investigate the quantum dynamics of a model for two single-mode Bose--Einstein condensates which are coupled via Josephson tunneling. Using direct numerical diagonalisation of the Hamiltonian, we compute the time evolution of the expectation value for the relative particle number across a wide range of couplings. Our analysis shows that the system exhibits rich and complex behaviours varying between harmonic and non-harmonic oscillations, particularly around the threshold coupling between the delocalised and self-trapping phases. We show that these behaviours are dependent on both the initial state of the system as well as regime of the coupling. In addition, a study of the dynamics for the variance of the relative particle number expectation and the entanglement for different initial states is presented in detail.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0408161,
  title  = {Quantum dynamics of a model for two Josephson-coupled Bose--Einstein condensates},
  author = {A. P. Tonel and J. Links and A. Foerster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0408161},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages, 8 eps figures, accepted in J. Phys. A