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Quantum Impurity in a One-dimensional Trapped Bose Gas

Quantum Gases 2015-10-14 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present a new theoretical framework for describing an impurity in a trapped Bose system in one spatial dimension. The theory handles any external confinement, arbitrary mass ratios, and a weak interaction may be included between the Bose particles. To demonstrate our technique, we calculate the ground state energy and properties of a sample system with eight bosons and find an excellent agreement with numerically exact results. Our theory can thus provide definite predictions for experiments in cold atomic gases.

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@article{arxiv.1503.03725,
  title  = {Quantum Impurity in a One-dimensional Trapped Bose Gas},
  author = {A. S. Dehkharghani and A. G. Volosniev and N. T. Zinner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03725},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

9 pages, 5 figures, published version. Supplemental material included as appendix

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