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We determine the hydrodynamic modes of the superfluid analog of a smectic-A phase in liquid crystals, i.e., a state in which both gauge invariance and translational invariance along a single direction are spontaneously broken. Such a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-04-07 Johannes Hofmann , Wilhelm Zwerger

We explore the spacetime structure near non-extremal horizons in any spacetime dimension greater than two and discover a wealth of novel results: 1. Different boundary conditions are specified by a functional of the dynamical variables,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-05 Daniel Grumiller , Alfredo Pérez , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , Ricardo Troncoso , Céline Zwikel

The concept of a horizon known from general relativity describes the loss of causal connection and can be applied to non-gravitational scenarios such as out-of-equilibrium condensed-matter systems in the laboratory. This analogy facilitates…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-21 Ralf Schützhold

The possible existence of an exotic phase of matter rigid like a solid but able to sustain persistent and dissipation-less flow like a superfluid, a "supersolid", has been the subject of intense theoretical and experimental efforts since…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-11-21 Peng Yang , Yu Tian , Matteo Baggioli

The influence of the dissipative terms on the conditions of formation and the characteristic parameters of shock waves in relativistic nuclear collisions is investigated for three types of equation of state (non linear QHD-1, resonance gas…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 L. Mornas , U. Ornik

We study the dissipation of the centre of mass oscillation of a harmonically confined condensate in the presence of a disorder potential. An extension of the Generalized Harmonic Theorem allows one to formulate the dynamics from the point…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-03-14 Z. Wu , E. Zaremba

We introduce a dissipation term in the Gross-Pitaevskii equation that describes the stimulated relaxation of condensed bosons due to scattering with a different type of particles. This situation applies to Bose-Einstein condensates of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-08-02 Michiel Wouters , Vincenzo Savona

Generation of wave structures by a two-dimensional object (laser beam) moving in a two-dimensional two-component Bose-Einstein condensate with a velocity greater than both sound velocities of the mixture is studied by means of analytical…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Yu. G. Gladush , A. M. Kamchatnov , Z. Shi , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , B. A. Malomed

An infinite array of globally coupled overdamped constituents moving in a double-well potential with $n$-th order saturation term under the influence of additive Gaussian white noise is investigated. The system exhibits a continuous phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-28 Rüdiger Kürsten , Ulrich Behn

For the study of $3+1$ dimensional Einstein vacuum equations (EVEs), substantial progress has been made recently on the problem of trapped surface formation. However, very limited knowledge of existence and associated properties is acquired…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-06 Xinliang An , Qing Han

Nonlinear wave propagation is studied analytically in a dissipative, self-gravitating Bose Einstein condensate, in the framework of Gross-Pitaevskii model. The linear dispersion relation shows that the effect of dissipation is to suppress…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-03-27 Biswajit Sahu , Anjana Sinha , R. Roychoudhury

We propose a dynamical protocol to probe the rigidity and phase coherence of dipolar supersolids by merging initially separated fragments in quasi-one-dimensional (1D) double-well potentials. Simulations based on the extended…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-22 G. A. Bougas , T. Bland , H. R. Sadeghpour , S. I. Mistakidis

We report a novel algorithm of constructing linear and nonlinear potentials in the two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation subject to given boundary conditions, which allow for exact analytic solutions. The obtained solutions represent…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-03 Zhenya Yan , V. V. Konotop , A. V. Yulin , W. M. Liu

The 'vertical modes and horizontal rays' method, commonly applied for simulating acoustic wave propagation in shallow water is advanced in this research. Our approach to this method involves the use of the so-called space-time rays, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-01-08 Aleksandr Kaplun , Boris Katsnelson

We proved uniqueness and instability of the symmetric subsonic--sonic flow solution of the compressible potential flow equation in a surface with convergent areas of cross--sections. Such a surface may be regarded as an approximation of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-09-15 Pan Liu , Hairong Yuan

The effects of ultrasound on the dynamics of an air-water meniscus in a planar micro-geometry are investigated experimentally. The sonicated meniscus exhibits harmonic traveling waves or standing waves, the latter corresponding to a higher…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-12-16 Jie Xu , Daniel Attinger

This paper deals with a detail study of gravitational collapse of dust and viscous fluids under the assumptions of spherical symmetry. Our main goal is to closely analyze the horizons which arise during this gravitational phenomenon. To…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-23 Ayan Chatterjee , Amit Ghosh , Suresh Jaryal

We discuss the dynamics of an open two-mode Bose-Hubbard system subject to phase noise and particle dissipation. Starting from the full many-body dynamics described by a master equation the mean-field limit is derived resulting in an…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-09-12 F. Trimborn , D. Witthaut , S. Wimberger

We present a theoretical study of the excitations of the two-dimensional supersolid state of a Bose-Einstein condensate with either dipole-dipole interactions or soft-core interactions. This supersolid state has three gapless excitation…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-12-13 Elena Poli , Danny Baillie , Francesca Ferlaino , P. Blair Blakie

As developed previously the physical behavior of space-time near to an event horizon can be surmised from the behavior of a superfluid near to a critical point where the speed of sound vanishes. In this talk we note that this critical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-02-26 George Chapline