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Collapse and stable self-trapping for Bose-Einstein condensates with 1/r^b type attractive interatomic interaction potential

Pattern Formation and Solitons 2010-10-21 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We consider dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range attractive interaction proportional to 1/rb1/r^b and arbitrary angular dependence. It is shown exactly that collapse of Bose-Einstein condensate without contact interactions is possible only for b2b\ge 2. Case b=2b=2 is critical and requires number of particles to exceed critical value to allow collapse. Critical collapse in that case is strong one trapping into collapsing region a finite number of particles. Case b>2b>2 is supercritical with expected weak collapse which traps rapidly decreasing number of particles during approach to collapse. For b<2b<2 singularity at r=0r=0 is not strong enough to allow collapse but attractive 1/rb1/r^b interaction admits stable self-trapping even in absence of external trapping potential.

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@article{arxiv.1002.1469,
  title  = {Collapse and stable self-trapping for Bose-Einstein condensates with 1/r^b type attractive interatomic interaction potential},
  author = {Pavel M. Lushnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1469},
  year   = {2010}
}
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