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Decay modes of two repulsively interacting bosons

Atomic Physics 2011-09-06 v2 Quantum Gases

Abstract

We study the decay of two repulsively interacting bosons tunneling through a delta potential barrier by direct numerical solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The solutions are analyzed according to the regions of particle presence: both particles inside the trap (in-in), one particle in and one particle out (in-out), and both particles outside (out-out). It is shown that the in-in probability is dominated by exponential decay, and its decay rate is predicted very well from outgoing boundary conditions. Up to a certain range of interaction strength the decay of in-out probability is dominated by the single particle decay mode. The decay mechanisms are adequately described by simple models.

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@article{arxiv.1106.6109,
  title  = {Decay modes of two repulsively interacting bosons},
  author = {Sungyun Kim and Joachim Brand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.6109},
  year   = {2011}
}

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18 pages, 13 figures

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