Truncated Wigner method for Bose gases
Abstract
We discuss stochastic phase-space methods within the truncated Wigner approximation and show explicitly that they can be used to solve non-equilibrium dynamics of bosonic atoms in one-dimensional traps. We consider systems both with and without an optical lattice, and address different approximations in the stochastic synthesization of quantum statistical correlations of the initial atomic field. We also present a numerically efficient projection method for analyzing correlation functions of the simulation results, and demonstrate physical examples of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics of solitons and atom number squeezing in optical lattices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1009.1073,
title = {Truncated Wigner method for Bose gases},
author = {J. Ruostekoski and A. D. Martin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1073},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Unedited version of chapter to appear in Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics (Vol. 1 Cold Atoms Series). N.P. Proukakis, S.A. Gardiner, M.J. Davis and M.H. Szymanska, eds. Imperial College Press, London (in press). See http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p817