On the stability of a quantum dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a one-dimensional toroidal geometry (Q1008150)

A system in Bose-Einstein condensation trapped in an effective 1D toroidal geometry is studied for repulsive and attractive interacting cases. It is assumed that the system is described by the quantum field equation of nonlinear Schrödinger type with respect to a 1D angular variable. The method is based on the closed system of linear partial differential equations for time dependent observables. It is shown that the quantum dynamics is well approximated by a corresponding classical limit described by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for both signs of \(\varepsilon\) (the coefficient of the nonlinear term). However, the approximation has an accuracy O(\(|\varepsilon|\)) up to time \(O(1/\sqrt{|\varepsilon|})\) for \(\varepsilon > 0\) ( the repulsive interaction) and to time \(O(\log(1/|\varepsilon|))\) for \(\varepsilon < 0\) ( attractive interaction).