Bright solitary waves of trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2008.07.001MaRDI QIDQ833249zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors C. S. Adams, S. L. Cornish, N. G. Parker, Ana M. Martín

Publication date 12 August 2009

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4275

zbMATH Keywords

collapseBose-Einstein condensatecollisionbright solitonbright solitary wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton equations (35Q51) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10)

Abstract: Motivated by recent experimental observations, we study theoretically multiple bright solitary waves of trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. Through variational and numerical analyses, we determine the threshold for collapse of these states. Under $pi$-phase differences between adjacent waves, we show that the experimental states lie consistently at the threshold for collapse, where the corresponding in-phase states are highly unstable. Following the observation of two long-lived solitary waves in a trap, we perform detailed three-dimensional simulations which confirm that in-phase waves undergo collapse while a $pi$-phase difference preserves the long-lived dynamics and gives excellent quantitative agreement with experiment. Furthermore, intermediate phase differences lead to the growth of population asymmetries between the waves, which ultimately triggers collapse.

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