Wave packets falling under a mirror

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/35/46/308MaRDI QIDQ4468192zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. Kälbermann

Publication date 10 June 2004

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0203036

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05)

Abstract: We depict and analyze a new effect for wavepackets falling freely under a barrier or well. The effect appears for wavepackets whose initial spread is smaller than the combination $dssqrtfrac{l}_g^3|z_0|$, between the gravitational length scale $ds{l}_g=frac1(2m^{2}g{)}^{1/3}$ and the initial location of the packet $z_0$. It consists of a diffractive structure that is generated by the falling and spreading wavepacket and the waves reflected from the obstacle. The effect is enhanced when the Gross-Pitaevskii interaction for positive scattering length is included. The theoretical analysis reproduces the essential features of the effect. Experiments emanating from the findings are proposed.

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