Time-dependent multi-orbital mean-field for fragmented Bose-Einstein condensates

Ofir E. Alon; Alexej I. Streltsov; Lorenz S. Cederbaum

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2006.10.048

Time-dependent multi-orbital mean-field for fragmented Bose-Einstein condensates

Ofir E. Alon, Alexej I. Streltsov, Lorenz S. Cederbaum

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Abstract

The evolution of Bose-Einstein condensates is usually described by the famous time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation, which assumes all bosons to reside in a single time-dependent orbital. In the present work we address the evolution of fragmented condensates, for which two (or more) orbitals are occupied, and derive a corresponding time-dependent multi-orbital mean-field theory. We call our theory TDMF(n), where n stands for the number of evolving fragments. Working equations for a general two-body interaction between the bosons are explicitly presented along with an illustrative numerical example.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-459
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	362
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2006.10.048
State	Published - 12 Mar 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fragmented condensates
Multi-orbital mean-field
Time-evolution

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