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Collective Excitations of a Dipolar Bose–Einstein Condensate in an Anharmonic Trap |
QI Wei**, LIANG Zhao-Xin, ZHANG Zhi-Dong |
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016
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QI Wei, LIANG Zhao-Xin, ZHANG Zhi-Dong 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 060303 |
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Abstract The collective excitations of a one-dimensional dipolar Bose–Einstein condensate trapped in an anharmonic potential are investigated theoretically. Using the variational approach, we obtain the coupled equations of motion for the center-of-mass coordinate of the condensate and its width. In particular, analytical expressions for the low-lying excitation modes are given. The results show that dipole-dipole interactions reduce the frequency shift induced by quartic distortion. The interplay between dipole-dipole interactions and anharmonic distortion for the collapse and revival of the collective excitations originating from the nonlinear coupling between the two modes are also discussed.
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Received: 02 April 2013
Published: 31 May 2013
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PACS: |
03.75.Kk
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(Dynamic properties of condensates; collective and hydrodynamic excitations, superfluid flow)
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67.10.Fj
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(Quantum statistical theory)
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03.65.Ge
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(Solutions of wave equations: bound states)
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