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View SchemaSelf-interference of a single Bose-Einstein condensate due to boundary effects
| Authors | R. W. Robinett |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0511075 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511075 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0031-8949/73/6/025 |
Abstract
A simple model wavefunction, consisting of a linear combination of two free-particle Gaussians, describes many of the observed features seen in the interactions of two isolated Bose-Einstein condensates as they expand, overlap, and interfere. We show that a simple extension of this idea can be used to predict the qualitative time-development of a single expanding BEC condensate produced near an infinite wall boundary, giving similar interference phenomena. We also briefly discuss other possible time-dependent behaviors of single BEC condensates in restricted geometries,such as wave packet revivals.
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