Published March 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an atomic waveguide

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, E-37008 Salamanca (Spain)
  • 2. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Hannover, D-30167 Hannover (Germany)

Description

The expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an atomic waveguide is analyzed. We study different regimes of expansion, and identify a transient regime between one-dimensional and three-dimensional dynamics, in which the properties of the condensate and its further expansion can be well explained by reducing the transversal dynamics to a two-level system. The relevance of this regime in current experiments is discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 035602-035602.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36027888
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EXPANSION; FLUCTUATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSIENTS; WAVEGUIDES
Descriptors DEC
VARIATIONS

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