Published June 27, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Dipole Oscillations of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in the Presence of Defects and Disorder

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Modeles Statistiques, CNRS, Universite Paris Sud, UMR8626, 91405 Orsay Cedex (France)

Description

We consider dipole oscillations of a trapped dilute Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of a scattering potential consisting either in a localized defect or in an extended disordered potential. In both cases the breaking of superfluidity and the damping of the oscillations are shown to be related to the appearance of a nonlinear dissipative flow. At supersonic velocities the flow becomes asymptotically dissipationless

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
100
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 250405-250405.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40015421
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; DIPOLES; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OSCILLATIONS; POTENTIALS; SCATTERING; SUPERFLUIDITY; TRAPPING
Descriptors DEC
MULTIPOLES

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