Bose-Einstein condensate in a rapidly rotating non-symmetric trap

Details Bose-Einstein condensate in a rapidly rotating non-symmetric trap Bose-Einstein condensate in a rapidly rotating non-symmetric trap

2009-12-29

arxiv.org/abs/0912.5359v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

20 pages

Scientific paper

A rapidly rotating Bose-Einstein condensate in a symmetric two-dimensional harmonic trap can be described with the lowest Landau-level set of single-particle states. The condensate wave function psi(x,y) is a Gaussian exp(-r^2/2), multiplied by an analytic function f(z) of the complex variable z= x+ i y. The criterion for a quantum phase transition to a non-superfluid correlated many-body state is usually expressed in terms of the ratio of the number of particles to the number of vortices. Here, a similar description applies to a rapidly rotating non-symmetric two-dimensional trap with arbitrary quadratic anisotropy (omega_x^2 < omega_y^2). The corresponding condensate wave function psi(x,y) is a complex anisotropic Gaussian with a phase proportional to xy, multiplied by an analytic function f(z), where z = x + i \beta_- y is a stretched complex variable and 0< \beta_- <1 is a real parameter that depends on the trap anisotropy and the rotation frequency. Both in the mean-field Thomas-Fermi approximation and in the mean-field lowest Landau level approximation with many visible vortices, an anisotropic parabolic density profile minimizes the energy. An elongated condensate grows along the soft trap direction yet ultimately shrinks along the tight trap direction. The criterion for the quantum phase transition to a correlated state is generalized (1) in terms of N/L_z, which suggests that a non-symmetric trap should make it easier to observe this transition or (2) in terms of a "fragmented" correlated state, which suggests that a non-symmetric trap should make it harder to observe this transition. An alternative scenario involves a crossover to a quasi one-dimensional condensate without visible vortices, as suggested by Aftalion et al., Phys. Rev. A 79, 011603(R) (2009).

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