Observing collapse in two colliding dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

Details Observing collapse in two colliding dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates Observing collapse in two colliding dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

2009-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/0910.1776v1

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42 No 17 (14 September 2009) 175301

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

6 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-4075/42/17/175301

We study the collision of two Bose-Einstein condensates with pure dipolar interaction. A stationary pure dipolar condensate is known to be stable when the atom number is below a critical value. However, collapse can occur during the collision between two condensates due to local density fluctuations even if the total atom number is only a fraction of the critical value. Using full three-dimensional numerical simulations, we observe the collapse induced by local density fluctuations. For the purpose of future experiments, we present the time dependence of the density distribution, energy per particle and the maximal density of the condensate. We also discuss the collapse time as a function of the relative phase between the two condensates.

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