Variational methods with coupled Gaussian functions for Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range interactions. II. Applications

Details Variational methods with coupled Gaussian functions for Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range interactions. II. Applications Variational methods with coupled Gaussian functions for Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range interactions. II. Applications

2010-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/1007.3182v2

Phys. Rev. A 82, 023611 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

14 pages, 14 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. A, some equations corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.82.023611

Bose-Einstein condensates with an attractive 1/r interaction and with dipole-dipole interaction are investigated in the framework of the Gaussian variational ansatz introduced by S. Rau, J. Main, and G. Wunner [Phys. Rev. A, submitted]. We demonstrate that the method of coupled Gaussian wave packets is a full-fledged alternative to direct numerical solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, or even superior in that coupled Gaussians are capable of producing both, stable and unstable states of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, and thus of giving access to yet unexplored regions of the space of solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. As an alternative to numerical solutions of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, the stability of the stationary condensate wave functions is investigated by analyzing the stability properties of the dynamical equations of motion for the Gaussian variational parameters in the local vicinity of the stationary fixed points. For blood-cell-shaped dipolar condensates it is shown that on the route to collapse the condensate passes through a pitchfork bifurcation, where the ground state itself turns unstable, before it finally vanishes in a tangent bifurcation.

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