The N boson time dependent problem: an exact approach with stochastic wave functions

Details The N boson time dependent problem: an exact approach with stochastic wave functions The N boson time dependent problem: an exact approach with stochastic wave functions

2000-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0003399v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

21 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev. A

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.63.023606

We present a numerically tractable method to solve exactly the evolution of a N boson system with binary interactions. The density operator of the system rho is obtained as the stochastic average of particular operators |Psi_1> are either Fock states |N:phi_{1,2}> or coherent states |coh:phi_{1,2}> with each particle in the state phi_{1,2}. We determine the conditions on the evolution of phi_{1,2} -which involves a stochastic element- under which we recover the exact evolution of rho. We discuss various possible implementations of these conditions. The well known positive P-representation arises as a particular case of the coherent state ansatz. We treat numerically two examples: a two-mode system and a one-dimensional harmonically confined gas. These examples, together with an analytical estimate of the noise, show that the Fock state ansatz is the most promising one in terms of precision and stability of the numerical solution.

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