Collision of Bose-Einstein Condensates

ORAL

Abstract

We study the collision of two interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates of 87RB and 41K in a weak harmonic confinement. The study is performed by means of numerical solution of two coupled Gross Pitaevskii equations. The process is investigated in presence of both attractive and repulsive interaction between the two atomic components, showing various complex phenomena such as the formation of dark and bright solitons, condensate trapping, and coupled oscillations of boson populations.

Presenters

  • Fabio Lingua

    Clark University, Physics Departement, Clark University

Authors

  • Fabio Lingua

    Clark University, Physics Departement, Clark University

  • Luca Lepori

    INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

  • Francesco Minardi

    LENS European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy

  • Vittorio Penna

    Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino

  • Luca Salasnich

    Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Galileo Galilei and CNISM, Università di Padova