1202.3489 (C. A. Müller et al.)

Condensate deformation and quantum depletion of Bose-Einstein
condensates in external potentials    [PDF]

C. A. Müller, C. Gaul

The one-body density matrix of weakly interacting, condensed bosons in
external potentials is calculated using inhomogeneous Bogoliubov theory. We
determine the condensate deformation caused by weak external potentials on the
mean-field level. The momentum distribution of quantum fluctuations around the
deformed ground state is obtained analytically, and finally the resulting
quantum depletion is calculated. The depletion due to the external potential,
or potential depletion for short, is a small correction to the homogeneous
depletion, validating our inhomogeneous Bogoliubov theory. Analytical results
are derived for weak lattices and spatially correlated random potentials, with
simple, universal results in the Thomas-Fermi limit of very smooth potentials.

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