Tuesday, February 5, 2013

1302.0470 (Christopher James Foster)

Physics of Low-Dimensional Ultracold Bose Gases    [PDF]

Christopher James Foster
In this work we investigate the unique properties of ultracold Bose gases in one and two dimensions. In two dimensions, we present simulations of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition using the projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation formalism. We confirm the presence of the BKT phase by observing algebraic decay in the first-order correlation function, unbinding of vortex pairs, and behaviour of the superfluid fraction. In one dimension we use a transverse Gaussian ansatz and the Lagrangian approach to derive an effective equation of motion for the one dimensional Bose gas at zero temperature.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0470

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