Sonic horizon formation for oscillating Bose-Einstein condensates in isotropic harmonic potential

Ying Wang, Yu Zhou, Shuyu Zhou

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Abstract

We study the sonic horizon phenomena of the oscillating Bose-Einstein condensates in isotropic harmonic potential. Based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation model and variational method, we derive the original analytical formula for the criteria and lifetime of the formation of the sonic horizon, demonstrating pictorially the interaction parameter dependence for the occur-rence of the sonic horizon and damping effect of the system distribution width. Our analytical results corroborate quantitatively the particular features of the sonic horizon reported in previous numerical study.

Original languageEnglish
Article number38512
JournalScientific Reports
Volume6
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes

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