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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum and thermal effects of dark solitons in a one-dimensional bose gas
AU - Martin, A.D.
AU - Ruostekoski, J.
PY - 2010/5/12
Y1 - 2010/5/12
N2 - We numerically study the imprinting and dynamics of dark solitons in a bosonic atomic gas in a tightly confined one-dimensional harmonic trap both with and without an optical lattice. Quantum and thermal fluctuations are synthesized within the truncated Wigner approximation in the quasicondensate description. We track the soliton coordinates and calculate position and velocity uncertainties. We find that the phase fluctuations lower the classically predicted soliton speed and seed instabilities. Individual runs show interactions of solitons with sound waves, splitting, and disappearing solitons.
AB - We numerically study the imprinting and dynamics of dark solitons in a bosonic atomic gas in a tightly confined one-dimensional harmonic trap both with and without an optical lattice. Quantum and thermal fluctuations are synthesized within the truncated Wigner approximation in the quasicondensate description. We track the soliton coordinates and calculate position and velocity uncertainties. We find that the phase fluctuations lower the classically predicted soliton speed and seed instabilities. Individual runs show interactions of solitons with sound waves, splitting, and disappearing solitons.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.194102
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.194102
M3 - Journal article
VL - 104
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 19
M1 - 194102
ER -