We model the expansion of an interacting atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a disordered lattice with a nonlinear diffusion equation normally used for a variety of classical systems. We find approximate solutions of the diffusion equation that well reproduce the experimental observations for both short and asymptotic expansion times. Our study establishes a connection between the peculiar shape of the expanding density profiles and the microscopic nonlinear diffusion coefficients. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042922
Modeling the transport of interacting matter waves in a disordered system by a nonlinear diffusion equation
Lucioni E;Tanzi L;D'Errico C;Moratti M;
2013
Abstract
We model the expansion of an interacting atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a disordered lattice with a nonlinear diffusion equation normally used for a variety of classical systems. We find approximate solutions of the diffusion equation that well reproduce the experimental observations for both short and asymptotic expansion times. Our study establishes a connection between the peculiar shape of the expanding density profiles and the microscopic nonlinear diffusion coefficients. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042922File in questo prodotto:
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