Autosolitons in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates with two- and three-body inelastic processes
Victo S. FilhoInstituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01405-900, São Paulo, BrazilF. Kh. AbdullaevInstituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01405-900, São Paulo, BrazilA. GammalInstituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01405-900, São Paulo, BrazilLauro TomioInstituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01405-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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In this paper, we consider the conditions for the existence of autosolitons, in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive atomic interactions. First, the variational approach is employed to estimate the stationary solutions for the three-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation with trap potential, linear atomic feeding from the thermal cloud, and two- and three-body inelastic processes. Next, by using exact numerical calculations, we show that the variational approach gives reliable analytical results. We also discuss the possible observation of autosolitons in experiments with ${}^{7}\mathrm{Li}.$
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