Bose-Einstein Condensates in Time Dependent Traps
Yvan CastinEcole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 Rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, FranceR. DumEcole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 Rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
1996en
ABI
Abstract
We present analytical results for the macroscopic wave function of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a time dependent harmonic potential. The evolution of the spatial density is a dilatation, characterized by three scaling factors which allow a classical interpretation of the dynamics. This approach is an efficient tool for the analysis of recent experimental results on the expansion and collective excitation of a condensate.
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